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Books in Great African Americans Series series

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Riley Flynn, Gail Saunders-Smith

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Explore the life and achievements of world famous civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • Michelle Kwan

    Stephanie Cham

    Paperback (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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  • Patsy Mink

    Stephanie Cham

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2018)
    How did Patsy Mink become a member of Congress? Readers will learn all about this great Asian American politician and the significant events in her life in this low-leveled biography.
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  • Yo-Yo Ma

    Stephanie Cham

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2018)
    How did Yo-Yo Ma become a world-renowned cellist? Readers will learn all about this musician and the significant events in his life in this low-leveled biography.
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  • Bessie Coleman

    Riley Flynn, Gail Saunders-Smith

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Explore the life and achievements of the first African-American woman to earn a pilot's license, Bessie Coleman.
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  • MEN OF THE CONSTITUTION: GREAT AMERICANS

    Bradbury & smith

    Paperback (Little Simon, Sept. 15, 1987)
    Explains why the Articles of Confederation were inadequate, briefly traces the development of the constitution, and offers profiles of those who helped write it
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  • Thurgood Marshall

    Luke Colins, Gail Saunders-Smith

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Explore the life and achievements of the first African American Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall.
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  • Albert Einstein

    Pamela Zanin Bradbury, James Seward

    Hardcover (Julian Messner, July 1, 1989)
    Traces the life and work of the physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
  • Wilma Rudolph

    Isabel Martin, Kathryn Nicole Clapper

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2014)
    Ready, set, go! Explore the life and achievements of Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic runner who was the first American woman to win three gold medals.
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  • Abraham Lincoln

    Jean F. Blashfield

    Paperback (Little Simon, Feb. 15, 1987)
    Depicts the life of Lincoln, surveys his political career, and discusses his accomplishments as president
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  • W. E. B. Du Bois

    Jeni Wittrock, Kathryn Nicole Clapper

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, July 1, 2014)
    Explore the life and achievements of W.E.B. Du Bois, a scholar, civil rights activist, and cofounder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP.
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  • Andrew Jackson

    Monica Rausch

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 31, 2007)
    Introduces the life and times of President Andrew Jackson and explains his place in American history.
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