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We Troubled the Waters

AUTHOR Shange, Ntozake; Brown, Rod
PUBLISHER HarperCollins (11/01/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
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Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm.

From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppression to inspiring courage, there are countless stories--both forgotten and immortalized--of everyday and extraordinary people who acted for justice during the civil rights movement that changed our nation.

Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and illustrator Rod Brown give voice to all those who fought for their unalienable rights in a triumphant book about the power of the human spirit.
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ISBN-13: 9780061337352
ISBN-10: 0061337358
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 32
Carton Quantity: 40
Product Dimensions: 11.32 x 0.38 x 8.96 inches
Weight: 0.92 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CN
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Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General
Juvenile Nonfiction | African American & Black
Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General
Grade Level: 1st Grade - 5th Grade
Dewey Decimal: 811.54
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008025360
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Jim Crow; Brown v. Board of Education; Bull Connor; KKK; Birmingham; the Lorraine Motel; Rosa; Martin; and Malcolm.

From slavery to the separation of "colored" and "white" and from horrifying oppression to inspiring courage, there are countless stories--both forgotten and immortalized--of everyday and extraordinary people who acted for justice during the civil rights movement that changed our nation.

Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and illustrator Rod Brown give voice to all those who fought for their unalienable rights in a triumphant book about the power of the human spirit.

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Author: Shange, Ntozake
Ntozake Shange, poet, novelist, playwright, and performer, wrote the Broadway-produced and Obie Award-winning "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf." She has also written numerous works of fiction, including "Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo, Betsy Brown, " and "Liliane."
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Illustrator: Brown, Rod
Rod Brown is a fine artist and the illustrator of We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange, and From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. His artwork has been displayed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and on the Nickelodeon program Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, among other places. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Rod lives with his wife in a suburb of Washington, DC.
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