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San Miguel Library will close temporarily for a remodel between April 8 and June 4.
La biblioteca San Miguel estará cerrada temporalmente por remodelación entre el 8 de abril y el 4 de junio.

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Nipomo Library and its bookdrop will be closed April 25-May 3 for parking lot repair.
La biblioteca Nipomo y el depósito de libros estarán cerrados 25 de abril - 3 de mayo para la construccion del estacionamiento

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1) No small potatoes: Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas

Author

Bolden, Tonya

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm

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"The life of Junius G. Groves, a sharecropper in Kansas who grew a modest potato farm into a potato kingdom."--

2) Speak up, speak out!: the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm"

Author

Bolden, Tonya

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Celebrating Women's History

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"--

3) Going places: Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book

Author

Bolden, Tonya

Publisher

Quill Tree Books

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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"Illuminates the lesser-known history of Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem in the 1930s, who created The Green Book, a guide for African Americans to stay safe while traveling around the U.S. during the era of segregation"--

4) Pathfinders: the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls

Author

Bolden, Tonya

Formats

Book, eBook

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Profiles sixteen high-achieving African Americans, including magician Richard Potter, concert singer Sissieretta Jones, and architect Paul R. Williams.

5) Facing Frederick: the life of Frederick Douglass, a monumental American man

Author

Bolden, Tonya

Formats

Book, eBook

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Chronicles the life of the abolitionist and his many roles, from former slave and orator to newspaperman, women's rights activist, diplomat, and memoirist.

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1) No small potatoes: Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas

2) Speak up, speak out!: the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm"

3) Going places: Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book

4) Pathfinders: the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls

5) Facing Frederick: the life of Frederick Douglass, a monumental American man

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