Take a walk in their shoes / Glennette Tilley Turner ; illustrated by Elton C. Fax.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Glennette Tilley.

Contributor:

Fax, Elton C., illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.

African Americans.

African Americans--Juvenile drama.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans--Drama.

Genre:

Children's plays.

Biographies.

Drama.

Juvenile works.

Biography.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Turner, Glennette Tilley (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

174, [2] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Cobblehill Books Dutton, [©1989].

Summary:

Presents biographical sketches of fourteen notable African-Americans, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and "Satchel" Paige, accompanied by brief skits in which readers can act out imagined scenes from their lives.

Contents:

Martin Luther King, Jr. In the footsteps of Dr. King

Rosa Parks. The unexpected heroine

Arthur A. Schomburg. A legacy of dignity and pride

Leontyne Price. The priceless Leontyne

Charles White. A turning point in the life of Charles White

Garrett A. Morgan. Meet the inventer of the stoplight

Daniel "Chappie" James. "The Eagles Return to the Nest"

Charles Drew. Who was Dr. Charles Drew?

Frederick Douglass. The Douglass "Station" of the underground railroad

Ida B. Wells. The beauty of being free

Oscar Micheaux. Oscar Micheaux's visit

Mary McLeod Bethune. Let them have schools

Leroy "Satchel" Paige. The rediscovery of "Satchel" Paige

Maggie Lena Walker. Miracles do happen!

Notes:

"Designed by Mina Greenstein."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy is "First Edition" "3" printing.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To Joanna Banks, Thank you for what you are doing to see that herstory is told in addition to history. It was good to meet you at ASALH in DC. Best wishes, Glennette Tilley Turner. 11-1-91".

Banks Collection copy has [8] page biographical leaflet about Dr. Carter G. Woodson laid in.

ISBN:

0525650067 :

9780525650065

OCLC:

19624097