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1) The history of me

Author

Theodore, Adrea

Pub. Date

2022.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

unpaged cm.

Description

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"A mother's account of her experience as the only Black child in school serves as an empowering message to her daughter"--

2) In her footsteps

Author

Madden, Annette

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

259 p. : ill.

3) Before she was Harriet

Author

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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A lush and lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman, written in verse. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.

4) Brave. Black. First: 50+ African American women who changed the world

Author

Hudson, Cheryl Willis

Pub. Date

[2020]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4

Physical Desc

128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.

Description

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Profiles notable African American women in various fields from Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Tubman, and Ida B. Wells to Condoleeza Rice, Beyonc©♭, and the founders of Black Lives Matter.

5) When Harriet met Sojourner

Author

Clinton, Catherine

Pub. Date

c2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

6) Africana woman: her story through time

Author

Carter, Cynthia Jacobs

Pub. Date

c2003

Physical Desc

255 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

7) Oprah: a biography

Author

Kelley, Kitty

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

xiv, 524 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Description

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An extensively researched biography of Oprah Winfrey examines the personal life and career of the influential icon and discusses her place in modern American culture.

8) Eleanor Holmes Norton: fire in my soul

Author

Lester, Joan Steinau

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

370 p. : ill.

9) Exquisite: the poetry and life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

[2020]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Description

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A biography of African American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks.

10) Freedom train: the story of Harriet Tubman

Author

Sterling, Dorothy

Pub. Date

[1991?], c1954

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6

Physical Desc

191 p. ; 20 cm.

Description

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Story of one of the most famous conductors in the Underground Railroad.

11) Coretta Scott King: an unauthorized biography

Author

Press, Petra

Pub. Date

1999

Physical Desc

56 p. : col. ill.

Description

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A biography of Coretta Scott King, discussing her childhood, family, marriage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and her lifelong fight for civil rights.

12) Black, white, and Jewish: autobiography of a shifting self

Author

Walker, Rebecca

Pub. Date

2001

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12

Physical Desc

320 p. ; 22 cm.

13) Sojourner Truth

Author

Krass, Peter

Series

Black Americans of achievement

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti-slavery activist.

14) Coretta Scott King: striving for Civil Rights

Author

Schraff, Anne E

Pub. Date

1997

Physical Desc

128 p. : col. ill.

Description

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Explores the life and career of Coretta Scott King, from her childhood in Alabama, through her work with the civil rights movement, to her continuing efforts on behalf of the underprivileged.

15) I am Harriet Tubman

Author

Meltzer, Brad

Series

Ordinary people change the world (Picture books)

Pub. Date

[2018]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.

Description

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"A biography of Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist leader who played a key role in helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad."--Provided by publisher.