A modern 12 yo African American boy learns about “Affrilachian” history and culture while attending STEM camp in the West Virginia mountains.
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Holler of the Fireflies
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Dear Benjamin Banneker
Picture book biography of self-taught African American man, who publishes an almanac and writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson to accuse him of hypocrisy.
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Pink and Say
15 yo gravely wounded white Union soldier is rescued on the battlefield by African American boy soldier, about the same age. The wounded boy is nursed back to health by the other boy’s mother, but then they are captured by Confederates. Based on the author’s family history.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
A 6 yo girl comes of age in small town America and witnesses racism first hand when her lawyer father tries to defend a wrongfully accused African American man.
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