The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
Description: A white man threw a stone that hit and killed a teenage black boy, and a day at the beach--July 27, 1919--exploded into an urban nightmare. The ensuing race riot that took over Chicago's South Side streets killed and wounded many and left their neighborhoods in ruins. The tensions that fueled the riot had been building in the city for decades. Looking for a better life in Chicago, waves of white immigrants from Europe and black migrants from the South converged to form an underclass divided by racial prejudice. The violence in Chicago's streets simmered down but has erupted time and again, and continues to appear in national headlines to this day, a century later.--From dust jacket.
Call Number: YA 305.8 Har
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: In this powerful story about the Great Migration, a boy discovers Chicago's postwar South Side, a library that welcomes everyone, and the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Call Number: J FIC Cli
Format: Audiobook
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them from their white counterparts despite their groundbreaking successes.
Call Number: J 510.92 Lee
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: Under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, children and teenagers march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
Call Number: E Cla
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: This historical fiction picture book presents the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson, who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination--when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest.
Call Number: E Dun
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.
Call Number: YA FIC Jac
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
Call Number: E Mor
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.
Call Number: J FIC Joh
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: Caleb Franklin and his younger brother, Bobby Gene, spend an extraordinary summer their new, older neighbor, Styx Malone, a foster boy from the city.
Call Number: J FIC Mag
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
Description: Explores the formation of the universe.
Call Number: E Bau
Format: Book
Date Added: Jul 24, 2019
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A Few Red Drops : The Chicago Race Riot Of 1919
YA 305.8 Har |
Monday's Not Coming
YA FIC Jac |
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Finding Langston [Audiobook]
J FIC Cli |
Thank You, Omu!
E Mor |
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Hidden Figures : The Untold True Story Of Four African-american Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space
J 510.92 Lee |
The Parker Inheritance
J FIC Joh |
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Let The Children March
E Cla |
The Season Of Styx Malone
J FIC Mag |
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Memphis, Martin, And The Mountaintop : The Sanitation Strike Of 1968
E Dun |
The Stuff Of Stars
E Bau |