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5th Grade Recommended Reads
Black Authors: Youth Biographies (SCPL-YS)
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""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy S Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--
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Black History Month - ROD Children's
Women's History Month - Youth
Women's History Month: Kids (March 2023)
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Women's History Month: Kids (March 2023)
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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.
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"A groundbreaking collection of poetry from Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez. From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as "Afropioneers" in the American West to shimmering glimpses of transcendent, liberated futures. In poems that range from wry,...
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"The Conquest, published in 1913, is the first of seven novels written by Oscar Micheaux, better known as a prolific pioneer African-American filmmaker. This novel, along with two that followed, The Forged Note in 1915 and The Homesteader in 1917, mirrors Micheaux's experience as a black pioneer of the American West. The son of former slaves, his family had settled in Kansas as a part of the Exoduster movement in the post-Reconstruction era." "Micheaux...
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"Using public and private collections in every western state and in Canada, John Ravage has gathered more than three hundred photographs, line drawings, lithographs, stereoviews, and other images. This new edition of Black Pioneers also adds sections on black entertainers and ranchers, a chapter on the dating of historic photographs and their genealogical significance, as well as an expanded bibliography. All aid understanding of the black frontier...
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Empak "Black history" publication volume 3
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Biographical material on black Americans who pioneered in various fields, including exploring, statesmanship, business, and activism.
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Empak "Black history" publication volume 3
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English
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Biographical material on black Americans who pioneered in various fields, including exploring, statesmanship, business, and activism.
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