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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
26 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Description
A biography of the Underground Railroad conductor depicts her early life as a slave, her dedication to helping others escape from slavery, and her life after the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018].
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.
12) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, photographs ; 20 cm
Description
Recounts Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
In this inspiring picture book autobiography, the first Black Radio City Rockette shares how she proved that everything is possible when you believe you belong.
16) Oprah Winfrey
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
pages cm.
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Description
"A biography of Oprah Winfrey, part of the She Persisted chapter book series"--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2012, ©2012.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Introduces the first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11, who one winter day in 1818 with many volunteers sick with influenza jumped into action to stop a house fire.
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Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Description
"Born in 1940s Harlem, Patricia Bath dreamed of being a doctor--even though that wasn't a career option for most women. This biography follows Dr. Bath in her quest to become an ophthalmologist and restore sight to the blind. "Choosing miracles" when everyone else had given up hope, she invented a specialized laser for removing cataracts, becoming the first African American woman doctor to receive a medical patent"--
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