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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It is 1970 in Red Grove, Alabama, and at Lu Olivera's school the white kids and black kids sit on different sides of the classroom. Six-grader Lu just wants to get along with everyone, but growing racial tensions will not let Lu stay neutral about the racial divide in school. Her old friends have been changing lately--acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow...
265) Black & white: the confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the confrontation between civil rights activist Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth, and Birmingham, Alabama, police chief Eugene "Bull" Connor, who was determined to keep the city's schools, parks, workplaces, and public facilities segregated.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cumulative narrative recounting the story of Rosa Parks, an African-American woman who sparked the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, for a white man.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II...
269) Lifted
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Lifted is the story of Henry, a middle school student in Alabama, who finds refuge in music from the challenges of his surroundings: a drug addicted mother, a Reservist father recalled to active service in Afghanistan, the financial stress of a Reservist's pay, a racist, redneck grandfather, and bullying schoolmates. A singing competition provides Henry the vehicle for his personal triumph.
270) The Tuskegee airmen
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A squadron of African American pilots in WWII fought against adversity in order to prove their courage.
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Behind the Movement brings to life the events leading up to the historical Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955. Rosa Parks, a seamstress who was also secretary for her NAACP chapter and a voter registration activist, refuses to relinquish her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955. Her arrest is the spark that brings together the African American community in Alabama.
274) Rosa's bus
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
275) Woodlawn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.
278) Tuskegee airmen
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With primary source photos, infographics, timelines, charts and strongly controlled leveled text this title describes the heroic efforts of the African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II"--Amazon.com
Language
English
Description
Join us on a journey to gorgeous places that are America's best-kept secrets. The personal stories in these pages are a trusted guide to intriguing and awe-inspiring locations. Enjoy the splendor of forests and woodlands, lakes and rivers, and canyons and mountains from coast to coast. From history buffs to armchair travelers, nature lovers to adventure seekers, all types of wanderers will find information and inspiration in this book.
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