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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.
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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
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.
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
23 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
Short biographies of ten Black women from Canada and the United States, ranging from 1793 to the present. Anti-slavery activists, business women, community organizers, and educators ; they were, and are, leaders committed to uplifting their communities.
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.
10) Harriet Tubman
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"After escaping from slavery when she was a young woman, Harriet Tubman devoted herself to helping others do the same. Readers will discover how Tubman became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, rescuing her family members and dozens of others from plantations in the south and helping them reach safety in the north."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
217 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Presents a portrait of Michelle Obama from her youth on the south side of Chicago and her education at Princeton and Harvard Law School to her relationship with Barack Obama and her views on political issues.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honor and overcome our origins. For as long as she could remember, Ashley has put her father on a pedestal. Despite having only vague memories of seeing him face-to-face, she believes he's the only person in the entire world who understands...
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