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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Coretta Scott King Awards at Howard County Library</title><link>http://www.hclibrary.org/index.php?page=193&amp;rss=true</link><description>A feed of all Coretta Scott King Awards</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Africa dream /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Greenfield, Eloise.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0381900614;0690047762&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1977&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A black child's dreams are filled with the images of the people and places of Africa.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Africa - Fiction.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E GR&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11503</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11503</guid></item><item><title>Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshall /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780822567646&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/14/2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Reeves, Bass. - Slaves. - United States marshals. - Oklahoma - History - 19th century. - African Americans - Biography. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JB REEVES N&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=216334</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=216334</guid></item><item><title>The Battle of Jericho /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Draper, Sharon M.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689842325;0689842333;9780689842320&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 06/04/2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Clubs - Fiction. - Cousins - High schools - Schools - Death&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA DRA&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=108404</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=108404</guid></item><item><title>Beautiful blackbird /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Bryan, Ashley.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689847319&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 03/05/2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Folklore - Zambia. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Ila (African people) - Folklore.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E BRY&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=116032</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=116032</guid></item><item><title>Becoming Billie Holiday /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Weatherford, Carole Boston,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781590785072&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 03/17/2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this fictional memoir written in verse.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Holiday, Billie, - Fiction. - Novels in verse. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA WEA&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=201921</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=201921</guid></item><item><title>The blacker the berry : poems /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Thomas, Joyce Carol.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780060253752;0060253754&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 08/12/2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - American poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.54T&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=192104</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=192104</guid></item><item><title>Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0590430270&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1994&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Plantation life. - Southern States. - History. - 19th century. - Christmas - Southern States - History - Coretta Scott King Award. - Social life and customs - 1775-1865. - Slaves - Social life and customs.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J975.03M&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=34705</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=34705</guid></item><item><title>Copper sun /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Draper, Sharon M.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780689821813;0689821816&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2006&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/17/2006&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Indentured servants - Fiction. - African Americans - History. - 18th century - South Carolina - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Florida - Spanish colony, 1565-1763 - Slavery - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA DRA&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=145900</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=145900</guid></item><item><title>The creation /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Johnson, James Weldon,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0823410692&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1994&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A poem based on the story of creation from the first book of the Bible.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; American poetry. - Black authors. - Bible stories. - O.T. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Creation - Poetry.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.5J&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=32786</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=32786</guid></item><item><title>The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0679818634;0679918639;0679890068;9780679890065&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1992&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Horror stories. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Newbery Medal. - Short stories. - Ghosts&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF MCKI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=227804</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=227804</guid></item><item><title>Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hill, Laban Carrick.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780316107310&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/12/2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Potters. - Poets. - Slaves. - African Americans. - Dave, - Caldecott Medal. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JB DAVE H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=247374</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=247374</guid></item><item><title>Days of Jubilee : the end of slavery in the United States /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 059010764&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/19/2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Slavery. - History. - African Americans - History - To 1863. - Coretta Scott King Award. - United States - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Sources.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J973.7M&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=104765</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=104765</guid></item><item><title>Each kindness /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Woodson, Jacqueline.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780399246524&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 09/27/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Kindness - Fiction. - Friendship - Schools&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E WOO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=384900</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=384900</guid></item><item><title>Ellington was not a street /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Shange, Ntozake.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689828845&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/09/2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - American poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E SHA&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=115950</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=115950</guid></item><item><title>Everett Anderson's goodbye /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Clifton, Lucille,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0030635187&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1983&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father dies.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Fathers and sons - Fiction. - Stories in rhyme - Death&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E CLI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=7240</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=7240</guid></item><item><title>The first part last /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Johnson, Angela,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689849222;0689849230;9780689849237&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 09/15/2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Teenage fathers - Fiction. - Teenage parents - Father and child - Babies - Coretta Scott King Award. - Michael L. Printz Award. - African Americans&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA JOH&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=111780</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=111780</guid></item><item><title>The friendship /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Taylor, Mildred D.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0803704186;0803704178;0140389644&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1987&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Southern States - Race relations - Prejudices&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF TAY&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=23613</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=23613</guid></item><item><title>The friendship /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Taylor, Mildred D.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780140389647&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1998&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/14/2013&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Southern States - Race relations - Prejudices&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA TAY&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=402622</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=402622</guid></item><item><title>Goin' someplace special /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689818858;9780689818851&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2001&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/23/2002&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Segregation - Fiction. - African Americans - Nashville (Tenn.)&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E MCKI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=90285</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=90285</guid></item><item><title>The Great Migration : journey to the North /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Greenfield, Eloise.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780061259210&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 06/13/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - History - Poetry. - Migrations - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J304.8G&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=291024</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=291024</guid></item><item><title>H.O.R.S.E. : a game of basketball and imagination /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Myers, Christopher.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781606842188&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/02/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; "Two friends try to outdo each other on the basketball court in an out-of-this-world game of H.O.R.S.E"--&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Basketball - Fiction.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E MYE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=385600</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=385600</guid></item><item><title>Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Pinkney, Andrea Davis.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781423142577&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/09/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Biography. - Social change - History.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J973.0496P&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=394013</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=394013</guid></item><item><title>Heart and soul : the story of America and African Americans /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Nelson, Kadir.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780061730740&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/03/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; United States - History. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J973.0496N&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=325683</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=325683</guid></item><item><title>Heaven /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Johnson, Angela.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0689822294;9780689822292&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1998&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Adoption - Parent and child&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA JOH&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=59038</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=59038</guid></item><item><title>Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hamilton, Virginia.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0590473700;9780590473705&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1995&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African American women - Folklore. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J398.2H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=41262</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=41262</guid></item><item><title>I have a dream /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; King, Martin Luther,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780375858871;9780375958878&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/03/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Civil rights. - Civil rights movements. - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J323.092K&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=385704</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=385704</guid></item><item><title>I never had it made : an autobiography /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Robinson, Jackie,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0880014199;9780060555979&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1995&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Autobiography. - Robinson, Jackie, - Baseball players - Biography.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; B ROBINSON&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=37878</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=37878</guid></item><item><title>I, too, am America /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hughes, Langston,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781442420083&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 05/21/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - American poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.52H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=360802</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=360802</guid></item><item><title>In Daddy's arms I am tall : African-Americans celebrating fathers /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 1880000318&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1997&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A collection of poems celebrating African-American fathers by Angela Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Carole Boston Weatherford, and others.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award. - American poetry - Collections. - Fathers&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.008I&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=54511</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=54511</guid></item><item><title>In the time of the drums /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Siegelson, Kim L.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 078680436;9780786804368&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1999&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Slave insurrections. - Igbo (African people) - Grandmothers&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF SIE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=65989</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=65989</guid></item><item><title>Jimi : sounds like a rainbow : a story of the young Jimi Hendrix /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Golio, Gary.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780618852796&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/01/2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Before he became one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix was a boy who loved to paint and listen to records, and who asked himself an unusual question: could someone paint pictures with sound?&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Hendrix, Jimi. - Rock musicians. - Guitarists. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JB HENDRIX G&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=251947</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=251947</guid></item><item><title>Keeping the night watch /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Smith, Hope Anita.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780805072020;0805072020&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 07/30/2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Fiction. - Family life - Coretta Scott King Award. - Fathers&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA SMI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=190481</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=190481</guid></item><item><title>Lockdown /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Myers, Walter Dean,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780061214806&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/18/2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Juvenile detention homes - Fiction. - Old age - African Americans - Friendship - Fiction - Juvenile delinquents - Coretta Scott King Award. - Self-perception - Conduct of life&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA MYE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=221705</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=221705</guid></item><item><title>Locomotion /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Woodson, Jacqueline.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0399231153&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 05/13/2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Fiction. - Brothers and sisters - Fiction - Coretta Scott King Award. - Orphans - Poetry - Foster home care - Schools&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF WOO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=107855</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=107855</guid></item><item><title>Mare's war /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Davis, Tanita S.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780375857140&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 08/19/2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's A&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; United States. - Fiction. - Family life - Alabama - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Automobile travel - Sisters - Grandmothers - History - 1819-1950 - World War, 1939-1945&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA DAV&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=211388</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=211388</guid></item><item><title>The middle passage : white ships/black cargo /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Feelings, Tom.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0803718047&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1995&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Africans in art. - Slavery and slaves in art. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Feelings, Tom.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; 759.13F&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=42135</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=42135</guid></item><item><title>Minty : a story of young Harriet Tubman /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Schroeder, Alan.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0803718896;0803718888&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1996&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Slaves. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Biography - Tubman, Harriet, - Underground Railroad.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JB TUB- S&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=44827</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=44827</guid></item><item><title>Miracle's boys /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Woodson, Jacqueline.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0399231137;0698119169&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2000&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 09/28/2000&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Family problems - Fiction - Coretta Scott King Award. - Brothers - Orphans - Fiction. - Racially mixed people&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF WOO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=75997</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=75997</guid></item><item><title>Mirandy and Brother Wind /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0394887654;0394987659&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1988&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Caldecott Medal. - African Americans - Fiction. - Dancing - Winds&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E MCKI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=31894</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=31894</guid></item><item><title>The Moon over Star /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Aston, Dianna Hutts.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780803731073&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/30/2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; On her family's farm in the town of Star, eight-year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing and dreams that she might one day be an astronaut, too.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) - Fiction. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Space flight to the moon - Farm life&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E AST&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=196001</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=196001</guid></item><item><title>Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Weatherford, Carole Boston,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0786851759&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2006&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/24/2007&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Slaves. - Tubman, Harriet, - Underground Railroad. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Biography.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J973.71W&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=160639</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=160639</guid></item><item><title>Mufaro's beautiful daughters : an African tale /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Steptoe, John,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0688040462;9780688040451;0688040454&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1987&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Fairy tales. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Africa - Fiction. - Caldecott Medal. - African Americans&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E STE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=31808</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=31808</guid></item><item><title>Mufaro's beautiful daughters : an African tale /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Steptoe, John,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780688040451;9781591125426&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2001&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/17/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Fairy tales. - Caldecott Medal. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Africa - Fiction.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JCDBK E STE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=329220</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=329220</guid></item><item><title>My people /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hughes, Langston,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781416935407;1416935401&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/09/2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.52H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=200002</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=200002</guid></item><item><title>Nathaniel talking /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Greenfield, Eloise.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0863162002&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1988&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Fiction.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E GRE&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11578</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11578</guid></item><item><title>The Negro speaks of rivers /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hughes, Langston,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780786818679&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/12/2009&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; The famous poem, taken from The collected poems of Langston Hughes (c1994), illustrated with watercolors.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Poetry. - American poetry. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.52H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=200003</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=200003</guid></item><item><title>Never forgotten /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; McKissack, Pat,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780375843846&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/10/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In eighteenth-century West Africa, a boy raised by his blacksmith father and the Mother Elements--Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth--is captured and taken to America as a slave.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Novels in verse. - Families - Poetry. - Slavery - Four elements (Philosophy) - Blacksmiths - Blacks - Mali - African Americans - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J811.54M&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=328064</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=328064</guid></item><item><title>Ninth Ward /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Rhodes, Jewell Parker.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780316043076&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 10/13/2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Fiction. - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Spirits - Coming of age - New Orleans (La.) - Coretta Scott King Award. - Survival&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA RHO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=248894</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=248894</guid></item><item><title>Ninth Ward /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Rhodes, Jewell Parker.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780316043076;9780316043083&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 03/03/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Fiction. - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Spirits - Coming of age - Coretta Scott King Award. - New Orleans (La.) - Survival&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF RHO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=271768</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=271768</guid></item><item><title>No crystal stair : a documentary novel of the life and work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem bookseller /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780761361695&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 01/24/2012&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Bookstores - New York (State) - New York - Fiction. - African Americans - Books and reading - Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Coretta Scott King Award. - Michaux, Lewis H.,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; YA NEL&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=342721</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=342721</guid></item><item><title>One crazy summer /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Williams-Garcia, Rita.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780060760885&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 03/15/2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated &lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Black Panther Party - Fiction. - Oakland (Calif.) - History - 20th century - African Americans - Civil rights movements - Newbery Medal. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Poets - Sisters - Mothers&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF WIL&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=224102</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=224102</guid></item><item><title>The patchwork quilt /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Flournoy, Valerie,&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0803700989;0803700970&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1985&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Family life - Quilting - Grandmothers&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E FLO&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=10059</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=10059</guid></item><item><title>The people could fly : American Black folktales /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Hamilton, Virginia.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0679843361;0394969251&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1985&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Retold Black folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Folklore. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J398.2H&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11983</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=11983</guid></item><item><title>Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles-- think of that!/  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Dillon, Leo.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0590478834;9780590478830&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2002&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 11/05/2002&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Illustrations and rhyme describe the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; African Americans - Fiction. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Dancers - Robinson, Bill, - Stories in rhyme - Tap dancing&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E DIL&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=99503</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=99503</guid></item><item><title>Remember : the journey to school integration /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Morrison, Toni.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 061839740;9780618397402&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 07/09/2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; School integration. - United States - Race relations. - Discrimination in education. - African Americans - Education. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J379.263M&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=119140</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=119140</guid></item><item><title>The road to Paris /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Grimes, Nikki.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0399245375&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2006&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/12/2006&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Brothers and sisters - Fiction - Foster home care&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; JF GRI&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=158391</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=158391</guid></item><item><title>Tar Beach /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Ringgold, Faith.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0517580314;0517580306&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 1991&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 12/31/1969&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Caldecott Medal. - Coretta Scott King Award. - Flight - Fiction. - African Americans - Dreams - Fiction - Harlem (New York, N.Y.)&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E RIN&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=20632</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=20632</guid></item><item><title>Thunder Rose /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Nolen, Jerdine.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0152164723&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2003&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/09/2004&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Tall tales. - Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - West (U.S.) - Fiction&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E NOL&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=115955</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=115955</guid></item><item><title>Underground /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Evans, Shane.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781596435384&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 03/08/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Underground Railroad. - Fugitive slaves. - Antislavery movements. - Abolitionists. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J973.71E&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=271562</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=271562</guid></item><item><title>Uptown /   </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Collier, Bryan.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 0805057218&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2000&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 09/18/2000&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - African Americans - Fiction. - Harlem (New York, N.Y.)&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; E COL&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=75578</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=75578</guid></item><item><title>We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Nelson, Kadir.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9780786808328;0786808322&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/26/2008&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kad&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Negro leagues. - African Americans. - Baseball players. - Baseball - History. - Coretta Scott King Award.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; J796.357N&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=182205</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=182205</guid></item><item><title>Yummy : the last days of a Southside Shorty /  </title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Neri, Greg.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISBN:&lt;/strong&gt; 9781584302674&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Year:&lt;/strong&gt; 2010&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date added:&lt;/strong&gt; 02/25/2011&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; "A graphic novel based on the true story of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an eleven-year old African American gang member from Chicago who shot a young girl and was then shot by his own gang members"--Provided by publisher.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subjects:&lt;/strong&gt; Coretta Scott King Award. - Sandifer, Robert - Comic books, strips, etc. - African American youth - Illinois - Chicago - Biography - Social conditions - Gang members - Gangs - Violence - Chicago (Ill.) - Graphic novels.&lt;br \&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call number:&lt;/strong&gt; 741.59N&lt;br \&gt;</description><link>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=270543</link><guid>http://polaris.hclibrary.org/polaris/view.aspx?cn=270543</guid></item></channel></rss>
