
8 yo African American girl and her brother on fatastic flying journey, meet Harriet Tubman who teaches them about Underground Railroad, illustrated with author’s paintings. Sequel to Tar Beach, about author’s childhood in NYC
Read more8 yo African American girl and her brother on fatastic flying journey, meet Harriet Tubman who teaches them about Underground Railroad, illustrated with author’s paintings. Sequel to Tar Beach, about author’s childhood in NYC
Read moreShort non-fiction stories of well-known and obscure people and events from American history
Read morePicture book story (with rich illustrations) of an elderly African American slave from the time he is captured in Africa, shipped across the Middle Passage, and works on a plantation. He has mystically powers which allow him to lead his fellow slaves to freedom, by walking back to Africa along the ocean floor. Warning: text contains the N-word and some vivid depictions of the very tough abusive conditions throughout.
Read more7 yo African girl is kidnapped and sold into slavery. She is encouraged by her Boston owners to become literate and becomes a the first published African American woman.
Read more12 yo African American girl is taught to read by Nightjohn, an escaped slave who knows the value of education
Read moreA fact-filled fictional correspondence between President Abraham Lincoln and a 12 yo African American slave girl During the American Civil War. A Dear Mr. President Book.
Read more14 yo white girl helps African American runaway slave girl, told in alternating points of view.
Read moreClever and slightly mischievous 11 yo African American boy is born free in Canada to former slave parents. He risks everything by chasing a thief into America.
Read more12 yo orphan boy from Maine journeys to Gettysburg to rescue his brother who was sold to Union army for Civil War effort
Read morePicture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.
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