Showing 51–53 of 53 titles

• Format: Book
• Genre: US History

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  Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

  The inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer's own words. The biography takes her from a sharecropping child to a community leader.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2016, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2016 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763665319
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  Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

  By Rosalyn Schanzer

  Whether being introduced or reintroduced to the topic, readers will be stunned by the research and accusations in this pivotal drama of American history.  With a size reminiscent of a prayer book and startling scratchboard-style illustrations, this work of art presents an account of our past and asks questions of our future.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2012 (Honor Title)
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781426308697
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  You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford (Illustrator)

  This collection of free-verse poems offers an evocative portrait of the U.S.' first African American military pilots, who trained at the Tuskegee Institute during WWI.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry
  • Notable Children's Books 2017
  • Older
  • ISBN: 9781481449380

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