By Henry Louis Gates Jr. with Tonya Bolden
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No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
Written by Tonya Bolden & Illustrated by Don Tate [Read more…] about No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
By Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden
[Read more…] about We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial DivideFacing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was more …
More than a once-enslaved abolitionist.
More than an electrifying speaker.
More than the author of that famous Narrative.
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
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She wanted to stay awake, wanted to see what freedom looked like, felt like at midnight, then at the cusp of dawn.
Freedom. Mariah has barely dared to dream of it her entire life. When General Sherman’s march through Georgia during the Civil War passes the plantation where she is enslaved, her life changes instantly. [Read more…] about Crossing Ebenezer Creek
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
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Untold numbers of black men and women in America have achieved great things against the odds. In this insightful book, award-winning author Tonya Bolden commemorates the lives of sixteen black individuals who dared to dream, take risks, and chart courses to success. They were Pathfinders. [Read more…] about Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls