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22) King: a life
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"The first full biography in decades, "King" mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times"-- Provided by publisher.
23) Wendell Scott
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Presents a picture book biography chronicling the life of African American race car driver Wendell Scott. Details his early life, the discrimination he faced, and his accomplishments. Includes color illustrations, text-related questions, an activity, a timeline, and a glossary.
24) Muhammad Ali
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Introduces Muhammad Ali, detailing how young Cassius Clay learned how to box and became a legendary athlete, civil rights activist, and global icon.
31) Jackie Ormes
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An overview of the life and achievements of Jackie Ormes that discusses her childhood, move to Chicago, political views, social circle, success as a commercial artist and cartoonist, popular comics, the Patty-Jo doll, and more. Includes over 150 illustrations.
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"On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for...
35) Satchel Paige
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Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
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First published forty years ago, Roots electrified the nation: it received a Pulitzer Prize and was a #1 New York Times bestseller for 22 weeks. In the four decades since then, the story of the young African slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants has lost none of its power to enthrall and provoke.
Roots: The Enhanced Edition features rare interviews with author Alex Haley from the NBC News Archives that took place...
Roots: The Enhanced Edition features rare interviews with author Alex Haley from the NBC News Archives that took place...
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Sail the stars with astronaut Charlie Bolden as he recounts his amazing shuttle missions, including deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, training with Sally Ride, and leading the first US space mission that included a Russian cosmonaut as a crew member. Charlie even got to congratulate Star Wars creator George Lucas at the Academy Awards from space! Follow Charlie s incredible story, from watching movies as a kid about Flash Gordon flying to Mars...
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