The children of Gumbo Grove Elementary School discover the contributions of many famous Afro-Americans during Black History Month.
African Americans
- Author:Tate, Eleanora E.Summary:
- Author:Mason, FeliciaSummary:
For eighteen years Roger McKenzie has led a gospel singing group, The Triumphant Voices of Praise. But The Voices have failed to win commercial or critical success. When Roger's leadership is questioned, personal problems threaten to...
- Author:Sambury, LiselleSummary:
After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name in this psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades . Sunny...
- Author:Harrell, Colette R.Summary:
The full-figured Esther Redding doesn't realize it, but she desperately needs a change. When Briggs Stokes returns to Detroit, he decides that nothing will keep him from her door. Well, nothing but once-reformed bad girl Monica...
- Author:Lovely, LutishiaSummary:
Determined to make a name for himself and show up his brother Toussaint, Jefferson Livingstone instead must work together with his brother to keep their family dynasty from falling apart when an old enemy returns.
- Author:Robinson, CherylSummary:
Listeners meet Georgia Brown, a housewife of 11 years who is married to a radio personality who might be having an affair. Georgia is fed up and set to break out on her own. But when her husband puts her on the air to tell "her side" of...
- Author:Campbell, SashaSummary:
Because Noelle Gordon owns the hottest beauty salon in the area, she hears a lot about her clients' private lives. But when a baby is abandoned on her doorstep, Noelle finds that she is the one at the center of all the drama.
- Author:Hostin, SunnySummary:
Emmy Award winner, renowned lawyer and journalist, The View cohost, and National Bestselling author Sunny Hostin dazzles with this brilliant novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard.Welcome to Oak...
- Author:Morrison, ToniSummary:
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of...
- Author:Reynolds, JasonSummary:
Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes--like his parents and two best friends--stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he's actually...
- Author:Griggs, Vanessa DavisSummary:
Pastor George Landris has a monumental mandate for his flock. He wants them to cast off their strongholds (i.e., their weaknesses), and this sets off a flurry of soul-searching and repentance with humorous and poignant results.
- Author:King, Martin LutherSummary:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes...
- Author:Draper, Sharon M.Summary:
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
- Author:Cherry-Paul, SonjaSummary:
This book takes young readers on a journey from present to past and back again. Kids will discover where racist ideas came from, identify how they impact America today, and meet those who have fought racism with antiracism. Along the...
- Author:Johnson, BrandiSummary:
When her brother is killed, Trouble, who has everything she could ever want because of her brother and his "complex occupation," embarks on a mission of revenge that involves seducing the enemy and then killing him.
- Author:Bowers, RickSummary:
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
- Author:Hubler, MarshaSummary:
In the third book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, Skye faces a new challenge when a runaway girl becomes the newest foster child at the ranch—and soon becomes Skye's nemesis as well....
- Author:Bingham, WinsomeSummary:
On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny's for Soul Food. But today, I don't go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. "You're a big boy now," Granny says. "Time for you to learn."...
- Author:TouréSummary:
Soul City is an urban utopia, where the local house of worship is St. Pimp's House of Baptist Rapture, and the candidates for mayor are locked in a fierce battle for DJ supremacy. Into this wonderful place comes Cadillac Jackson, a...
- Author:Morrison, ToniSummary:
Morrison narrates for three hours and lays out before us the complex lives and backgrounds of four generations of black family life in the south. Central is the character Milkman--an unfortunate nickname owed to his lengthy nursing...