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741) Shirley Chisholm
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Shirley Chisholm died in 2005, and her career had largely ended over a decade before that. But the life of this remarkable woman has particular resonance for our world today. The child of immigrants, she was the first African American woman elected to Congress and the first African American to run for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. This compelling volume traces Chisholm's life from her childhood, through her career in education, through...
Author
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
"At a time when most black women were slaves or servants and even white women were expected to sit quietly in the corner, Sojourner Truth transformed herself from a runaway slave to a well-known campaigner for abolition and women's rights. Born a slave in New York State around 1797 and given the name Isabella by her owner, she had already fled to freedom when New York's 1827 anti-slavery law officially emancipated her. Deeply religious, she adopted...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who made taking pictures child's play and made way for a whole new era in photography. Like many other Americans, George Eastman enjoyed taking photographs. But in 1877, photography was a complicated process that included chemicals, glass plates, and boxes full of equipment. George Eastman decided there had to be an easier way to take pictures. Although he had a full-time job at a bank, he devoted every spare minute to experimenting...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"No discussion of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is complete without a close look at Martin Luther King Jr. This carefully researched book is an invaluable source of biographical information and uses King's own powerful words to tell the story of his life and the fight for equality. The Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the Civil Rights Act are among the highlighted historic events. Readers will discover how King's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage, performing the great works of William Shakespeare. He spent every chance he got at the local theaters, memorizing each actor's lines for all of the great plays. Ira knew he could be a famous performer if given the chance. But in the early 1800s, only white actors were allowed to perform Shakespeare. African American actors had to play in musicals at the all-black theater in New York City.Despite the discouragement...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Concoe a 62 pequeños héroes. Son valientes. Son extraordinarios. Cambiaron el mundo. Los héroes son de distintos siglos y lugares, pero tienen algo en común: fueron valientes hombres afroamericanos. Este libro cuenta las historias de artistas, políticos, músicos, deportistas y activistas; personas extraordinarios que abrieron el camino para futuras generaciones, para nuevos pequeños héroes.
Profiles thirty-five prominent men in African American...
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