| Descript |
243 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Benjamin Banneker : Surveyor of the Sky -- Frederick Douglass : Capital Orator -- Booker T. Washington : Polished Pioneer -- W.E.B. DuBois : Erudite Educator -- A. Philip Randolph : Always Striding Ahead -- Thurgood Marshall : Mr. Civil Rights -- Jackie Robinson : Game-Changer -- Malcolm X : Spark-Light -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Nonviolent Visionary -- Barack H. Obama, Jr. : Holding on to Hope -- Timeline. |
| Summary |
Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. |
| Note |
Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2013. |
| Subject |
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 -- Juvenile literature.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Juvenile literature.
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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 -- Juvenile literature.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 -- Juvenile literature.
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Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 -- Juvenile literature.
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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 -- Juvenile literature.
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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Juvenile literature.
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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Juvenile literature.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature.
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Obama, Barack -- Juvenile literature.
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African American men -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Social change -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Alt Author |
Pinkney, J. Brian, ill.
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| ISBN |
9781423142577 (hbk.) |
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1423142578 (hbk.) |
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