A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama
(2023)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/305.800973/SHEPARD,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
©2023
©2023
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781662680663, 166268066X :, 166268066X, 9781662680663
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much - and how little - racism has changed since our country's founding
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
1050L