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A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Shepard, Ray Anthony
- Publication
- New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
- ©2023
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 24-293 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-
- Description
- 333 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > History > Juvenile literature
- Racism > United States > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > Violence against > Juvenile literature
- Young adult literature
- African Americans
- African Americans > Violence against
- Race relations
- Racism
- Racism > Juvenile literature
- United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Prose poems.
- Biographical poetry.
- Biographies.
- Creative nonfiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index.
- Audience (note)
- 1050L
- Contents
- Did you ever wonder? -- Part I: 1773-1913, Enslavement and emancipation. Ona Judge ; Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman -- Part II: 1862-1968, Freedom and justice. Ida B. Wells ; Martin Luther King Jr. -- Part III: 1961-2008, The promise of America. Barack Obama -- Epilogue -- The long struggle -- History clips.
- Call Number
- JFE 24-293
- ISBN
- 9781662680663
- 166268066X
- 9781662680670 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020947716
- OCLC
- 1391632825
- Author
- Shepard, Ray Anthony, author.
- Title
- 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.
- Publisher
- New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index.
- Audience
- 1050L Lexile
- Added Author
- Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 24-293