Afro-Americans | Batavia High School Media Center

Black Boy

This version of the autobiography is presented in two parts, as authorized by the author's estate. Part one tells of his painful early years in the Jim Crow South. Part two follows his journey North.

1908-1960, 20th century, Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans, Audiobooks

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I, Too, Sing America

A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.

Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans, American poetry, Children's poetry, American, Collections

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Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to t

1863-1877, 19th century, Afro-Americans, History, Juvenile literature

973.049
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African American Writers

Afro-American authors, Afro-Americans, Afro-Americans in literature, American literature, Dictionaries

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Young, Black, and Determined

Pat McKissack

A biography of the African-American playwright who received great recognition for her work at an early age.

1930-1965, 20th century, Afro-Americans, Biography, Dramatists, American

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HANSBERRY

The Crazy Horse Electric Game

Chris Crutcher

A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school

Afro-Americans, fiction, Handicapped, Runaways

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