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...
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Carol Olivia Clementine wishes her parents did not live so far away, but Mama Rose provides a home, loves her, and cares for her just like a mother would.
A mother expresses her everlasting love for her child. Features poetic, affectionate text and tender paintings.
"Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog"-- Provided by publisher.
A collection of poems profiles the Chicago author who gave voice to the urban African American experience in the twentieth century.
"Based on the African American spiritual, I Gotta Sing follows a young boy's morning at the farm as he evades his Nana's call for a bath and instead joins his Pop to answer the call to sing and dance" -- Publisher's description.
Told in poetry and prose, this introduction to Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and an important figure in the history of activism and civil rights, shows how she carried on the struggle after his death, preserving his legacy for future generations.