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A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama / Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie.
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much - and how little - racism has changed since our country's founding.
This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much--and how little--has changed for Black Americans since our country's founding.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781662680663
- ISBN: 166268066X
- Physical Description: 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index. |
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| Genre: | Young adult literature. Prose poems. Biographical poetry. Poetry. Creative nonfiction. |
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| Clayton County Library System: Forest Park Branch |
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| Clayton County Library System: Headquarters Library |
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| Clayton County Library System: Lovejoy Branch |
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| Clayton County Library System: Morrow Branch |
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| Clayton County Library System: Northwest Branch |
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| Clayton County Library System: Riverdale Branch |
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| Dougherty County Public Library: Central Branch |
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| Flint River Regional Library System: Fayette County Public Library |
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31022010361696 | YA | Available | |
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