Search Results: Returned 5 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 5
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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Recounts the life of the famous blues singer who flourished during the 1920s.
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c2004, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African-American biographiesSummary Note: Chronicles the life of soul singer James Brown, describing his difficult childhood in South Carolina and Georgia, his interest in social issues, and his climb to fame, becoming the "Godfather of Soul."
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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Profiles African American writer Langston Hughes, who worked to promote a better understanding of people of different racial, religious, and cultural backgrounds through his poetry and lectures.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographiesSummary Note: Examines the life of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, discussing his youth and education, his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and his assassination in 1963.
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c2004., Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B RUDOLPH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Profiles Wilma Rudolph, a sickly child born to a poor family in rural Tennessee who went on to become a world famous, record-breaking, Olympic track star.