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Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in the 1930s, Victor created a guide--The Negro Motorist Green-Book--compiling information on where to go and what places to avoid so that Black travelers could have a safe and pleasant time. While the Green Book started out small,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Presents the life, discoveries, and legacy of the pioneering American agriculturist who was born into slavery and went on to become a college professor famous for finding numerous uses for various types of plants.
Author
Series
Crossing Ebenezer Creek volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated, high-society woman in Washington, D.C.
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