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90 matches found, viewing page 2 of 5, goto page < 1 2 3 4 5 > next page Search Again| Defeat of the Ghost Riders Jackson, Dave & Neta 1997 144 p. Ages: 8-12 ISBN: 1556617429 | 
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- When her family moves to FL after the Ku Klux Klan burns her father's business, 8-yr-old Celeste becomes one of the first students at Mary Bethune's new school for African-American girls.
| The Double Life of Pocahontas Fritz, Jean 1983 128 p. Ages: 9-14 ISBN: 0140322574 |
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- Jean Fritz includes historical accounts of the early years of the Jamestown colony and dealings between the English and the native peoples. She sets a rich context for what is known of the life of Pocahontas, who played an unusual role as a bridge between cultures in her 21-year life. Such a historical account is an important book for anyone who has seen the Disney movie.
| Dreaming God’s Dream: Family Activities Guide Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. McGinnis, Kathleen 1989 80 p. Ages: 3-Adult |
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- This book has activities that lead children of various ages to understand more about MLK, introduce issues of poverty and racism as well as responses, and that begin to explore African-American history and culture. Includes photos.
| Dreaming God’s Dream: Study Materials for Church, Home and School Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr . Sehested, Ken 1989 132 p. |
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- Lesson outline and learning activities for six age groups (preschool through adult), plus outline and activities for a day-long intergenerational workshop. Includes photos.
| The Drinking Gourd Monjo 1970 62 p. Ages: 5-7 ISBN: 0064440427 |
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- Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy finds that his house is a station on the Underground RR.
| Elementary Perspectives: Teaching Concepts of Peace and Conflict Kreidler, William J. 1990 269 p. |
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- One of ESR's best selling books, this curriculum offers more than 80 activities that help teachers and students define peace, explore justice, and learn the value of conflict and its resolution. Students read, write, draw, role-play, sing, and discuss their way through a process that helps them acquire the concrete cooperative and conflict resolution skills.
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| Ending Racism: Working for a Racism Free 21st Century 1996 35 min. Ages: 15-Adult | 
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- Includes an overview of racism, how systemic racism confers privileges on "white" Americans and denies access to power to people of color, and what people can do to eliminate it in their institutions.
| Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass Davis, Ossie 1976 89 p. Ages: 10-15 ISBN: 0140343555 |
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- Born a slave, Frederick endures many years of cruelty before escaping north to claim his freedom.
| Fighting Fair: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for Kids Peace Education Foundation Ages: 18-Adult |
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- Examines the nonviolent philosophy of Dr. King and explores such topics as prejudice, racism, religious intolerance, and war. Lessons challenge students to evaluate their beliefs and behaviors while learning about the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Book and video.
| Forty Books About Peace and Social Justice http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=77 | 
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- Compiled by Megan Schliesman, 2003. (Cooperative Children's Book Center--CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin). Includes sections: Paths to Peace: Ideas and Actions for Change (picture books, fiction, and non-fiction) and Road of Heartbreak: The Costs of Conflict and Injustice (picture books, fiction, and non-fiction). Gives age ranges and thorough annotations.
| Free Indeed: Of White Privileges and How We Play the Game 1995 30 min. Ages: 15-Adult |
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- Four white, middle-class young adults play a card game as a prerequisite for doing a service project for a black church. This New York Film Festival finalist is a thought-provoking discussion starter.
| Freedom Crossing Clark, Margaret Goff 1991 Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 0590445693 |
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- When Laura Eastman comes home from a vacation with relatives in the South, her loyalties are challenged by abolitionist ideals. Her own father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape. Shows the complexities and dangers of issues during the Civil War. Very engaging for young readers.
| The Freedom Riddle Medearis, Angela Shelf 1995 Ages: 5-9 ISBN: 1577684419 |
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- Based on a true story from a Virginia plantation in the 1880's where a slave "riddled" his way to freedom.
| Freedom Summer Wiles, Deborah 2001 32 p. Ages: 4-8 |
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- "In 1964, Joe is pleased that a new law will allow his best friend John Henry, who is colored, to share the town pool and other public places with him, but he is dismayed to find that prejudice still exists." This story is based on real events, capturing two boys' experience with racism and their friendship despite it.
| Girl on the Outside Walter, Mildred Pitts 1982 Ages: 11-15 |
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- A fictional recreation of the 1957 integration of Little Rock's Central High School, from the eyes of a "white" girls and a "black" one.
| Going to School During the Civil Rights Movement Koestler, Rachel A. 2002 32 p. Ages: 7-12 ISBN: 0736807993 |
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- This book includes maps, a time line (1954-65), photos, glossary, plus a list of book and internet resources. It briefly describes segregation during the 1950’s. One chapter features student activists: 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery 9 months before Rosa Parks ignited the bus boycott, and the Little Rock Nine, among others. Also mentions celebrations, religious experiences, and leaders such as Mary McLeod Bethune and Martin Luther King who strengthened the movement.
| Habibi Nye, Naomi Shihab 1999 271 p. Ages: 10-15 ISBN: 0689825234 |
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- Liyana is 14 when her Arab-American family moves from St. Louis to Jerusalem, where her father is from. Her attraction to Omer, a Jewish boy, puts them in the middle of Arab-Israeli conflicts.
| Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales Hamilton, Virginia 1995 112 p. Ages: 7-12 ISBN: 0590473697 |
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- Virginia Hamilton, who previously won a Newbery Medal and a MacArthur Foundation, tells 17 stories, drawn from a variety of sources, of pugnacious and heroic female characters in a collection that demonstrates the breadth of African-American cultural tradition. Her Stories won the 1996 Coretta Scott King Award. The heroines are strong, competent, and sometimes bigger than life, like the "coal black and tree tall" Annie Christmas. The tales in Her Stories have been crafted to blend together smoothly while remaining true to their original tone.
The book is divided into five sections: (1) Her Animal Tales, (2) Her Fairy Tales, (3) Her Supernatural, (4) Her Folkways and Legends, and (5) Her True Tales. Each section contains an average of four stories, accompanied by informative and entertaining background historical data. (Adapted from Amazon reviews.)
| Home At Last Elya, Susan Middleton 2002 Ages: 4-9 |
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- This book is dedicated to students learning English as a second language and their teachers, and all immigrant mothers. Ana (8) and her mother, father, and infant twin brothers move to the U.S. from Mexico. This colorful story, accented with some simple Spanish sentences that are translated in the text, helps the reader "walk in the shoes" of new immigrants among us: in our neighborhoods, shops, and schools.
| I Am the Darker Brother Adoff, Arnold 1997 Ages: 13-18 |
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- An anthology of modern poems by African-Americans.
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