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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Written by American author and dedicated abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Toms Cabin" is a poignant novel which shows the harsh reality of a slaves life in the 1800s. Uncle Tom, an African-American slave who believes in the power of Christian faith. The book would be a major contributor to the Civil War because its compelling portrayal of slaves as fellow human beings left little room for compromise: if slaves were indeed...
3) Privacy
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Offers a panoramic view of opinions on this topic to enhance awareness.
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Big Leagues is, quite simply, one of the freshest, most original, most informative and entertaining books ever written about sports. Taking as its subject America's three favorite professional team sports - baseball, football, and basketball - it traces their evolution from unlikely beginnings to their present status as multibillion-dollar businesses that still manage to capture the passion and imagination of Americans from every walk of life. Starting...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for...