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1. The Road to Memphis
by Mildred D Taylor
This is the third volume in the Logan saga. In 1941, America is filled with rumblings of war. But Cassie Logan is more concerned about problems at ... More
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2. Summer Secrets
by Patricia Hermes
Mama is acting different again. No. If I'm going to tell this story, I'm going to tell the truth. Mama is acting crazy. Again. Thirteen-year-old ... More
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3. Just Like Martin
by Ossie Davis
"Fourteen-year-old Ike Stone and his pals are thrilled to be a part of the Civil Rights movement sweeping the Deep South in the 1960s, but the depth ... More
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4. The Return of Gabriel
by John Armistead, Fran Gregory (Illustrator)
In 1964, freedom workers come to a small Mississippi town to register blacks to vote. Cooper, the only white member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, must ... More
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5. A New Life for Toby
by Nancy F Rivers
When white folks are telling Tobias Cleveland that he needs to learn his place, Toby is just trying to figure out where he belongs. When eleven-year ... More
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6. Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend: A Civil Rights Story
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Bettye Stroud, John Holyfield (Illustrator)
In Gee's Bend, Alabama, Miz Pettway tells young Alex about the historic role her mule played in the struggle for civil rights led by Dr. Martin ... More
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7. Fire in the Streets
by Kekla Magoon
Right after Maxie and her first boyfriend Sam got into their first major fight, Sam's brother (and best friend) died in the fight for racial equality ... More
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8. White Water
by Michael S Bandy, Eric Stein, Shadra Stickland (Illustrator)
For a young boy growing up in the segregated South, a town drinking fountain becomes the source of an epiphany. Full color.
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9. Black Angels
by Rita Murphy
This is a powerful story of growing up amid the racial hatred of 1960s USA. In Mystic, Georgia, the most important thing is the colour of your skin, ... More
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10. House of the Red Fish
by Graham Salisbury
One year after the end of "Under the Blood-Red Sun," Tomi's papa and grandpa are still under arrest, and the paradise of Hawaii tries to recover from ... More
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11. Home of the Brave
by Allen Say (Illustrator)
In dreamlike sequences, a man symbolically confronts the trauma of his family's incarceration in the Japanese internment camps during World War II.
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12. Shining Prince (PB)
by Susan Grohmann
- Reading levels are inviting to reluctant readers. - Each series features a multicultural cast of characters with strong group friendships. - ... More
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13. Lunch-Box Dream
by Tony Abbott, Hon.
Set in 1959, this novel presents Jim Crow, racism, and segregation from multiple perspectives. In this story of witnessing without understanding, a ... More
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14. Speed of Light
by Sybil Rosen
A young Jewish girl gets involved in her family's quest for justice during the 1950s when her father supports a black man in their community who ... More
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15. A Taste of Colored Water
by Matt Faulkner (Illustrator)
The illustrator of "Thank You, Sarah" gives an unforgettable account of what happens when the naive imagination of a child meets the harsh reality of ... More
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16. Mississippi Bridge
by Mildred D Taylor
Set in rural Mississippi in the era before Civil Rights, this is perhaps the most powerful story written by Newbery Medal winner Mildred Taylor. A ... More
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17. A Thousand Never Evers
by Shana Burg
In 1963 Mississippi, a careless act by young Addie Ann Pickett leads to her brother's disappearance and possible murder. Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle ... More
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18. Just Like Martin
A noted actor and playwright looks at nonviolence--and violence--through the eyes of a young boy in a 1963 Alabama community preparing for the ... More
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20. A Bus of Our Own
by Freddi Williams Evans, Shawn Costello (Illustrator)
More than anything, Mable Jean wants to go to school. She has to walk five miles to get there though, and her papa told her that if she can't keep up ... More
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21. Mississippi Chariot
by Harriette Gillem Robinet
In Depression-era Mississippi, 12-year-old Shortnin' Bread Jackson discovers his father may be lynched for a crime he didn't commit and decides that ... More
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22. Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator)
In 1955, the Cannon Street YMCA in Charleston, South Carolina, chartered the only African-American Little League in the state. That same year, 61 all ... More
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23. Freedom Summer
by Deborah Wiles, Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator)
Joe and John Henry do everything together, from shooting marbles to shelling butterbeans. But when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed and the ... More
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24. Learning by Heart
In the early 1960s, ten-year-old Rachel sees changes in her family and her small Southern town as she tries to sort out how she feels about her young ... More
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25. The Freedom Maze
by Delia Sherman
In 1960, thirteen-year-old Sophie slips through a maze into 19th century Louisiana and finds nothing is as she expected.
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