A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama

by Ray Anthony Shepard

Book Overview

This 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.

Full of daring escapes, deep emotion, and subtle lessons on how racism operates, A LONG TIME COMING...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166268066X
• ISBN13: 9781662680663
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 13 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 10