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Followers of the North Star : rhymes about African American heroes, heroines, and historical times / Susan Altman and Susan Lechner ; illustrated by Byron Wooden.
LIBRA - Rare PS3551.L7943 F6 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altman, Susan, author.
- Lechner, Susan, author.
- Series:
- Many voices, one song
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile poetry.
- African Americans.
- Children's poetry, American.
- African Americans--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Children's poetry, American -- Juvenile poetry.
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Fiction.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Childrens Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- A collection of poems about some of the historical experiences of African Americans and about such prominent people as Benjamin Banneker, Matthew Henson, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Leontyne Price.
- Contents:
- Followers of the North Star
- Crispus Attucks
- James Armistead
- Benjamin Banneker
- Harriet Tubman
- Escaped slave
- Civil war soldiers
- Deadwood Dick
- Buffalo soldiers
- Garrett A. Morgan
- Granville T. Woods
- George Washington Carver
- Matthew Henson
- Rosa Parks
- Jackie Robinson
- Little rock nine
- sit-ins
- Medgar Evers
- Malcolm X
- Leontyne Price
- Lorraine Hansberry
- martin Luther King, Jr.
- Arthur Mitchell
- Muhammad Ali
- Thurgood Marshall
- Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr.
- Mirror, mirror.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare copy PS3551.L7943 F6 1993 gift of David and Deirdre Stam, 2024.
- ISBN:
- 0516051512
- 9780516051512
- OCLC:
- 28291484
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