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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The author, a historian reveals the long forgotten history of America's largest slave uprising, the New Orleans slave revolt of 1811 that nearly toppled New Orleans and changed the course of American history. In this narrative, he offers new insight into American expansionism, the path to Civil War, and the earliest grassroots push to overcome slavery. Five hundred slaves, dressed in military uniforms and armed with guns, cane knives, and axes, rose...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next twelve harrowing years of his life as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. After regaining his freedom in 1853, Northup decided to publish this gripping autobiographical account of his captivity. As an educated man, Northup was able to present an exceptionally...
Author
Publisher
Engage Books Limited
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, Northup published...
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo....
86) Treme: Season 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of a group of New Orleans residents in the Tremé neighborhood just after Hurricane Katrina.
87) Sounder
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The story of a black sharecropper family living in Louisiana during the Depression. The father steals food for his family and is sent to prison. While he is in jail the mother provides love, security and strength at home. The oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns home
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Volunteering with her friend Cecile at a crowded New Orleans orphanage during the yellow fever epidemic of 1853, Marie-Grace discovers that it is not just the orphans who need help.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Six days a week, slaves labor from sunup to sundown and beyond, but on Sunday afternoons, they gather with free blacks at Congo Square outside New Orleans, free from oppression. Includes foreword about Congo Square by Freddi Williams Evans, glossary, and historical notes.
"As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to...
91) Bayou magic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Visiting her grandmother in the Louisiana bayou, ten-year-old Maddy begins to realize that she may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she was chosen to be the first (and only) black child in the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in 1960. At the time, Ruby was too young to understand how the simple act of attending school would change the lives of many to come. Her courageous act left the legacy that given a chance, anyone at any age can make a difference in the world.
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger....
96) Liberty
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1940s New Orleans, Fish Elliot is a polio-survivor with a knack for inventing and building things, and his African American neighbor Olympia is a girl with a talent for messing things up, but they are united in an effort to save a starving stray dog they call Liberty--and when Liberty is caged by a nasty farmer, they find an unlikely ally in a German prisoner of war, Erich, who is not much older than the two children.
97) Ruby Bridges
Author
Series
Publisher
Discover Roo, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Get to know the life and legacy of Ruby Bridges. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropriate look at her brave role in ending segregation during the Civil Rights Movement.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite 'better half' against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are...
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The six-disc collection contains all 24 episodes of the smash-hit series. Special Agent Dwayne Cassius Pride leads an elite team of agents and specialists as they take on assassins, conspiracies, and mysteries years in the making, all while recruiting some new blood into the squad. Bring home every chilling mystery and thrilling moment as the NCIS upholds the law, defends honor, and faces their greatest challenges yet.