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  • Paul Robeson: A Voice to Remember

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2001)
    Examines the life of the twentieth-century African-American singer and actor who spoke out against racism and injustice.
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  • A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Walker & Co, Jan. 1, 1995)
    The moving story of the courage and solidarity that helped shape the history of African Americans explains how the actions of the train workers fraternity helped change the way of labor and the civil rights movement in this country. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Reprint.
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  • Shooting Star

    Fredrick L. McKissack Jr.

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug. 25, 2009)
    A natural-born athlete, Jomo Rogers has talent that is easy to spot on the football field, and local reporters are taking notice. But the buzz keeps focusing on his potential, on his promise. Jomo doesn’t want to be the “next big thing.” He wants to be the real deal . . . in as little time as possible. He adopts a new workout regimen, complete with more weights, longer runs—and steroids. A gritty, witty, and eloquent youngadult debut, Shooting Star takes on the sports headlines and brings to the page a young man whose drive is about to make his life spiral out of control.
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  • The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay: Life in Medieval Africa

    Patricia McKissack, Frederick McKissack

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Oct. 15, 1995)
    For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa. Scraping away hundreds of years of ignorance, prejudice, and mythology, award-winnnig authors Patricia and Fredrick McKissack reveal the glory of these forgotten empires while inviting us to share in the inspiring process of historical recovery that is taking place today.

  • Langston Hughes: Great American Poet

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2002)
    Describes the life and accomplishments of poet Langston Hughes.
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  • Jesse Owens: Olympic Star

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2001)
    Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend, and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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  • Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Paperback (Polaris, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Presents a tribute to unsung antislavery heroes, including Cinque, an African captive who was defended before the Supreme Court by John Quincy Adams, rebel Nat Turner, and Harriet Tubman. Reissue. Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
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  • Martin Luther King, Jr: Man of Peace

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Complete with period photos, the life, times, and accomplishments of this peaceful and powerful civil rights leader are presented to young readers.
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  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Voice Against Violence

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, July 1, 2001)
    A biography of the black woman journalist who campaigned for the civil rights of women and other minorities and was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909.
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  • Louis Armstrong: Jazz Musician

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2001)
    An illustrated biography takes a look at the many accomplishments of this famous trumpet player and singer during his fifty years in show business.
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  • Zora Neale Hurston: Writer and Storyteller

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, May 1, 2002)
    Traces the life of the Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist, who worked to preserve the rich storytelling tradition of African-Americans in the South.
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  • Jamestown's American Portraits: This Generation of Americans

    Fredrick McKissack

    Hardcover (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, Feb. 12, 2001)
    Jamestown's American Portraits, an American saga of families and friends, traces the fascinating history of America through many generations and cultures and through the eyes of adolescent girls and boys. Jamestown's American Portraits is a unique, enriching reading program designed to teach reading skills and strategies while exploring exciting historical novels.