Bibliograph

A long time coming, a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama, Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie

Type

Label

A long time coming, a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama, Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A long time coming

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1391632825

Responsibility statement

Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie

Sub title

a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

Summary

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 foundingThis 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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification