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Martí’s song for freedom / Martí y sus versos por la libertad

2017

by Emma Otheguy and Beatriz Vidal

A bilingual biography of José Martí, who dedicated his life to the promotion of liberty for all men and women, Includes author's note, afterword, and author's sources.

Sweet land of liberty

2007

by Deborah Hopkinson and Leonard Jenkins

The story of Marian Anderson's Easter Sunday concert in 1939 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

Sojourner Truth

2008

by Suzanne Slade and Natascha Alex Banks

A biography of Sojourner Truth, who fought for the abolition of slavery and women's rights in nineteenth-century America.

My brother Martin

2006

by Christine King Farris and Chris K. Soentpiet

Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. "Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated South of the 1930s taught young Martin a bitter lesson--little white children and little black children were not to play with one another. Martin decided then and there that something had to be done. And so he began the journey that would change the course of American history

Martin’s dream day

2017

by Kitty Kelley

Recounts Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, describing the hardships and triumphs King encountered along his journey

If a bus could talk

2003

by Faith Ringgold

A biography of the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama

My night in the planetarium

2016

by Innosanto Nagara

From the author and illustrator of A is for Activist and Counting on Community. This time, Innosanto Nagara tells a true story from his childhood in Indonesia. It is a child's view of a particular place and time--but it is also an introduction to Indonesia, a story about colonialism, and a message about the power of creativity.--|cProvided by publisher

Farmer Will Allen and the growing table

2013

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Eric-Shabazz Larkin

The story of former basketball star and current urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, whose vision of gardening from abandoned urban sites led to a grassroots feeding craze.

Be the Change

2016

by Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus and Evan Turk

"At Grandfather Gandhi's service village, each day is filled, from sunrise to sunset, with work that is done for the good of all. The villagers vow to live simply and non- violently. Arun Gandhi tries very hard to follow these vows, but he struggles with one of the most important rules: not to waste"--|cProvided by Publisher

Irena’s jars of secrets

2011

by Marcia K. Vaughan and Ron Mazellan

"The story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Includes afterword, author's note, sources, and glossary"--Provided by publisher

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