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28 days : moments in Black history that changed the world / Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
LIBRA E185 .S5812 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Charles R., Jr., 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Heroes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Heroes.
- Successful people--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Successful people.
- African American celebrities--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American celebrities.
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- picture books.
- Picture books.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Twenty-eight days
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- "A picture book look at many of the men and women who revolutionized life for African Americans throughout history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Crispus Attucks
- Dred Scott decision
- Robert Smalls
- 14th amendment
- Daniel Hale Williams
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Matthew Henson
- Harriet Tubman
- Henry Johnson
- Madam C.J. Walker
- Bessie Coleman
- Jesse Owens
- Marian Anderson
- Jackie Robinson
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Rosa Parks
- Althia Gibson, Arthur Ashe
- "Little Rock Nine"
- Wilma Rudolph
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Malcolm X
- Thurgood Marshall
- Shirley Chisholm
- Hank Aaron
- Guion "Guy" Bluford, May Jemison
- Nelson Mandela
- Oprah Winfrey
- Barack Obama.
- Notes:
- "A Neal Porter book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781596438200
- 1596438207
- 9781518102790
- 1518102794
- OCLC:
- 888400504
- Online:
- Cover image
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