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Provides access to the printed True Book series in the form of eBooks. There are also accompanying videos and other activities to supplement the books. This is a great resource for elementary students, in grades 3 to 6, doing research on science or social studies topics.
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the changing roles, rights, and contributions of Afro-Americans in the United States during the colonial period from 1607 to 1763. Also includes a chronology of significant events.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
"Provides a history of the roots of African-American culture, going back to the period of the transatlantic slave trade and earlier. Much of the history is told through reminiscences of slaves or former slaves in their 'narratives'"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Presents the history of the civil rights movement through pictures, newspaper clippings, and text, from colonial times to 1991, framed within the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and one of the 'Big Six' civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday,' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Includes a note by Congressman Lewis and a timeline"--Provided by publisher.
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