Black History Month - ROD Children's | Indian Prairie Public Library District

41) Dizzy

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An acclaimed biographer for children, Jonah Winter brings historical figures to life for young listeners. Here he turns his talents to jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Born into poverty and the victim of vicious parental abuses, Dizzy received a trumpet one day and it changed his life forever. Dizzy follows Gillespie's journey from rural South Carolina to New York City-straight into the burgeoning jazz scene he soon immersed himself in.

42) The legendary Miss Lena Horne

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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Surveys the life of the actress and civil rights activist, describing her childhood, early years in vaudeville, and achievements as the first African American actress to be offered a studio contract.

43) I am a promise

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Fraser Pryce, Shelly Ann

44) Althea Gibson: the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl

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Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet-of-foot girl reigned supreme at every sport--stickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddle tennis with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasn't enough for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black...

45) Pies from nowhere: how Georgia Gilmore sustained the Montgomery bus boycott

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"Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed--bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch...

46) When the schools shut down: a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision

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Gladden, Yolanda

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Most people think that the Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 meant that schools were integrated with deliberate speed. But the children of Prince Edward County located in Farmville, Virginia, who were prohibited from attending formal schools for five years knew differently, including Yolanda. Told by Yolanda Gladden herself, cowritten by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli and with illustrations by Keisha Morris, When the Schools Shut Down is a true account...

47) Let 'er buck!: George Fletcher, the people's champion

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Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"African American George Fletcher loved horses from an early age. When he unfairly lost the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up to a white man, the outraged audience declared him "people's champion"--Provided by publisher.

48) Ella Fitzgerald

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Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

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Little people, big dreams

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Book, Board Book

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Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.

49) Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American stagecoach driver

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Charles, Tami/ Almon, Claire (ILT)

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"The true story of Mary Fields, aka "Stagecoach Mary," a trailblazing African American woman who helped settle the American West."--Provided by the Publisher.

50) Ice breaker: how Mabel Fairbanks changed figure skating

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"In the 1930's, only white figure skaters were allowed in public ice rinks and to compete for gold medals, but Mabel Fairbanks wouldn't let that stop her. With skates two sizes too big and a heart full of dreams, Mabel beat the odds and broke down color barriers through sheer determination and athletic skill. After skating in ice shows across the nation and helping coach and develop the talents of several Olympic champions, Mabel became the first...

51) Ella Fitzgerald: the tale of a vocal virtuosa

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe."

52) Song for Jimi: the story of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix

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Smith, Charles R

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"The story of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's career told in verse"--

53) Amanda Gorman

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Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel

Series

Little people big dreams volume 75

54) Midnight teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and her secret school

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Halfmann, Janet

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"The life of Lilly Ann Granderson, an enslaved teacher who strongly believed in the power of education and risked her life to teach others during slavery. Includes afterword and sources"--

55) Opening the road: Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book

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Dawson, Keila V

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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"In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black Americans couldn't visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted to safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe in New York City. The guide sold like hot cakes! Soon customers started asking Green to make a guide to help them travel and vacation safely...

56) Coming home: from the life of Langston Hughes

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Describes the life and work of a well-known African American poet.

57) Jump at the sun: the true life tale of unstoppable storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston

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Williams, Alicia

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Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn't been...

58) Voice of freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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Book, Wonderbook

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Presents a collage-illustrated treasury of poems and spirituals inspired by the life and work of civil rights advocate Fannie Lou Hamer.

59) Call me Miss Hamilton: one woman's case for equality and respect

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Weatherford, Carole Boston

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"This picture book biography in verse tells the story of Mary Hamilton, an African American woman and Civil Rights activist, who was found to be in contempt of court when she would not respond to questions from an Alabama judge who used only her first name, while calling white people "Mr.," "Mrs.," or "Miss." The NAACP took her case, which appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court, which ruled in Mary Hamilton's favor." --

60) Born to swing: Lil Hardin Armstrong's life in jazz

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Ever since she was a young girl, Lil Hardin played music with a beat. She jammed at home, at church, and even at her first job in a music store. At a time when women's only place in jazz was at the microphone, Lil earned a spot playing piano in Chicago's hottest band.