Written by Tonya Bolden & Illustrated by Don Tate [Read more…] about No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas
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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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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
How To Build A Museum
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For more than one hundred years, people organized committees, planned campaigns, petitioned Congress, rallied communities, raised money, raised hopes that one day there would be a place in the nation’s capital [Read more…] about How To Build A Museum
Finding Family
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Delana has never known her parents. She’s been raised by Grandpa, who doesn’t say much, and Aunt Tilley, who says plenty—just not the things Delana wants to hear. [Read more…] about Finding Family