02319cam a2200469 i 4500 950262206 TxAuBib 20230829120000.0 230731s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023024407 9781662680663 hardcover 166268066X hardcover TxAuBib rda Shepard, Ray Anthony,. A long time coming [book] : a lyrical biography of race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama / Ray Anthony Shepard ; art by R. Gregory Christie. First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023] ©2023. 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-323) and index. 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 founding. 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. 20230829. African Americans History Juvenile literature. African Americans Violence against Juvenile literature. Racism United States Juvenile literature. Racism. United States Race relations Juvenile literature. United States Race relations. Young adult literature. Prose poems. lcgft Biographical poetry. Poetry. Creative nonfiction. Christie, R. Gregory, 1971-, illustrator.