John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement
James Haskins (Lee & Low, c2006)
Shelf Number: J323.092/L674hj/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY

A biography of John Lewis, Georgia Congressman and 1960s civil rights leader, focusing on his youth and culminating in the voter registration drives that sparked 'Bloody Sunday,' as hundreds of people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.

Marcus Garvey and the Back to Africa Movement
Stuart A. Kallen (Lucent Books /Thomson,c2006)
Shelf Number: J973.0496/G244k/BIOGRAPHY

Chronicles the life of Marcus Garvey, a black leader who advocated the founding of a black nation in Africa and who was a crusader for African Americans in their fight against oppression in the early years of the twentieth century.

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color: Poems
Elizabeth Alexander (Wordsong / Boyds Mills Press, c2007)
Shelf Number: J811/AL3755m/TWEEN

Despite their water being poisoned and the building set afire, Miss Crandall kept her school for African-American women--several of whom were the daughters of freed slaves--running in order to give her students the education they knew they deserved.

M.L.K.: Journey of a King
Tonya Bolden (Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2007)
Shelf Number: J323.092/K53b/BIOGRAPHY

Brings words and pictures together to tell the life story of one of America's greatest figures and his important philosophy of selfless love for one's neighbor.

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Carole Boston Weatherford (Hyperion Books for Children, c2006)
Shelf Number: J326.092/T885w/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY

This inspirational picture book follows Harriet Tubman's spiritual journey to freedom as she, leaving her family behind, escaped from slavery and helped many others break free from forced servitude via the Underground Railroad.

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (Sterling Pub., c2006)
Shelf Number: J811/H893p

Offers an introduction to the world of Langston Hughes, one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, and presents a selection of his poems that reflect African American culture and experience.