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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
2) Papa's mark
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever on which African Americans were allowed to vote.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 2
Publisher
books4pocket
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
En esta serie de cl̀sicos reversionados, diferentes autores reinterpretan obras cl̀sicas a trav̌s de su propio prisma cultural para cambiar los c̀nones cl̀sicos en cuanto a ǧnero, raza y orientaci̤n sexual. Esta poderosa versi̤n de Mujercitas sigue la vida de cuatro j̤venes hermanas de raza negra que alcanzar̀n la mayor̕a de edad durante la Guerra de Secesi̤n, reformulando una historia muy querida fuera de su perspectiva original. Carolina...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the twentieth century, in a time of great change, two women--separated by societal status and culture but bound by their expected roles as the daughters of famed statesmen--forged a lifelong friendship. Portia Washington's father Booker T. Washington was formerly enslaved and spent his life championing the empowerment of Black Americans through his school, known popularly as Tuskegee Institute, as well as his political connections....
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall. Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming air (not to mention a handsome face), Jane discovers his smile can sharpen in an instant. Plagued by Edward's mercurial mood and the strange wails which echo through the corridors, Jane grows suspicious of the secrets hidden within Thornfield Hall, unaware of...