A long time coming : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama / Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781662680663

Personal Author:

Shepard, Ray Anthony

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]

Physical Description:

333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary:

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.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations

Subject Term:

African Americans -- History

Black people--United States -- History.

Racism--United States

African Americans -- Violence against

Black people--United States -- Violence against.

Genre:

Prose poems

Biographical poetry

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