Nikki Giovanni
1) A library
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English
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In this ode to libraries where everyone who loves stories is welcome, a world-renowned poet captures the magic of these places for imagination, exploration and escape.
2) Rosa
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English
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The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance.
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English
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Borrowing the title of a traditional African American hymn, Standing in the Need of Prayer poetically describes the vulnerability of black men and the ongoing injustice they encounter in America. Noted poet, Nikki Giovanni speaks to participants of the Million Man March, Tupac's mother, and expresses her own trepidation felt in response to late-night callers who may or may not be the bearers of tragic news. Her writings are bookended with poems by...
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English
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In celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday in February 2009, we present this story of the unusual friendship between two great American leaders. At a time when racial tensions were high and racial equality was not yet established, Lincoln and Douglass formed a strong bond over shared ideals.
7) Rosa
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English
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On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man, an act that ignited a movement that changed modern history.
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018].
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English
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There is nothing more important to a child than to feel loved, celebrated in this gathering of poems written by Nikki Giovanni. Selected by illustrator Ashley Bryan, who adds a visual layering that drums the most impartant message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The seven-time NAACP Image Award-winning poet unapologetically celebrates her heritage in a deeply personal collection of verse that speaks to the injustices of society and the depths of her own heart.
16) Acolytes
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Covers such topics as family and friends, the deaths of heroes and companions, nature, libraries, theater, Rosa Parks, June Jordan, Hurricane Katrina, and Emmett Till in "...Her latest book presents 80 poems that embody the main element that propelled Giovanni's emergence as a powerful voice during the Black Arts Movement: the drive to keep slavery, injustice, and the struggle for civil rights alive in America's consciousness..."--Booklist review...
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Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech. Martin's big words: Introduces the ideas and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. using some of his own words. Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus. Henry's freedom box: A fictionalized story about a young slave who mails himself to freedom....