Sandra Neil Wallace
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved, answered the call and represented the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generation with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Profiles thirty six immigrants to the United States who have made notable contributions to sports, science, politics, and the arts, including Madeleine Albright, Albert Einstein, John Muir, Martina Navratilova, and Carlos Santana
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
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MLK Day 2026: Titles for Kids
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
Description
"A picture book biography of Diane Nash, a Civil Rights Movement leader at the side of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Born in the 1940s in Chicago, Diane went on to take command of the Nashville Movement, leading lunch counter sit-ins and peaceful marches. Diane decides to fight not with anger or violence, but with love. With her strong words of truth and actions, she works to stop segregation"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2026]
Language
English
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Description
"Here is the inspiring story of the woman who kept alive the Ukrainian art of pysanky Easter eggs and brought it to America. Award-winning creators Sandra Neil Wallace and Evan Turk team up for a richly illustrated picture book biography for kids ages 7-10 who love arts and crafts. As a new immigrant to America living in Minneapolis, Marie Procai felt homesick and alone--she missed her homeland, Ukraine. She took comfort in the ancient Ukrainian art...
10) Muckers
Author
Publication Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Felix O'Sullivan, standing in the shadow of his dead brother, an angry, distant father, and racial tension, must lead the last-ever Muckers high school football team to the state championship before a mine closing shuts down his entire town"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
Publication Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Traces the world record-setting athlete's early childhood ambitions through her courageous final battle with cancer, covering such topics as her achievements at the 1932 Olympics and her later dominance in professional golf.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as "Bloody Lowndes, " an extremely dangerous area for white freedom fighters, to assist civil rights workers. Five months later, Jonathan Daniels was shot and killed while saving the life of Ruby Sales, a black teenager. Through...

