Search:

Results 1 to 10 of 27 |

Mamie takes a stand / by Chan, Marie; James, Siân(CARDINAL)517786;
Children will learn the little-known story of Mamie Tape, an eight-year-old Chinese American girl whose desire for knowledge and belonging led her family to fight for her right to attend public school in San Francisco. In the fall of 1884 in San Francisco, California, Mamie excitedly arrived for her first day at an American public school, only to find the principal blocking her way. Why? Because Mamie was Chinese. Thus began the Tape family's yearlong struggle to secure Mamie's right to attend public school. In the spring of 1885, Mamie's case reached the California Supreme Court, who reaffirmed a lower court's ruling that public schools should be open to children of all races. Young readers will be introduced to this largely unknown tale from American history and learn to treat others with empathy and respect.
Subjects: Biographies.; Tape, Mamie, 1876-1972; Children's Social Activists Biographies.; Children's Women Biographies.; Children's Multicultural Biographies.; Social justice; Biography.; Girls; Chinese American girls; Women; Chinese American children; Public schools; Girls; Chinese American children; Segregation in education; Right to education; Social justice;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
unAPI

Bookpeople : a multicultural album / by McElmeel, Sharron L.(CARDINAL)771558;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Biographies.; Authors, American; Authors; Children's literature; Cultural pluralism.; Cultural pluralism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

She persisted Claudette Colvin / by Cline-Ransome, Lesa,author.(CARDINAL)349833; Clinton, Chelsea.(CARDINAL)333259; Flint, Gillian,illustrator.(CARDINAL)610364;
Includes bibliographical references (page 51).Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up-or in her case, sitting down-for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice. Before Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin made the same choice. She insisted on standing up-or in her case, sitting down-for what was right, and in doing so, fought for equality, fairness, and justice. "Cline-Ransome brings the teen activist to life with great compassion and impressive brevity . . . A noteworthy start for chapter-book readers wishing to read more about young leaders of the movement." -Kirkus Reviews Cline-Ransome's narrative provides a knowledgeable, interesting introduction to an ­important player in the civil rights movement." -School Library JournalNC1170LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal correspondence.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Interviews.; Colvin, Claudette, 1939-; Memoirs and biographies.; African-American biographies.; Race relations; Girls; Teenage girls.; Girls; Women; Segregation in transportation; Segregation; Segregation; Women; Women; African Americans; Women; Women's rights; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Revolutionaries; African American women; African American women social reformers.; Women; Women; African American women social reformers; African American women social reformers; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; African American women civil rights workers; African Americans; Women political activists.; African American civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Civil rights movements; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Civil rights demonstrations.; Race relations; African-American Interest.; African American girls; African American feminists; African American families; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women civil rights workers; African American women civil rights workers; African American women; African American women; African American women; Biography; Biography; Biography; Biography.; Civil rights workers; Civil rights.; Discrimination.; Prejudices.; Racism.; Classism.; Sexism.; Autobiographies.; Multiculturalism.; Cultural pluralism; Race discrimination; Social justice.; African American children.; Girls.; Women.; Womyn.; Racism.; Sexism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

The story of Ruby Bridges / by Coles, Robert.(CARDINAL)146783; Ford, George,1936-illustrator.(CARDINAL)139364;
Booklist, January 1995Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 1995Child Study Children's Book Committee, January 1996Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000Multicultural Review, March 1996New York TimesPublisher's WeeklySchool Library Journal, March 1995Teacher Librarian, March 1996Wilson's Children, June 2001For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.5.4K-3AD730LAD800LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Bridges, Ruby.; Bridges, Ruby; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; School integration; School integration;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 8
unAPI

Elementary children's literature : the basics for teachers and parents / by Anderson, Nancy A.(CARDINAL)663187;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-358) and indexes.
Subjects: Children's literature; Children's literature; Children; Children.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

This is rhythm : Ella Jenkins, children's music, and the long civil rights movement / by Wald, Gayle,1965-author.(CARDINAL)684196;
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.Introduction: This is Ella Jenkins -- Part I. Clave. Bronzeville : 1924-1938 ; Rebel days : 1938-1948 ; West Coast : 1948-1952 ; Four years at the YWCA : 1952-1956 -- Part II. Rhythm specialist. Gate of horn, gate of ivory : 1956-1957 ; Call and response : 1956-1958 ; Adventures in rhythm : 1958-1961 ; Chicago folks : 1961-1962 -- Part III. Children's artist. On the road : 1962-1964 ; You'll sing a song : 1964-1968 ; A long time to freedom : 1968-1979 ; Looking back and looking forward : 1979-1999 -- Epilogue: First lady : 2000-2024 -- Appendix A: Interview -- Appendix B: Bibliographi essay -- Appendix C: Discography."99-year-old Ella Jenkins was a pioneer in American children's music and an early practitioner of what became known as multiculturalism. Here Gayle Wald, with unparalleled access to Jenkins's papers, documents not just Jenkins's life but the influence of her music among musicians and also educational institutions, including Chicago's South Parkway YMCA, where Jenkins taught music and dance. She became a fixture and touchstone of the folk music scene, putting out dozens of albums and performing worldwide. Her story illuminates the cultural history of Chicago and of postwar America, tying together musical history, gay and lesbian studies, racial and musical lineages, and more"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Jenkins, Ella.; Folk singers; Women folk musicians; African American women entertainers; African American women; African American lesbians;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
unAPI

25 women who dared to create. by Stanborough, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)622087; O'Keeffe, Georgia,1887-1986.(CARDINAL)148899;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discover 25 women who designed their own futures. From dancers to musicians to artists, these women drew from their imaginations and dreamed of the impossible.950L
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Humor.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Escobar, Marisol.; Lange, Dorthea.; Nampeyo, approximately 1856-1942.; Ringold, Faith.; Sayeg, Magda.; Beach, Amy, 1867-1944.; Carter, Ruth.; Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971; Claudel, Camille, 1864-1943.; Drew, Jane.; Graham, Martha.; Hadid, Zaha.; Head, Edith.; Himid, Lubaina, 1954-; Kahlo, Frida; Kusama, Yayoi.; León, Tania.; Lin, Maya, 1959-; Miller, Lee, 1907-1977.; Neshat, Shirin, 1957-; O'Farrell, Lauren.; O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986; Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962.; Sejima, Kazuyo, 1956-; Thomas, Alma.; Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.; Weems, Carrie Mae, 1953-; African-American biographies.; Native American biographies.; Native American people.; African American authors.; African American authors; African American authors; African American authors; African American families; African American feminists; African American girls; African American interest.; African American political activists.; African American political activists; African American women educators.; African American women political activists; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African-American Interest.; Amputees.; Antisemitism.; Architects and builders; Architects; Architects; Artists.; Artists' models; Artists; Artists; Artists; Asian American women; Asian Americans; Asthma in children; Asthma; Authors, American; Authors, American; Authors, American; Ballet dancers; Ballet dancers; Ballet dancing; Ballet; Ballet; Biography; Biography; Biography; Classism.; Communism.; Composers; Composers; Composers; Costume; Cuban Americans; Dance; Dance; Dancers; Dancers; Dancers; Discrimination.; Espionage, German.; Fashion design; Fashion designers; Fashion designers; Fashion designers; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminists; Flowers in art.; Hispanic American women.; Hispanic Americans; History, Modern; Hopi Indians; Illustration of books; Illustrators; Immigrants; Immigrants; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Iranian Americans; Japanese Americans; Journalists; Mental illness; Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Multiculturalism.; Musicians; Musicians; Musicians; Painters; Painters; Painters; Painters; Painting, American.; Painting, American; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Photographers; Photography; Political activists.; Political activists; Political activists; Political activists; Pottery; Prejudices.; Race discrimination; Race relations.; Racism.; Schizophrenia.; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenics; Sculpture; Sculpture; Segregation.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Sexism.; Spies; Success.; Teachers.; Teachers; Teachers; Teachers; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Watercolor painting, American; Wheelchairs; Women artists.; Women artists; Women artists; Women authors, American.; Women authors, American; Women authors, American; Women authors; Women composers; Women dancers.; Women designers; Women fashion designers; Women musicians.; Women painters; Women with disabilities.; Women's rights; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Biography.; Costumes.; Feminism.; Feminists.; Racism.; Sexism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.; Iranian Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

25 women who protected their country / by Berne, Emma Carlson,1979-author.(CARDINAL)352645;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discover 25 women who served in the military and accomplished great feats of strength and bravery. Whether through medicine, espionage, journalism, or combat, these 25 women show what it takes to be a hero.Grades 7-9Ages 11-141080L
Subjects: Biographies.; Bochkareva, Maria.; Brown, Monica Lin.; Hester, Leigh Ann.; Khan, Inayat Noor.; McTague, Linda.; West, Nadja.; Amanpour, Christiane.; Askew, Alice, 1874-1917.; Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915.; Colvin, Marie.; Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002.; Emerson, Gloria.; Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, 1909-1989.; Galard, Geneviève de, 1924-; Garrels, Anne, 1951-2022.; Gellhorn, Martha, 1908-1998.; Granville, Christine, 1908-1952.; Gray, Linda (Singer); Hollingworth, Clare.; Kendeigh, Jane, 1922-1987.; Murray, Flora.; Travers, Susan.; Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011.; Webb, Kate.; France. Armée. Légion étrangère; United States. Air Force. Air Force, 20th; United States. Air Force; United States. Air Force; United States. Air Force; United States.; United States.; African-American biographies.; Memoirs and biographies.; African American children.; African American girls; African American interest.; African American women; African Americans.; Air forces.; Air pilots; Airplanes; Airplanes; Airplanes; Authors, English.; Authors, English; Authors, English; Authors; Classism.; Discrimination.; East Indians.; Elections; Feminism.; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminists; Government, Resistance to.; History, Modern; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Journalists; Journalists; Medicine, Military.; Military biography.; Military nursing; Military nursing; Multiculturalism.; Nurses; Nurses; Nurses; Nurses; Nurses; Nursing; Physicians; Physicians; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Prejudices.; Race discrimination; Racism.; Sexism.; Social justice.; Spies; Spies; Spies; Suffrage; Suffragists.; Suffragists; Suffragists; Suffragists; Suffragists; Surgeons; Surgeons; Television broadcasting; Television journalists; Television news anchors; Veterans; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Voting; War; Women air pilots; Women and the military; Women and war; Women authors, English; Women authors, English; Women authors, English; Women authors.; Women authors; Women journalists.; Women physicians; Women physicians; Women spies; Women surgeons.; Women television journalists; Women veterans; Women veterans; Women's rights; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; World War, 1914-1918.; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Biography.; Feminism.; Feminists.; Racism.; Sexism.; Suffragettes.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

25 women who defied limitations / by Berne, Emma Carlson,1979-author.(CARDINAL)352645;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Discover 25 women whose disabilities did not stand in the way of their great achievements. Each woman profiled in this collection faced the challenge of a disability while pursuing excellence in her field, including the arts, sciences, sports, and politics"--1010L
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Humor.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Ondrasek, Naomi.; Shanahan, Jesse.; Grandin, Temple.; Saks, Elyn R., 1955-; Duckworth, Tammy, 1968-; Chandran, Suda.; Glennie, Evelyn.; Matlin, Marlee.; Gordy, Sarah.; Kihungi, Jane.; Thom, Jessica.; Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-; Loughner, Jared Lee, 1988-; Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-; Young, Stella.; Mabhena, Prudence.; Kahlo, Frida; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Claiborne, Loretta.; Fryke, Wendy.; Runyan, Marla, 1969-; Nemati, Zahra.; Keller, Helen, 1880-1968; Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936; Werner, Chelsea.; Hamilton, Bethany.; McClammer, Chelsea.; Jordan, Barbara.; Jamison, Kay R.; United States. Congress. House; United States. Congress. Senate; Special Olympics, Inc.; Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Immigrant experience.; Memoirs and biographies.; African-American biographies.; Cerebral palsy; Scientists; Scientists; Scientists; Scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Inflammatory bowel diseases.; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.; Genetic disorders; Astronomers; Astronomers; Astronomy; Women astronomers; College teachers.; Science teachers.; College teachers; Women college teachers; Mental illness; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry.; People with bipolar disorder; Autistic people; Autism.; Autism spectrum disorders.; Animal scientists; Animal specialists; Sensory disorders.; Schizophrenics; Schizophrenia; Murder; Firearms and crime.; Women legislators; Legislators; Firearms; Schizophrenia.; Mental health laws; Veterans; Multiracial families; Women veterans; Multiracial people; Multiracial people; Asian Americans; Asian American women; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Women and the military; Women and war; Feminism.; Discrimination.; Prejudices.; Racism.; Classism.; Sexism.; Multiculturalism.; Race discrimination; Social justice.; Immigrants.; Politicians; Women political activists.; Women politicians; Women political candidates; Women lawyers; Lawyers; National characteristics, American.; Justice, Administration of; African American women legislators; African American women; Mothers; Women veterans; African American families; Social justice; Civil rights workers; Civil rights.; Poliomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Lawyers; African American women lawyers; African American women; African American women politicians; African American women; African American women political activists; African American women educators.; African American women; African American women; African American women civil rights workers; African American women civil rights workers; African American women; African American politicians.; African American political activists; African American politicians; African American political activists.; African-American Interest.; African American feminists; African American families.; Women; African Americans; Revolutionaries; African American women; African American women social reformers.; Women; African American women social reformers; African American women social reformers; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women's rights; African Americans; African Americans; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Deaf women.; Women authors.; Deaf people.; Blind.; Deaf children; Deaf people; Deaf children; Deafblind women; Deaf people; Deafness.; Deafblind people; Deafblind women; Deafblind people; Blind people; Women authors, American.; Women authors, American; Women; Women; Women authors, American; Women authors; Biography; Biography; Deafness in children.; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Iranian Americans; Iranian Americans; Women athletes; Stargardt disease.; Equus; Horsemanship; Horsemanship; Horsemen and horsewomen; Horses; Dressage.; Shark attacks.; Surfing; Surfers; Extreme sports; Women surfers.; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Olympics; Olympic athletes.; Children with cerebral palsy; People with cerebral palsy; Cerebral palsy; Tourette syndrome.; Comedians.; Archery; People with disabilities; Women with disabilities.; African Americans; African American athletes.; Track and field athletes; African American track and field athletes; African American track and field athletes.; Biography; African American interest.; Authors; Editors; Women editors; Women comedians; Comedians; People with mental disabilities; People with mental disabilities; Down syndrome; Down syndrome; African American singers; African American entertainers; African American entertainers; Down syndrome; Painters; Success.; Osteogenesis imperfecta.; Actors; Television actors and actresses; Actresses; Actors; Actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Amputees.; Hard of hearing people.; Hard of hearing children.; Blindness.; Musicians; Women musicians.; Musicians; Dancers; Dance; East Indians.; Women artists.; Women artists; Women artists; Women painters; Self-actualization (Psychology); History, Modern; Feminists; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminism; Feminism; Television actors and actresses; Actors; Communism.; Biography.; Painters; Wheelchairs; People with disabilities; Feminism.; Women's movement.; Racism.; Sexism.; Mothers.; Women.; Womyn.; Feminists.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Stony the road : reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / by Gates, Henry Louis,Jr.,author.(CARDINAL)162666;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index.The New York Times bestseller. A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked "a new birth of freedom" in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the "nadir" of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance. Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age. The story Gates tells begins with great hope, with the Emancipation Proclamation, Union victory, and the liberation of nearly 4 million enslaved African-Americans. Until 1877, the federal government, goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others, tried at various turns to sustain their new rights. But the terror unleashed by white paramilitary groups in the former Confederacy, combined with deteriorating economic conditions and a loss of Northern will, restored "home rule" to the South. The retreat from Reconstruction was followed by one of the most violent periods in our history, with thousands of black people murdered or lynched and many more afflicted by the degrading impositions of Jim Crow segregation. An essential tour through one of America's fundamental historical tragedies, Stony the Road is also a story of heroic resistance, as figures such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells fought to create a counter-narrative, and culture, inside the lion's mouth. As sobering as this tale is, it also has within it the inspiration that comes with encountering the hopes our ancestors advanced against the longest odds.
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.; Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.; Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; Lewis, John, 1940-2020.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.; Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.); African-American biographies.; Memoirs and biographies.; African American authors.; African American children.; African American civil rights workers; African American college students.; African American families; African American families; African American families; African American interest.; African American men; African American men; African American political activists; African American politicians; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Autobiographies.; Black lives matter movement.; Civil rights movements.; Civil rights movements; Civil rights movements; Civil rights movements; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Classism.; Discrimination in education.; Discrimination in employment.; Discrimination in housing; Discrimination in law enforcement; Discrimination.; Discrimination; Discrimination; Discrimination; Hate crimes; History.; Investigative reporting; Lynching; Multiculturalism.; Nonviolence.; Plantation life.; Police brutality; Police chiefs.; Police corruption.; Police misconduct; Prejudices.; Protest movements; Protest movements; Race discrimination; Racial profiling in law enforcement; Racism.; Racism; Racism; Racism; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Segregation in education.; Segregation.; Segregation; Segregation; Slavery.; Slavery; Social justice.; White supremacy movements; Anti-discrimination law.; Black Lives Matter movement.; Hate crimes.; Racism.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Results 1 to 10 of 27 |