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  • Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher

    Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Ned O.

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 15, 1991)
    Traces the life and achievements of the black educator who fought bigotry and racial injustice and sought equality for blacks in the areas of education and political rights.
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  • Thomas Jefferson

    Monica Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 31, 2007)
    Introduces the life and times of President Thomas Jefferson and explains his place in American history.
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  • Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Voice Against Violence

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 1, 1991)
    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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  • Marian Anderson: A Great Singer

    Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 16, 1991)
    Tells the story of the African-American singer who struggled against prejudice to become one of the great opera performers of the century.
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  • Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, April 1, 1991)
    Biography of the African-American statesman and diplomat who was one of the founders of the United Nations and who received the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts.
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  • Chief Joseph

    Barbara Kiely Miller

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, July 15, 2007)
    Introduces the life of Chief Joseph, the Nez Percâe leader who tried to take his people to freedom in Canada, and when that failed, surrendered and became known as a peacemaker.
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  • Michelle Kwan

    Stephanie Cham

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2018)
    How did Michelle Kwan become an award-winning figure skater? Readers will learn all about this great Asian American athlete and the significant events in her life in this low-leveled biography.
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  • Oprah Winfrey

    Heather C. Hudak

    Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, June 1, 2005)
    A biography of the successful talk-show host who has used her popular television program to venture into publishing, music, movies, and education.
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  • Saddlebreds

    Victor Gentle, Janet Perry

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Examines the history, characteristics, and uses of this strong and elegant horse.
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  • Narrative Of The Life And Adventures Of Henry Bibb: An American Slave

    Henry Bibb, Lucius Matlack

    Paperback (Dover Publications, May 13, 2005)
    Remarkable account records the life of a former slave. Bibb's compelling autobiography describes slave folkways in detail, tells of desperate efforts to recover his wife and child, and presents a touching self-portrait of a man caught between a slave past and a free future.

  • Chief Joseph

    Barbara Kiely Miller

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, July 15, 2007)
    Introduces the life of Chief Joseph, the Nez Percâe leader who tried to take his people to freedom in Canada, and when that failed, surrendered and became known as a peacemaker.
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  • Sojourner Truth: A Voice for Freedom

    Pat McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Describes the life of the anti-slavery and women's rights activist, from her beginnings in slavery to her tireless campaign for the rights and welfare of the freedmen.
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