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Chicago-born, Armstrong Todd is 15, black, and unused to the harsh, segregated ways of the deep south. When he is savagely beaten and shot, a sleepy ... More

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Following her best-selling, award-winning novel "Glorious, " McFadden produces a fantastical historical novel featuring the spirit of Emmett Till.

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There was a "White's Only" sign on a nearby fountain, but that didn't bother this child--after all, she was wearing her clean white socks. Evelyn ... More

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A leading African-American writer for young adults, Taylor has authored nine novels, many dealing with the topic of racial bigotry.

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For all those who loved Janet Fitch's WHITE OLEANDER and Anita Shreve's THE PILOT'S WIFE. The American bestseller, MOTHER OF PEARL is an ... More

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In 1958, 13-year-old Harry Polk is looking forward to an idyllic summer spent visiting his Aunt Cordelia and Uncle Horace in Tuckalofa, Mississippi. ... More

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Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed novel Long Distance Life, Marita Golden returns with a new novel that captures the history of modern ... More

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Quentin Compson and Shreve, his Harvard room-mate, are obsessed by the tragic rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen. As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned ... More

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Albert French lights up the monstrous face of American racism in this harrowing tale of ten-year-old Billy Lee Turner, who is convicted of and ... More

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In the powerful tradition of Native Son, Richard Wright's last novel is a stirring story of racial prejudice in the South.

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Based on the author's firsthand experiences as a voter registration driver in the South during the 1960s, "Long George Alley" follows the lives of 22 ... More

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"The Help" is the phenomenal international bestseller (that inspired the Oscar nominated film) by Kathryn Stockett. Enter a vanished and unjust world ... More

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In pre-civil rights era in Mississippi, two young mothers--one white and one black--have only two things in common: the devastating loss of their ... More

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An elementary school teacher meets an Air Force Major on a blind date arranged by mutual friends. They both carry emotional baggage, so they enter ... More

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Mildred D.Taylor's much-loved classic, for readers aged 12+, "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" follows a feisty African-American girl - Cassie Logan - as ... More

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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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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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In this picture book set in pre-civil rights Mississippi a young girl (nicknamed Little Joe because she shadows her Grandfather Joe wherever he goes) ... More

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Set in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, this is the story of the Logan family. The children--Cassie, Stacey, Christopher-John, and Little ... More

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