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A History of Black Achievement in America, Vol. 1 (2005)

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Program 1: Settling the New World and the Founding of the United States of America - Includes: 1619-1621 - Blacks Arrive in Jamestown; 1705- The Virginia General Assembly Passes the Slave Codes; 1762- Entrepreneur Samuel Frances Opens New York City's Frances Tavern; 1770 - Crispus Attacks the Black Patriots.

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Middle

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00:54

A History of Black Achievement in America, Vol. 1

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

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Kwanzaa is a seven day festival during which time millions of families of African American descent rejoice in their ancestral values.

Author:

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:10

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

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When you first walk into a room in a house, or into a stable, they have a way of telling you they know you're there. It ain't nothing particular noticeable, but the air inside of 'em changes like it's saying, "I'm watching you".

Author:

Christopher Paul Curtis

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

1070L

Length:

08:59

The Secret Life of Bees (Unabridged)

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Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed.

Author:

Sue Monk Kidd

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

840L

Length:

09:55

Black Like Me (2012)

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In 1964, just as Washington was passing the Civil Rights Act, some of Hollywood's most passionate activists interpreted John Howard Griffin's brave chronicle Black Like Me for the screen, with James Whitmore starring as the writer, who, in 1959, medically altered his pigment and, with the help of a sunlamp, reinvented himself as an itinerant black writer navigating his

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1964

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March

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Copies: 7

In 1963, the Civil Rights movement was falling apart. After a series of setbacks across the south, the movement was losing direction and momentum. No southern city was more divided than Birmingham, Alabama, home of the infamous Bull Connor.

Author:

Cynthia Levinson

Lexile:

1020L

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A History of Black Achievement in America, Vol. 1 (2005)

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa

Elijah of Buxton (Unabridged)

The Secret Life of Bees (Unabridged)

Black Like Me (2012)

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March