# Ossie Davis — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Ossie Davis appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 4–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/ossie-davis
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- african americans
- afro-americans
- civil rights movements
- fathers and sons

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction
- Slavery

## Every Ossie Davis title on file

- [Escape to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-to-freedom) _(Grades 4–8 · 1978)_
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) _(Grades 9–12 · 1992)_

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