Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America
Sharon RobinsonA biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter.9780439425926Middle...
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Black History Month Events
Virginia JohnsonLibraryPointCivil Rights MovementUniversity of Mary WashingtonAfrican-AmericanBlack History MonthGospelLibraryPoint BlogCalendar of Local Black History Events Ongoing Exhibit: “All...
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March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
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Fighting for Civil Rights: A Battleground in the Old Dominion
Virginia JohnsonAfrican AmericanVirginia HistoryHistory Feature ArticlesCivil Rights MovementFredericksburg (Va.)FalmouthFrom October through the end of December, 2006, the Fredericksburg Area Museum...
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View ArticleCity's 2006 Wall of Honor Recipients Served Their Community
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Into the Lyons' Den
Virginia JohnsonAfrican AmericanArts and ArtistsFolktalesHistorical FictionAuthor ProfilesCivil Rights MovementTeachersGreat Irish FamineVirginia authorsNovember kidsBorn on November 28, 1947, in...
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Time Travel with Russell Freedman
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In Step with Andrea Davis Pinkney
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Julius Lester Teaches about the Black Experience
Virginia JohnsonAfrican AmericanArts and ArtistsAutobiography and BiographyFolktalesHistoryAuthor ProfilesAfricaCivil Rights MovementThe SouthJewsNewbery HonorPhotographersJulius Lester came of age...
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Mildred Taylor Shares Family Stories
Virginia JohnsonAfrican AmericanAutobiography and BiographyHistorical FictionAuthor ProfilesCivil Rights MovementReconstruction eraSeptember kidsMildred Taylor writes from the experiences of her own...
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Great Lives Series: Norman Rockwell
Virginia JohnsonArts and ArtistsAutobiography and BiographyHistoryCivil Rights MovementGreat Lives seriesIllustratorsLibraryPoint BlogTwentieth-century illustrator Norman Rockwell reflected in his work...
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