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Hear my sorrow

the diary of Angela Denoto, a shirtwaist worker

by Hopkinson, Deborah

Forced to drop out of school at the age of fourteen to help support her family, Angela, an Italian immigrant, works long hours for low wages in a garment facto...

Shutting Out the Sky

Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880–1924

by Hopkinson, Deborah

Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Bel...

Under the Quilt of Night

by Hopkinson, Deborah

A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.

Bluebird summer

by Hopkinson, Deborah & Andersen, Bethanne

Gramps's farm isn't the same after Grandma's death, but slowly Mags and Cody work to recreate her spirit by bringing back some of the things she loved.

Bluebird Summer

by Hopkinson, Deborah & Andersen, Bethanne

Gramps's farm isn't the same after Grandma's death, but slowly Mags and Cody work to recreate her spirit by bringing back some of the things she loved.

A band of angels

a story inspired by the Jubilee Singers

by Hopkinson, Deborah & Colón, Raúl

The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.