Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom
by Walter Dean Myers
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1992
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Lists With This Book
- Slavery, Civil War, Reconstruction
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Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
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May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, 2009, given by Walter Dean Myers
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On being a teen with Walter Dean Myers
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Author Winner, 1992
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2025
Nonfiction Honor, 1992
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
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