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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
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When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up to Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the "Little Rock Nine" would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change America. Descended from a line of proud black landowners and businessmen, Carlotta was...
7) Rosa Parks
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Introduces Rosa Parks, who made history by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in 1950s Montgomery, Alabama.
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Fifteen-year-old lemonade entrepreneur Mikaila Ulmer discusses how she became an entrepreneur at the age of four and why bee conservation became an important part of her business plan. Ulmer details how her business has taken her on "Shark Tank" and to the Obama White House, and she offers other kids tips for pursuing their passions.
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Presents the true story of how Laura Schroff, a successful sales representative living in Manhattan, and Maurice Maczyk, a homeless eleven-year-old panhandler, developed an unlikely friendship in 1980s New York that has lasted for over thirty years and continues to enrich both their lives.