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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Nineteenth Amendment was an incomplete victory. A century later, women are still grappling with how to use the vote and their political power to expand civil rights, confront racial violence, improve maternal health, advance educational and employment opportunities, and secure reproductive rights. Formidable chronicles the efforts of white and Black women to advance sometimes competing causes. Black women wanted the rights enjoyed by whites....
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Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Originals! profiles the lives and accomplishments of hundreds of African American women throughout history in fields including entertainment, business, education, religion, politics, literature and journalism, civil rights, nonprofit organizations, the military, and science and medicine."--
6) Blackbirds singing: inspiring Black women's speeches from the Civil War to the twenty-first century
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice"--
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Publisher
Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Using archival documents, oral histories, and first-person memoir, WE WERE THERE is a history of the Third World Women's Alliance, a revolutionary, intersectional, socialist feminist organization that centered women of color and redefined second wave feminism in the 1970s"--
9) Double victory: how African American women broke race and gender barriers to help win World War II
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Publisher
TMW Media Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The battles for African American women fought 100 years ago for a constitutional right and against segregationist and discriminatory Jim Crow laws in the South echo today as American women continue to work against voter suppression and for full access to the polls. During The nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. They participated in political meetings and organized political...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
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"A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country since its inception"--
"A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our...
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