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Young, gifted and black : meet 52 black heroes from past and present

Wilson, Jamia 1980- (author.). Pippins, Andrea (illustrator.).

Summary: "Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams. Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced their adult achievements. This book will help the next generation to chase their own dream . . . whatever it may be"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781786031587
  • ISBN: 9781786030887
  • ISBN: 1786031582
  • Physical Description: print
    64 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2018]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Mary Seacole -- Matthew Henson -- Ava Duvernay -- Bessie Coleman -- Barack Obama -- Michelle Obama -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Cathy Freeman -- George Washington Carver -- Malorie Blackman -- Harriet Tubman -- Mo Farah -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Jesse Owens -- Beyonce Knowles -- Solange Knowles -- Katherine Johnson -- Josephine Baker -- Kofi Annan -- Langston Hughes -- Toni Morrison -- Brian Lara -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Yannick Noah -- Maurice Ashley -- Alexandre Dumas -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Maya Angelou -- Nina Simone -- Simone Biles -- Stevie Wonder -- Esperanza Spalding -- Sidney Poitier -- Oprah Winfrey -- Pele -- Nelson Mandela -- Louis Armstrong -- Rosa Parkes -- Naomi Campbell -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Muhammad Ali -- Shirley Chisholm -- Steve McQueen -- Zadie Smith -- Usain Bolt -- Wangari Maathai -- Mae Jemison -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Nicola Adams -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Misty Copeland.
Target Audience Note:
1110L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.4 2 502224.
Subject: Beyoncé 1981-
Pelé 1940-2022
Solange 1986-
Adams, Nicola
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 1977-
Ali, Muhammad 1942-2016 Juvenile literature
Angelou, Maya
Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta)
Armstrong, Louis 1901-1971
Ashley, Maurice
Baker, Josephine 1906-1975
Basquiat, Jean-Michel 1960-1988
Biles, Simone 1997-
Blackman, Malorie
Bolt, Usain 1986-
Campbell, Naomi
Carver, George Washington 1864?-1943
Chisholm, Shirley 1924-2005
Coleman, Bessie 1892-1926
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel 1875-1912
Copeland, Misty
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963
Dumas, Alexandre 1802-1870
DuVernay, Ava
Farah, Mo 1983-
Freeman, Cathy 1973-
Henson, Matthew Alexander 1866-1955
Hughes, Langston 1902-1967
Jemison, Mae 1956-
Johnson, Katherine G
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968
Lara, Brian 1969-
Maathai, Wangari
Mandela, Nelson 1918-2013
McQueen, Steve
Morrison, Toni
Obama, Barack
Obama, Michelle 1964-
Owens, Jesse 1913-1980
Parks, Rosa 1913-2005
Poitier, Sidney
Seacole, Mary 1805-1881
Simone, Nina 1933-2003
Smith, Zadie
Spalding, Esperanza 1984-
Tubman, Harriet 1822-1913
Walker, C. J Madam 1867-1919
Williams, Serena 1981-
Williams, Venus 1980-
Winfrey, Oprah
Wonder, Stevie
Yannick, Noah 1960-
African-American biographies African-American biographies
African American interest
African Americans Biography
African Americans Biography Juvenile literature
African Americans Juvenile literature
Black people Biography
Classism
Discrimination
Epilepsy
Foster home care
Multiculturalism
People with disabilities Biography
People with disabilities Juvenile literature
People with disabilities United States Biography
Poverty
Prejudices
Race discrimination United States
Racism
Sexism
Women with disabilities
Racism
Sexism
Black people Biography Juvenile literature
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 45 of 45 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.

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