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Stories And Songs Of Emancipation
BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT Interweaving life stories with spirituals, work songs, blues lyrics, and poems, this is a compelling narrative recounting the experience of black Americans in the South from the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 through the dawn of the Civil Rights era in 1954. Drawing from true accounts, the author writes of hopes for equality dashed by new "legal" injustices, and of a climate of fear and uncertainty fueled by intimidation, lynchings, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. But the author tells also of the courageous struggle to recreate family and community life, achieve economic independence, explore creative expression, and mount a successful legal challenge against segregation.
Candlewick 2006 63 PP. Paper
$7.99 (in stock)
The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT, ILLUSTRATED BY BRIAN COLLIER "This picture book biography provides an ideal introduction to this leader and his works. Juxtaposing original text with quotes from King's writing and speeches, Rappaport's narrative offers a pastiche of scenes from King's life, beginning with his childhood experience of seeing 'white only' signs sprinkled throughout his hometown. He Questions his mother about their meaning, and she assures him, 'You are as good as anyone.' Listening to his father preach, the boy asserts that 'When I grow up, I'm going to get big words, too.' The author relies on her subject's own words, and his power, passion and pacifism shine through."-Publishers Weekly. Ages 5-9.
Jump at the Sun 2001 40 PP. Cloth
$15.99 (in stock)
The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT "This picture book biography provides an ideal introduction to this leader and his works. Juxtaposing original text with quotes from King's writing and speeches, Rappaport's narrative offers a pastiche of scenes from King's life, beginning with his childhood experience of seeing 'white only' signs sprinkled throughout his hometown. He questions his mother about their meaning, and she assures him, 'You are as good as anyone.' Listening to his father preach, the boy asserts that 'When I grow up, I'm going to get big words, too.' The author relies on her subject's own words, and his power, passion and pacifism shine through." - Publishers Weekly
Jump at the Sun - Hyperion 2007 32 PP. Paper
$6.99 (in stock)
Stories And Songs Of The Civil Rights Movement
BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT, ILLUSTRATED BY SHANE W. EVANS Author Doreen Rappaport uses true accounts to put readers in the shoes of extraordinary people who risked everything to fight the epidemic of racism during the civil rights era. Moses Wright testified against the white men who stood accused of Till's murder. Nine black teenagers in Little Rock, Arkansas, dared to attend a newly integrated high school. James Lawson trained activists not to fight back, no matter how many insults or billy clubs rained down on them. Throughout ten turbulent years, black southerners filled jails and public places with the songs and the strength passed down to them by their ancestors, who knew too well what it meant to be chained.
Candlewick 2006 63 PP. Cloth
$19.95 (in stock)
Martin's Big Words - Paperback Doreen Rappaport
Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'round Doreen Rappaport
Martin's Big Words Doreen Rappaport
Free At Last! Doreen Rappaport
