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Genre/Form: | Literature Biographies History Juvenile works Biographie Biography Biography Juvenile literature Juvenile literature |
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Material Type: | Biography, Elementary and junior high school, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
James Haskins |
ISBN: | 0471220698 9780471220695 1404634320 9781404634329 |
OCLC Number: | 51515483 |
Description: | v, 122 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Sojourner Truth -- Sarah Mapps Douglass -- Major Martin Robison Delany -- Lieutenant Peter Vogelsang -- Elizabeth Keckley -- Frederick Douglass -- Harriet Tubman -- Frances E.W. Harper -- Dr. Alexander T. Augusta -- John P. Parker -- Francis Louis Cardozo -- Governor Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback -- Charlotte Forten Grimké -- Congressman Robert Smalls -- Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood -- Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce -- Dr. Charles Burleigh Purvis -- Elijah McCoy -- Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune -- Sergeant George Washington Williams -- James Bland -- Granville T. Woods -- Booker T. Washington. |
Series Title: | Black stars (New York, N.Y.) |
Responsibility: | written by Jim Haskins [and others] ; Jim Haskins, general editor. |
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Abstract:
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil War and Reconstruction: dr. alexander t.
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"Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history." -Booklist "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies." -Horn Book Read more...
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by jpepin updated 2011-04-17