Journey to freedom
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George Washington Carver
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Barbara Jordan: African American politician
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Kwanzaa
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Leontyne Price
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Scott Joplin: the king of ragtime
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Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Civil Rights Movement was a time of drastic change in America. From the end of Reconstruction, when blacks were denied their rights in the South, through the Montgomery bus boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, to the election of the first black president of the United States, witness the events that forever changed the way we look at race.
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Louis Armstrong
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Marian Anderson
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W.C. Handy: founder of the blues
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11) The NAACP
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Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Offers a brief introduction to the history of the NAACP and its efforts to end discrimination.
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Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1839, African slaves who rebelled against their Spanish owners on the Amistad schooner were charged with murder in the United States. This book details the famous U.S. Supreme Court case that ultimately ruled in favor of the black captives.
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Miles Davis: jazz master
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Condoleezza Rice
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Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In a time when the U.S. military was segregated, the Tuskegee Airmen proved that blacks could fight as well and with as much courage as anyone. Learn about this group of exceptional pilots, whose outstanding flying and performances paved the way for the integration of the military.
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Eighteenth-century mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker was widely known and respected in his time. Most of what he knew, he taught himself. His letter to Thomas Jefferson asked the future president to reconsider his racial prejudices. Learn about Banneker, who abolitionists would use as proof that people of any race can be equally intelligent.