Black History

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Fall 2023 Cover: Way to Go, Maya!

Way to Go, Maya!

Maya has always wanted a dog of her own, but her parents have always said NO! Plus, her older sister, Amanda, loves cats. Then one day, Maya finds a stray dog. She and her parents try to find More →

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William Kamkwamba: Powering his Village

Imagine your family had to choose between sending you to school or having enough food to eat. This book tells how William Kamkwamba was forced to drop out of his school in Wimbe, Malawi, when More →

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William Lloyd Garrison: A Radical Voice Against Slavery

With the founding of his own newspaper, Garrison used the paper and his association with other abolitionists to advocate for the "immediate and complete" freeing of all slaves. Through his… More →

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Wilma Rudolph: Track and Field Champion

When doctors told her parents that she may never walk again, no one could have imagined that Wilma Rudolph would grow up to become the world's fastest woman. This awe-inspiring book shows… More →

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Working Toward Abolishing Slavery

This book focuses on the slave trade that took more than 12 million captured Africans to the Americas to be owned and worked in cruel and inhuman conditions. Stories of resistance and… More →

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Working Toward Achieving Civil Rights

People often associate civil rights with the campaign in the late 1950s and 1960s to achieve social and political equality and freedom for black Americans in the United States. Civil rights… More →

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Zendaya

From Disney star to blockbuster actor, fashion influencer, singer, and activist, Zendaya is making waves in Hollywood. This remarkable book shows that her fun, relatable persona and… More →

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