When they discover she is leaving, Mrs. Burns' class decides to give her a party.

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Written for grades 5 through 8, this well-researched study presents a great deal of information about the Underground Railroad in Illinois through its user-friendly, question-and-answer format. 

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A biography of Lewis Howard Latimer, the Afro-American inventor who, among other contributions, invented an inexpensive method for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs.

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A family of fugitive slaves becomes separated while traveling to freedom aboard the Underground Railroad.

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Like other enslaved African-American children, young Harriet Tubman had to work hard. In her master's orchard, she spent long hours picking the juicy apples she loved but was forbidden to eat. When she was grown, she made her escape to the North.

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Biographies of ten African Americans are accompanied by brief skits highlighting the obstacles they overcame and the decisions they made.

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In this one-of-a-kind historical picture book, author Glennette Tilley Turner tells the story of Fort Mose, which was founded in St. Augustine, Florida.

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Fourteen biographical sketches of notable African Americans (Rosa Parks, Leontyne Price, Martin Luther King Jr. et al.) are accompanied by brief skits concerning events in their lives. 

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