TY - BOOK AU - Woodson,Jacqueline TI - Brown girl dreaming SN - 0147515823 AV - PS3573.O64524 Z46 2016 U1 - 811.54 WOO B 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York, New York PB - Nancy Paulsen Books KW - Woodson, Jacqueline KW - Woodson, Jacqueline. KW - African American women authors KW - Biography KW - Juvenile poetry KW - Identity (Psychology) in children KW - African Americans KW - Civil rights KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Children KW - Books and reading KW - Authors, American KW - Poetry KW - African American women KW - Women KW - Autobiographical poetry KW - cct KW - Coretta Scott King Award KW - fast KW - Social conditions KW - sears KW - United States KW - 1960-1980 KW - Biographies KW - Juvenile works KW - lcgft N1 - "Contains seven new, original poems by the author"--Page 4 of cover; Family tree -- Part I: I am born -- Part II: The stories of South Carolina run like rivers -- Part III: Followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom -- Part IV: Deep in my heart, I do believe -- Part V. Ready to change the world -- Author's note -- Thankfuls -- Family photos -- The story isn't over : seven beautiful new poems; Ages 10 and up N2 - Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement ER -