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2) Rosa Parks
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Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Rosa Parks is best known as the woman who would not move to the back of the bus. Thru her actions of protest she sparked a Civil Rights movement to end segreation in the United States.
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Pub. Date
2013
Description
In 1936, in front of 110,000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium in Germany, Jesse Owens blew away the competition in the 100-meter final to claim the title of "World's Fastest Man." He won the gold medal in front of Germany's brutal dictator, Adolf Hitler, defying the Nazi leader's racist ideology. Owens won three more gold medals at the Olympics and returned to the United States a hero. Author Jeff Burlingame explores the life of one of the greatest
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Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chronicles the life of Condoleezza Rice, covering her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, her accomplishments in music, her first studies in foreign affairs, her years as a professor and provost, and her work as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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Description
"In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey's concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today"--
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Pub. Date
℗♭2008
Description
"Thomas Dyja's fascinating and compelling biography of Walter White takes us into the personal and political world of this fair-skinned, blond and blue-eyed, brash and impulsive, stylish and complex man. His story is about one of the few individuals in American history who devoted himself completely to the concept of a color-blind nation, yet lost the delicate balance between ambition and advocacy that had been his trademark." "In restoring Walter...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a heart-wrenching testimony before the Democratic National Convention's (DNC) Credentials Committee. In this speech, Hamer represented both the concerns of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and the limits of American democracy when she proclaimed: 'I question America. Is this the land of the free and the home of the brave where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"In this book, historian J. Todd Moye masterfully reconstructs Baker's life and contribution for a new generation of readers. Those who despair that the civil rights story is told too often from the top down and at the dearth of accessible works on women who helped shape the movement will welcome this new addition to the Library of African American biography series, designed to provide concise, readable, and up-to-date lives of leading black figures...
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