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• Title:The undefeated / by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
  
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• Author/Creator:Alexander, Kwame, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Nelson, Kadir, illustrator.
  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: PZ7.A37723 Un 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:African Americans--History--Juvenile literature.
  African Americans--Social life and customs--Juvenile literature.
  African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature.
  African Americans--Juvenile poetry.
  Children's poetry, American.
  African Americans--Poetry.
  American poetry.
  
• Genre/Form: Picture books.
  Narrative poetry.
  
• Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 x 29 cm
  
• Summary:"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is also peppered with references to the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others, offering deeper insights into the accomplishments of the past, while bringing stark attention to the endurance and spirit of those surviving and thriving in the present. Robust back matter at the end provides valuable historical context and additional detail for those wishing to learn more"--Provided by publisher.
  
• ISBN:9781328780966 hardcover
  1328780961 hardcover
  
• Contents:Historical figures and events featured in 'The Undefeated': Jesse Owens
  Slavery
  Jack Johnson
  Romare Bearden
  Zora Neale Hurston
  Jacob Lawrence
  Henry Ossawa Tanner
  Augusta Savage
  Phillis Wheatley
  Langston Hughes
  Aaron Douglas
  Black soliders during the Civil War
  John Lewis
  Civil Rights Movement
  The Transatlantic slave trade
  Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise McNair (16th Street Baptist Church bombing, 1963, Birmingham, Alabama)
  Sandra Bland
  Michael Bowen
  Tamir Rice
  Trayvon Martin
  Martin Luther King Jr.
  Wilma Rudolph
  Michael Jordan
  Althea Gibson
  Muhammad Ali
  Sheryl Swoopes
  Jesse Owens
  Serena Williams
  Reece Whitley
  LeBron James
  Thelonious Monk
  Louis Armstrong
  Billie Holiday
  Miles Davis
  Duke Ellington
  Sarah Vaughn
  Ella Fitzgerald.