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Pathfinders : the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls

Over the centuries, untold numbers of black men and women in America have achieved great things against the odds. Pathfindersis a collective biography of sixteen diverse American men and women of African descent who made their mark on American history in the 18th to 20th centuries
Print Book, English, 2017
Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, 2017
Biographies
Age 10 to 14.
124 pages : illustrations (certaines en couleur) ; 27 cm.
9781419714559, 1419714554
971925160
Venture Smith, prince
James Forten, entrepreneur
Richard Potter, magician
James McCune Smith, physician
Mary Bowser, spy
Allen Allensworth, town founder
Clara Brown, pioneer
Sissieretta Jones, concert singer
Maggie Lena Walker, bank founder
Charlie Wiggins, race car driver
Eugene Bullard, combat pilot
Oscar Micheaux, filmmaker
Jackie Ormes, cartoonist
Sadie Tanner, Mossell Alexander, economist & attorney
Paul R. Williams, architect
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, mathematician