Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
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Children's Books About Black Business Owners
Picture Books for Black History Month
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
Picture Books for Black History Month
Preschool Read Alikes for 2024 Nashville Reads!
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Relates the story of the National Memorial African Bookstore, founded in Harlem by Louis Michaux in 1939, as seen from the perspective of Louis Michaux Jr., who met famous men like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X while helping there.
4) Radiant
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In 1963, Cooper Dale navigates the challenges of fifth grade as a Black girl in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh.
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English
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A documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller
"You can't walk straight on a crooked line. You do you'll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?"
Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because "Negroes don't read," Lewis took five books and one hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became the intellectual center
...10) Juneteenth
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Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865.
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Picture Books Featuring Multiracial and Interfaith Families
Picture Books with Biblical and Religious Themes
Picture Books with Biblical and Religious Themes
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A young girl recalls the stories she has been told about the members of her family and wonders what kind of person she will become.