Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2026

42. Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson

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listened on Libby 464 pgs. (14+ hrs.) 2026 Adult Historical Fiction Finished 8/24/226 Goodreads rating: 4.43 My rating: 4.75 - It got a litt...
Monday, February 10, 2020

27. We Hope for Better Things by Erin Bartels

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listened to eAudio - RBDigital/TPPL narrated by Stina Nielsen Unabridged audio (12:03) 2019, Fleming H. Revell Co. 393 pgs. Adult Hid...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

MOVIE - Green Book

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PG-13 (2:10) Wide release 11/21/19 Viewed 12/27/18 at Carlisle Theater with Sandy IMBd: 8.3/10 RT Critic:  82  Audience: 94 Crit...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

MOVIE - BlackKklansman

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R (2:15) Wide release 8/10/18 Viewed 9/12/2018 RT Critic: 95  Audience:  82 Critic's Consensus:   BlacKkKlansman  uses history...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

70. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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read on my iPhone 2017, Balzer & Bray 444 pgs. YA CRS Finished 12/30/2017 Goodreads rating:  4.59 - 73,998 ratings My rating: 5 ...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

MOVIE - Marshall

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PG-13 (1:58) Wide release 10-13-17 Viewed Tuesday evening, 10-17-17 at the Regal Theater in Harrisburg IMBd:  6.8 T Critic: 87    ...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

PICTURE BOOK - The Case for Loving: the Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko

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Illustrated by the author's husband, Sean Qualls 2015 Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic Author's note & Bibliography HC $18.9...
Monday, January 16, 2017

MOVIE- Hidden Figures

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PG (2:07) Wide release 1/6/17 Viewed Sunday, 1/15/17 at Carlisle 8 with Ella IMBd:   RT Critic: 93   Audience:  94 Critic's ...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

PICTURE BOOK - I am Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer

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Ordinary People Change the World series Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulis 2014 Dial Books for Young Readers HC & paper 40 ...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Civil Rights and Being Black in America

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PICTURE BOOKS 1960s Bass, Hester - Seeds of Freedom (2015) Huntsville, AL 1962-1963, peaceful desegregation Faulkner, Matt - A Taste of...
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

MOVIE - Selma

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PG-13 (2:07) Wide release 1/9/2015 Monday 1/12/15 at El Con with Sheila and Gwen RT Critic:  99  Audience:  87 Cag:  5/Liked it m...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

PICTURE BOOK - All Different Now - Angela Johnson

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Juneteenth; the First Day of Freedom Illustrated by E. B. Lewis 2014, Simon & Schuster 32 pgs. HC $17.99 Goodreads rating: ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

MOVIE - The Butler

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PG-13 (2:12) Wide release 8/16/2013 at El Con on 9/4/2013 with Sheila RT Critic: 72 Audience: 82 Cag:  5 Loved it  Directed by ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

33. Same Sun Here - Silas House & Neela Vaswani

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Candlewick Press, 2011 298 pgs. for:  Middle Grades Rating:  Very Good/4 1st Line/s:  "Dear River,  I cannot tell from your nam...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend – Calvin Alexander Ramsey & Bettye Stroud

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A Civil Rights Story Illustrated by John Holyfield Candlewick Press, 2011 HC $15.99 32 pages Rating: Wonderful/5 Endpapers: Deep Cra...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Henry Aaron's Dream - Matt Tavares

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Candlewick, 2010 $16.99 40 pgs. For: Gr. 2-5 Endpapers: pumpkin pie Well, this book brought tears to my eyes. It's a powerful picture bo...

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down - Andrea Davis Pinkney

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Illustrated by Brian Pinkney Little Brown & Co., 2010 $16.99 40 pages - one folds out Endpapers: plum A powerful piece of the history of...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

15. Leaving Gee's Bend - Irene Latham

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For: Middle grades G. P. Putnams, 2010 HC, $16.95 230 pages Rating: 4 This is the story of three days in the life of 10-year old sharecropp...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

We Trouble the Waters - Ntozake Shange

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Illustrated by Rod Brown (paintings) Amistad/Collins, 2009 32 pages $16.99 Endpapers: Navy Blue Being black in the south during Jim Crow - t...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

January's Sparrow - Patricia Polacco

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Philomel Books, 2009 $22.99 96 good-sized pages For: grades 3/4+ Rating: 5 Endpapers: Pale, shimmery, sage green When I was in colleg...