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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Born a slave in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington rose in prominence to become black America's foremost spokesman. This is the dramatic autobiographical account of Washington's struggle to succeed and prosper in a country that refused to acknowledge his existence. From his fight for an education to his founding of the world-renowned Tuskegee Institute, Up From Slavery is one of the most significant and defining works in American literature. A...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Few men in American history are as controversial as Malcolm X. In this provocative biography, Myers, winner of a Newbery Honor and four-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, presents a forthright portrait of a complex man whose life reflected the major events of our times.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. Obama retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The autobiography of Rosa Parks, the Afro-American woman who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest led to a year long boycot of the bus system which ended with a federal injunction against segregation on buses.
7) Roots
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 48
Language
English
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Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women.
9) Leadership
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Surveys outstanding African-American men and women and describes their contributions in the fields of science, industry, religion, education, and politics.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen years on the streets of Dallas, Texas. No longer a slave, Denver's life was still hopeless, until God moved. First came a godly woman who prayed, listened, and obeyed. And then came her husband, Ron, an international arts dealer at home in a world of Armani-suited millionaires. And then they all came...
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Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the African-American author who grew up listening to stories and who carries on the storytelling tradition in his numerous and award-winning books.
Author
Publisher
Maxwell Macmillan International
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and work of the prolific black author who wrote stories, plays, essays, and articles, recorded black folklore, and was involved in the Harlem Renaissance.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Presents brief biographies of twelve African Americans who courageously fought against racism to become leaders in their fields, including Marian Anderson, Ralph Bunche, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Malcolm X.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.
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