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Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Today, Dr. Mae Jemison is famous for being the first Black woman to travel into outer space. But when she was growing up, she felt torn between two passions: science and dance. It seemed like an impossible choice. There had to be some way to make room for both--and Mae found one. As an adult, she combined her gifts of scientific logic and artistic creativity and became an astronaut."--Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Milk & Cookies, an imprint of Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"From Howard University to the red carpet at the Academy Awards, from James Brown to the Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman was a talented and multi-award-winning actor and performer. Prior to his death from colon cancer in 2020, Boseman's rise to fame might have seemed overnight to some, but decades of hard work and dedication to his craft brought him to the highest levels an actor can achieve."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Bushel & Peck Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Unearth all of Black history's most significant events for every day of the year! In On This Day in Black History, kids who love facts and trivia will spend hours poring over nearly 300 pages of milestones in Black sports, music, art, history, politics, and more, all neatly arranged by day of the year."--Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Milk + Cookies
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From Stanford and Cornell to the Peace Corps and from a trip on the space shuttle to an appearance on Start Trek, Mae Jemison's life continues to feature the hard work and dedication to science, healthcare, and care for others that brought her to the highest levels of a career in science. Written by former pro-baseball player, inspirational speaker, and author Chris Singleton.."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Martin Luther King Jr. landed in Memphis on April 3, 1968, no one knew he would be killed the next day. When he gave his famous 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech, no one knew it would be his last. And when the world learned of his death, no one knew exactly how deeply his legacy would live on. Interwoven with excerpts from 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' and 'Precious Lord, Take My Hand' (the song played at King's funeral), The Day King Died...
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