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40 Books in the
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19Th Century
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So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story
by
Anne Wynter
Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
by
Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. Kendi
Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom
by
Connie Schofield-Morrison
Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship
by
Patricia C. Mckissack
Hold the Flag High: The True Story of the First Black Medal of Honor Winner
by
Catherine Clinton
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition (Reprint)
by
Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box
by
Evette Dionne
Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
by
Cynthia Grady
Biddy Mason Speaks Up
by
Arisa White and Laura Atkins
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter
by
Nadia L. Hohn
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom
by
Gary D. Schmidt
Hammering for Freedom: The William Lewis Story
by
Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Harriet Tubman (Little People, Big Dreams)
by
Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
by
Janet Halfmann
If You Were a Kid in the Wild West (If You Were a Kid)
by
Tracey Baptiste
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
by
Tonya Bolden
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
by
Ann Petry
All About Madam C. J. Walker
by
A’Lelia Bundles
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
by
Vashti Harrison
Freedom in Congo Square
by
Carole Boston Weatherford
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
by
S.D. Nelson
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
by
Tonya Bolden
Capital Days: Michael Shiner’s Journal and the Growth of Our Nation’s Capital
by
Tonya Bolden
Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln And The Dawn Of Liberty
by
Tonya Bolden
Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America’s First Female Firefighter
by
Dianne Ochiltree
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
by
Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin
Freedom’s a-Callin Me
by
Ntozake Shange
Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
by
Dee Brown
Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life Of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal
by
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
by
Nikki Giovanni
Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad
by
Ann Petry
No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
by
Doreen Rappaport
Cause: Reconstruction America 1863-1877
by
Tonya Bolden
Only Passing Through
by
Anne F. Rockwell
To Be a Slave
by
Julius Lester
Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
by
Carole Boston Weatherford
Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom
by
Doreen Rappaport
Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom
by
Veronica Chambers
Breaking The Chains
by
William L. Katz
Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
by
Walter Dean Myers