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Author Bolden, Tonya.

Title Portraits of African-American heroes / Tonya Bolden ; paintings by Ansel Pitcairn.

Publication Info. New York : Puffin Books, 2005.
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J970.0092 BOL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA920 B63    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 920 BOL    Check Shelf
Description 88 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-88).
Contents Frederick Douglass -- Matthew Henson -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Bessie Coleman -- Paul Robeson -- Satchel Paige -- Thurgood Marshall -- Pauli Murray -- Joe Louis -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Jacob Lawrence -- Dizzy Gillespie -- Shirley Chisholm -- Malcolm X -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Charlayne Hunter-Gault -- Judith Jamison -- Ruth Simmons -- Ben Carson.
Summary A collection of twenty biographical stories about famous African American heroes from Frederick Douglass to Gwendolyn Brooks to Joe Lewis.
Audience Ages 7 up.
Subject African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Pitcairn, Ansel, illustrator.
ISBN 014240473X paperback
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