A long time coming a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much - and how little - racism has changed since our country's founding.

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Main Author: Shepard, Ray Anthony (Author)
Other Authors: Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
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245 1 2 |a A long time coming :  |b a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama /  |c Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Calkins Creek, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers,  |c [2023] 
264 4 |c Ã2023 
300 |a 333 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-323) and index. 
520 |a Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much - and how little - racism has changed since our country's founding. 
520 |a 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. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x History  |v Young adult nonfiction. 
650 0 |a Racism  |z United States  |v Young adult nonfiction. 
651 0 |a United States  |x Race relations  |v Young adult nonfiction. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Violence against  |v Young adult nonfiction. 
655 7 |a Prose poems  |v Young adult.  |2 local 
655 7 |a Biographical poetry  |v Young adult.  |2 local 
655 7 |a Poetry  |v Young adult.  |2 local 
700 1 |a Christie, R. Gregory,  |d 1971-  |e illustrator. 
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