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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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A biography of the Underground Railroad conductor depicts her early life as a slave, her dedication to helping others escape from slavery, and her life after the Civil War.
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Goodwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist.
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English
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Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans.
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"After escaping from slavery when she was a young woman, Harriet Tubman devoted herself to helping others do the same. Readers will discover how Tubman became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, rescuing her family members and dozens of others from plantations in the south and helping them reach safety in the north."--Amazon.com.
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sharing her journey toward understanding our society and herself by tracking her relationships with friendship, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture and self-image, a National Book Award nominee explores the minefields fat black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life.
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English
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"Leaving Breezy Street is the account of a woman who had to make the best out of tough situations and limited options. A testimony on how the cycle of abuse can be perpetuated-but also broken. Proof of the transformation power of love between biological and chosen family. This is the raw truth of what American life can be like for so many people"--
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Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Conoce a 40 pequeñas líderes. Son valientes. Son atrevidas. Cambiaron el mundo. Estas pioneras de la historia afroamericana rompieron barreras y lograron sus metas a pesar de las dificultades. Aquí aprenderás sobre científicas, escritoras, pilotos, artistas y activistas que hicieron cosas extraordinarias. Todas se enfrentaron a una sociedad que no las aceptaba y lucharon por dejarles un mejor futuro a las niñas y mujeres que vinieron después....
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English
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Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in...
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