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Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents poems and brief biographical notes about such well-known African Americans as: Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, Jr., "Satchel" Paige, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Marian Anderson, Malcolm X, Wilma Rudolph, and Billie Holiday.
73) Jesse Owens
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens, from his childhood in Alabama and his family's move to Cleveland to his athletic career which culminated in his winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. Includes afterword, discography, and sources"--
77) W.E.B. DuBois
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 55
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Canadian-born black American who developed an oil cup that allowed train engines to be oiled while the train was running, as well as many other inventions.
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