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Title Young, gifted and black : [meet 52 black heroes from past and present] / [words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins].
Publisher Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Description 61 pages : color illustrations, photographs, portraits ; 29 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 HF-Juv. Non fiction  J920.0092 WIL Nearby on shelf  30632003746371 03-18-24  AVAILABLE
Note Includes glossary and Hall of Fame index.
Contents Mary Seacole -- Matthew Henson -- Ava Duvernay -- Bessie Coleman -- Barack Obama -- Michelle Obama -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Cathy Freeman -- George Washington Carver -- Malorie Blackman -- Harriet Tubman -- Mo Farah -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Jesse Owens -- Beyoncé -- Solange - Katherine Johnson -- Josephine Baker -- Kofi Annan -- Langston Hughes -- Toni Morrison -- Brian Lara -- Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) -- Yannick Noah -- Maurice Ashley -- Alexandre Dumas -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Maya Angelou -- Nina Simone -- Simone Biles -- Stevie Wonder -- Esperanza Spalding -- Sidney Poitier -- Oprah Winfrey -- Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) -- Nelson Mandela -- Louis Armstrong -- Rosa Parks -- Naomi Campbell -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) -- Shirley Chisholm -- Steve McQueen -- Zadie Smith -- Usain Bolt -- Wangari Maathai -- Mae Jemison -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Nicola Adams -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Misty Copeland.
Summary This book brings together 52 iconic talents from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams.
Subject Black people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Black people -- History -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Add'l Names Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.
Other title Subtitle from cover: Meet 52 black heroes from past and present
ISBN 9781786031587
1786031582