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-- Twenty-eight days2015., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: JNF007000 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines twenty-eight days of great importance to African American history, from the shooting of young slave Crispus Attucks in 1770 up through the inauguration of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2009.
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-- Twenty-eight days2015., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 973.04 SMI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines twenty-eight days of great importance to African American history, from the shooting of young slave Crispus Attucks in 1770 up through the inauguration of Barack Obama to the presidency in 2009.
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2005 updated and revised., Essence books Call No: 920.9 HIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This extraordinary commemorative book takes an inside look at some of today's most inspiring African Americans. With dynamic photos and captivating biographies, it features prominent women and men who have enriched readers lives.
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2008., Little, Brown and Co. Call No: HI-INT 302 GLA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Argues that the success of certain individuals can be attributed to when and where they were born, as well as the familial conditions they were born into. Demonstrates how the positive or negative conditions that surround a person can impact their future success.
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2011., Back Bay books Call No: 302 Gla Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Argues that the success of certain individuals can be attributed to when and where they were born, as well as the familial conditions they were born into. Demonstrates how the positive or negative conditions that surround a person can impact their future success.
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Ã2008., Back Bay Books Call No: SOCIAL ISSUES NF GLA Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author explores why some people are high achievers and others are not, citing culture, family, and upbringing as possible reasons some people are not as successful as others.
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2017., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a collective biography of sixteen black men and women who have left their mark on history, from the eighteenth century throughout the twentieth, including James Forten, a powder boy and prisoner of war in the American Revolution who became captain of his own ship and an abolitionist; Richard Potter, who became a great performing ventriloquist, magician, and hypnotist; and Katherine Johnson, a mathematician and physicist who helped make the calculations to launch successful Apollo missions.
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2017., Juvenile, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: 920 BOLDEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a collective biography of sixteen black men and women who have left their mark on history, from the eighteenth century throughout the twentieth, including James Forten, a powder boy and prisoner of war in the American Revolution who became captain of his own ship and an abolitionist; Richard Potter, who became a great performing ventriloquist, magician, and hypnotist; and Katherine Johnson, a mathematician and physicist who helped make the calculations to launch successful Apollo missions.