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Author
Publisher
Liberty Street, an imprint of Time Inc. Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: TIME For Kids Heroes of Black History presents the stories of four great American lives in one volume: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama. This amazing value collection of biographies, heavily illustrated with photos and artwork, spans three centuries of African American History and is ideal for newly independent readers looking for report-worthy topics for both school work and personal interest reading....
Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A Black Woman Did That! Spotlights vibrant, inspiring black women whose accomplishments have changed the world for the better. A Black Woman Did That! is a celebration of strong, resilient, innovative, and inspiring women of color. With a vibrant mixture of photography, illustration, biography, and storytelling, author Malaika Adero will spotlight well-known historical figures and women who are pushing boundaries today-including Ida B. Wells, Madam...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball."
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams.? Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced?their adult...
Author
Publisher
Triangle Square Books for Young Readers / Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Little Black Lives Matter empowers all children, but Black children especially, by affirming that their lives, however little they may yet be, matter. Featuring fifteen great Black heroes of the past and the powerful words they spoke and actions they took, Little Black Lives Matter is a rhyming picture book that incorporates memorable quotations and a reminder to little ones that each of these great people once lived a little Black life themselves....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherfor's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by...
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In 1921, a young woman arose from the poverty of the Texas cotton fields. She captured the hearts of the American Black population, teaching them to overcome not only the racial barriers of the time but also the barriers within themselves. She dared to dream, and she challenged them to do so as well. Her name was Bessie Coleman. And, for Bessie Coleman, the sky was the limit..."--Container.
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