Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement 1st Edition
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Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement 1st Edition

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Full Title

Black Stars of the Civil Rights Movement 1st Edition
Author(s)

Jim Haskins
Edition

1st Edition
ISBN

9780471467670, 9780471220688
Publisher

John Wiley & Sons P&T
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil Rights Movement: * LOUIS “SATCHMO” ARMSTRONG * MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE * MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS JR. * W. E. B. DU BOIS * LIEUTENANT HENRY O. FLIPPER * MARCUS GARVEY * MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. * THURGOOD MARSHALL * ROSA PARKS * ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR. * PHILIP RANDOLPH * PAUL ROBESON * JACKIE ROBINSON * BOOKER T. WASHINGTON * IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT * CARTER G. WOODSON * WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR. “The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid.” -Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine “Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work.” -Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books “Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history.” -Booklist “The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies.” -Horn Book

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