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Let it shine : stories of Black women freedom fighters / Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Stephen Alcorn.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection E185.96 .P5 2000b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truth, Sojourner, -1883.
- Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891.
- Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913.
- Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.
- Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955.
- Baker, Ella, 1903-1986.
- Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010.
- Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.
- Hamer, Fannie Lou.
- Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005.
- African American women civil rights workers--Biography.
- African American women civil rights workers.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Civil rights workers--Biography.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Race relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, [1], 107, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- [1st ed.]
- Other Title:
- Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego ; New York ; London : Harcourt, Inc., [©2000].
- Summary:
- The lives these 10 women led are part of an incredible story about courage in the face of oppression, about the challenges and triumphs of the battle for civil rights, and about speaking out for what you believe in-- even when it feels like no one is listening.
- Contents:
- This little light of mine
- Sojourner Truth
- Biddy Mason
- Harriet Tubman
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- Ella Josephine Baker
- Dorothy Irene Height
- Rosa Parks
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Shirley Chisholm.
- Notes:
- "Gulliver Books"
- "'Gulliver Books' is a registered trademark of Harcourt, Inc."
- "First edition"
- "The illustrations in this book were done in oil on canvas."
- "The diplay type was set in Celestia Italic."
- "The text type was set in Cloister Old Style."
- "Designed by Linda Lockowitz."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-107).
- Amelia Bloomer Award, 2001.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 2001
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy is "Reinforced trade binding'.
- ISBN:
- 015201005X :
- 9780152010058
- 0739830732
- 9780739830734
- OCLC:
- 42080234
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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