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Author Wilson, Jamia, 1980- author.

Title Young, gifted and black : meet 52 black heroes from past and present / words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2018.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 920 WILSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 920.02 WILSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  LJW J920 WILSON    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J920.009 WIL    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J920 WILSON    DUE 05-17-24
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 920 WILSON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO BLACK HISTORY    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 305.8 WIL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J920.02 W    DUE 07-31-20 Billed
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department  J 920.02 WILSON    DUE 05-08-24

Description 64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents Mary Seacole -- Matthew Henson -- Ava Duvernay -- Bessie Coleman -- Barack Obama -- Michelle Obama -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Cathy Freeman -- George Washington Carver -- Malorie Blackman -- Harriet Tubman -- Mo Farah -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Jesse Owens -- Beyonce Knowles -- Solange Knowles -- Katherine Johnson -- Josephine Baker -- Kofi Annan -- Langston Hughes -- Toni Morrison -- Brian Lara -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Yannick Noah -- Maurice Ashley -- Alexandre Dumas -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Maya Angelou -- Nina Simone -- Simone Biles -- Stevie Wonder -- Esperanza Spalding -- Sidney Poitier -- Oprah Winfrey -- Pele -- Nelson Mandela -- Louis Armstrong -- Rosa Parkes -- Naomi Campbell -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Muhammad Ali -- Shirley Chisholm -- Steve McQueen -- Zadie Smith -- Usain Bolt -- Wangari Maathai -- Mae Jemison -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Nicola Adams -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Misty Copeland.
Summary "Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams. Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced their adult achievements. This book will help the next generation to chase their own dream . . . whatever it may be"--Publisher.
This book brings together 52 iconic talents from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams.
Subject African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Black people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Nonfiction.
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Black people. (OCoLC)fst00833880
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.
ISBN 9781786031587 (hardcover)
1786031582 (hardcover)
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