Patricia C. McKissack
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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Patricia C. McKissack
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural is a collection of ten spine-tingling tales, all with a foundation in African-American culture and history, from the time of slavery through the civil rights era.
Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney
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.
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack
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.
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack
In 1797, a slave named Isabella was born in New York. After being freed in 1827, she chose the name by which she has been remembered long after her death—Sojourner Truth.
Truth was a preacher, an abolitionist, an activist for the rights of both blacks and women. Although she couldn’t read, she could quote the Bible word for word, and was a powerful speaker. An imposing six feet tall, with a profound faith in God’s love and a deep rich voice, she stirred audiences around the country until her death in 1883.
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack
A chronicle of the first black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant resulting in a "David and Goliath" ending.
Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney
To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.
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