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c2008., Chelsea House Call No: B CARVER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy editionSummary Note: A biography of scientist and teacher George Washington Carver. Describes how he obtained an education at a time when most black Americans could not attend an advanced education. Discusses his teaching and research at the Tuskegee Institute and how his work helped poor Southern farmers.
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2005., Chelsea House Call No: 921 TUBMAN Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Examines the life and achievements of Harriet Tubman, a woman who escaped slavery and then risked her freedom to help others along the Underground Railroad.
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2005., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 921 JACKSON Edition: Rev ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Presents a biography of the political career of Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson and chronicles his rise to power on the heels of Martin Luther King, leader of Operation Push, and prominent figure in the African-American community.
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c2006, Chelsea House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy editionSummary Note: Examines the life and achievements of American musician Jimi Hendrix, describing his rise to fame as a guitarist, his death, and his lasting influence on music.
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c2011., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: B ARMSTRONG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy edition.Summary Note: Provides a biography of African American jazz musician Louis Armstrong chronicling his personal life and musical career. Includes photographs, a chronology, a discography, and further reading.
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c2010, Pre-adolescent, Chelsea House Call No: B Edition: Legacy ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy editionSummary Note: A biography of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, discussing his basketball career, his diagnosis with HIV, and his post-basketball success as a businessman and advocate for impoverished communities and young people.
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2005., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 GARVEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Examines the life of Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, discussing his youth in Jamaica, and looking at events that led him to lead the crusade to better the lives of black people by calling for a return to power in Africa.
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c2005., Chelsea House Call No: B Ali Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Examines the life of Muhammad Ali, discussing his youth in Kentucky, his early boxing accomplishments, his refusal to serve in the military during the Vietnam War, his career as heavyweight champion, and his support of civil rights causes.
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c2011., Chelsea House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy edition.Summary Note: A brief biography of African American entertainer and activist Paul Robeson that highlights his degree in law, his transition to acting, and his legacy.
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[2008]., Pre-adolescent, Chelsea House Call No: B CHARLES Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement, legacy edition.Summary Note: A biography of soul musician Ray Charles that discusses his struggles with blindness and drug addiction and success in the music industry.
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c2005., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: B Parks Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Presents a biography of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in December 1955 launching the career of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycott that lasted three hundred eighty-one days.
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2005., Juvenile, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 PARKS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Presents a biography of Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in December 1955 launching the career of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Montgomery bus boycott that lasted three hundred eighty-one days.
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2005., Chelsea House Call No: 921 TRUTH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Presents a biography of former slave, abolitionist, and women's rights activist, Sojourner Truth and chronicles her childhood as a slave in New York, her work during the Civil War, her speeches, and her efforts to ensure equality for all people.
