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Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia: Eyes on the Prize - Why I Got on The Bus    by UrbaneBooksPublishing
Price: $5.99 USD. 3130 words. Published on May 22, 2011. .

"Freedom Rides to Sweet Magnolia: Eyes on the Prize - Why I Got on The Bus" is a book of poetry that pays tribute to the men and women -black as well as white, young as well as old-who organized bus rides to the South and boarded those buses despite the mob violence that awaited them to protest and put an end to discriminatory practices in the U.S.A.
Rosa Parks's Magic Farm Adventures    by UrbaneBooksPublishing
Price: $9.99 USD. 8670 words. Published on February 6, 2012. .

Born Rosa Louise McCauley, she was the loving daughter of James and Leona McCauley, respectively a carpenter and a teacher. Rosa grew up on a farm in Level, Alabama. Her parents and she lived on the grandparents' farm. This book is a fictional account of Rosa McCauley's childhood on a large farm. It will tell you about the many adventures she used to go on with her pet dog Chester and pet goat...
The African Tragedian    by Robin Peters
Price: $4.99 USD. 5830 words. Published on February 17, 2012. .

Ira Aldridge, America's earliest important Black actor, became one of the most celebrated Shakespearean actors of nineteenth century Europe. This dramatic montage traces the joyous moment that performance can bring and the hurtful reality of being Black during racial slavery.
We Begin with History: Is Black History Month Still Relevant? - Tribute to Carter G. Woodson: Black History Month Or African-American History Month Or U.S. History    by UrbaneBooksPublishing
Price: $2.99 USD. 3990 words. Published on April 17, 2012. .

"We Begin with History: Is Black History Month Still Relevant? - Tribute to Carter G. Woodson: Black History Month Or African-American History Month Or U.S. History" is an essay and poetry ebook on the imnportance and relevance of African American history month in the context of a broader U.S history and world history.
The Forgotten League: A History of Negro League Baseball    by BookCaps
Price: $2.99 USD. 12400 words. Published on September 14, 2012. .

Rube Foster, Cool Papa Bell, Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard…they are some of the greatest players to ever play the game; so why have so few people heard of them? Because they never played in the MLB; they were the heroes of a baseball league often forgotten: The Negro League.
American Black History    by Nuruddin Burns
Price: $9.99 USD. 8030 words. Published on December 6, 2012. .

American Black History” is written to help make the study of Black history more exciting and to re-establish a lost and forgotten legacy.The following topics are: 1. Teaching non-traditional Black heroes not taught in school text. 2. Describing historical events in a hip-hop style. 3. Comparing the trauma of Black history to everyday struggles.
The Boy Called Troublemaker, The Childhood of Nelson Mandela    by Ellie Crowe
Price: $2.99 USD. 9650 words. Published on April 26, 2013. .

Nelson Mandela--legendary freedom fighter and revolutionary, first black president of South Africa and Nobel Peace prize winner--said that his childhood in the Transkei countryside taught him everything he needed to know in life. This biographical novel brings to life Mandela’s childhood and his tribal initiation at 16 when he resolved to live up to his name,Troublemaker,and fight for freedom.