{"product_id":"keep-moving-forward-henry","title":"Keep Moving Forward, Henry!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\"Keep Moving Forward, Henry\" is a children''s book that is a great read-aloud based on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"\u003etrue story of Henry Luvert\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"\u003e, one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"\u003efirst African Americans to serve as a firefighter \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\"\u003ein 1981 in the small college town of Eugene, Oregon. 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