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Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement Cover Image Book Book

Choosing brave : how Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till sparked the civil rights movement / Angela Joy ; illustrated by Janelle Washington.

Joy, Angela, 1975- (author.). Washington, Janelle, (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250220950
  • ISBN: 1250220955
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, etc.:
"The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--Provided by publisher
Target Audience Note:
Ages: 6-10 Roaring Brook Press.
Grades: 2-3 Roaring Brook Press.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book, 2023.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2023.
Caldecott Honor Book, 2023.

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Subject: Till-Mobley, Mamie, 1921-2003 > Juvenile literature.
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 > Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American mothers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mothers of murder victims > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers > Biography.
African American mothers > Biography.
Mothers of murder victims > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines > États-Unis > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Genre: Biographies.
Picture books.

Available copies

  • 30 of 31 copies available at Bibliomation.

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  • 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry J BIO TILL (Text) 33260000582537 Juvenile Biography Available -
Brookfield Library J 921/TILL-MOBLEY (Text)
Digital Bookplate/Donation note: Donated in memory of Renee Doenias
34029148555880 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport jB TILLMOBLEY (Text) 34000151407087 Juvenile Biography Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J 323.092 JOY (Text) 34014150080720 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Easton Public Library J 323 JOY, ANGELA (Text) 37777134690593 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe J 323.09 JOY (Text) 34026152478223 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven J BIO TILL Joy (Text) 31953154614708 Juvenile Biography Available -
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington JB TILL, MOBLEY (Text) 34037146748712 Juvenile New Material Available -
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck J 323.092 JOY (Text) 34027151114959 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon JB TILL-MOBLEY (Text) 33430152313714 Juvenile New Biography Available -
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