Floyd Cooper
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the life of Nelson Mandela, the son of a tribal chief in South Africa whose belief in standing firm for what is fair and just led him to become a leader in his country against the system of apartheid.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the first meeting in 1936 between African American baseball pitcher Satchel Paige and Joe DiMaggio when he was a hot prospect at the beginning of his baseball career.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of Janet Collins, the first "colored" prima ballerina.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Morrow
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.