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A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama  Cover Image Book Book

A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama / Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie.

Summary:

This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much--and how little--has changed for Black Americans since our country's founding.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781662680663
  • ISBN: 166268066X
  • Physical Description: 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Did you ever wonder? -- Part I: 1773-1913, Enslavement and emancipation. Ona Judge ; Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman -- Part II: 1862-1968, Freedom and justice. Ida B. Wells ; Martin Luther King Jr. -- Part III: 1961-2008, The promise of America. Barack Obama -- Epilogue -- The long struggle -- History clips.
Subject: African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > History > Juvenile literature.
Racism > United States > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Violence against > Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.
African Americans > Violence against.
Racism.
Noirs américains > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Histoire > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Racisme > États-Unis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Littérature pour jeunes adultes.
HISTORY / United States / General.
African Americans.
African Americans > Violence against.
Race relations.
Racism.
Young adult literature.
Racism.
African Americans > Juvenile literature.
Racism > Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
Racism.
United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
United States.
United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations.
Genre: Prose poems.
Biographical poetry.
prose poems.
Biographical poetry.
Biographies.
Creative nonfiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Prose poems.
Creative nonfiction.
Prose poems.
Biographical poetry.
Essais fictionnels.
Poèmes en prose.
Poésie biographique.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library YA 920.0092 SHE (Text) 000176147 Teen Corner -- New Available -


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