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1) Mumbet's Declaration of Independence

Author

Woelfle, Gretchen

Language

English

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Picture Books for Black History Month

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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Mumbet's Declaration of Independence tells the story of a Massachusetts slave from the Revolutionary era--in 1781, she successfully used the new Massachusetts Constitution to make a legal case that she should be free.

2) Muhammad Ali: the people's champion

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Language

English

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"Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers recounts the champ's most famous fights and examines the depth and complexity of the larger-than-life legend Muhammad Ali."--Amazon.com.

3) Eight days: a story of Haiti

Author

Danticat, Edwidge

Language

English

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Junior tells of the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.

4) Greetings, Leroy

Author

Sadu, Itah

Language

English

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Roy and his family move from Jamaica to Canada where Roy starts at a new school.

5) Mumbet's Declaration of Independence

Author

Woelfle, Gretchen

Language

English

Description

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Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man in town? Mumbet was determined to try.