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Title:

We are the change : words of inspiration from civil rights leaders / with art from Selina Alko [and 15 others] ; with an introduction by Harry Belafonte.

Publisher:

Chronicle Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

50 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Civil rights movements--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Social change--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Conduct of life--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Social reformers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Belafonte, Harry, 1927- writer of introduction.
Alko, Selina, illustrator.
Hughes, Emily (Emily M.), illustrator.
Congdon, Lisa, illustrator.
Santat, Dan, illustrator.
Qualls, Sean, illustrator.
Pinkney, J. Brian, illustrator.
Idle, Molly Schaar, illustrator.
Medina, Juana, 1980- illustrator.
Parra, John, illustrator.
Raúl the Third, 1976- illustrator.
Pizzoli, Greg, illustrator.
Sweet, Melissa, 1956- illustrator.
Strickland, Shadra, illustrator.
Chau, Alina, illustrator.
Neal, Christopher Silas, illustrator.

Notes:

"Chronicle Books is a proud supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union"-- title page.

Contents:

Queen Lili'uokalani / Emily Hughes -- Frederick Douglass / Lisa Congdon -- John Lewis / Dan Santat -- Maya Angelou / Sean Qualls -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Brian Pinkney -- Eleanor Roosevelt / Molly Idle -- Gwendolyn Brooks / Juana Medina -- Sonia Sotomayor / John Parra -- Dolores Huerta / Raúl the Third -- W. E. B. Du Bois / Greg Pizzoli -- Maya Angelou / Selina Alko -- E. B. White / Melissa Sweet -- Khalil Gibran / Innosanto Nagara -- Nina Simone / Shadra Strickland -- Helen Keller / Alina Chau -- Barack Obama / Christopher Silas Neal.

Summary:

"Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come."-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1452170398
9781452170398

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1038040272

LCCN:

2018024225

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)