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  • Jackie Robinson

    Lola M. Schaefer

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Text and photographs introduce the biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player on a major league team, as well as the first African American elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
    N

  • Young Pocahontas - Pbk

    Benjamin

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Dec. 1, 1996)
    A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown
    LB

  • Booker T. Washington

    Lola M. Schaefer

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Text and photographs introduce the biography of Booker T. Washington, a former African American slave who later became an educator and author.
    G

  • Annie Oakley

    Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson, Yoshi Miyake

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 1995)
    A biography of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time
    N

  • Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet

    Clinton Cox

    Paperback (Apple, Sept. 16, 1998)
    The author of Undying Glory provides middle readers with a comprehensive biography about this celebrated American writer who was also a riverboat pilot, adventurer, and newspaper reporter. Reprint.
    W

  • Young Amelia Earhart - Pbk

    Sarah Alcott, James Anton

    Paperback (Troll Communications, April 11, 1997)
    A simple biography of the pilot who became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean
    G

  • Custer and Crazy Horse: A Story of Two Warriors

    Jim Razzi

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 1, 1989)
    Recounts the events in the lives of the Oglala Sioux chief and the United States Army officer who met at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
    Y

  • Young Jackie Robinson - Pbk

    Farrell

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Nov. 21, 1996)
    A biography of the first Black player in modern American major league baseball, emphasizing the prejudice he had to overcome by sheer courage
    L

  • Rosa Parks

    Lola M. Schaefer

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Text and photographs introduce the biography of Rosa Parks, the African American woman from Alabama whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man helped establish the civil rights movement.
    N

  • Walt Disney

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Abdo Group, Jan. 1, 2010)
    Readers will learn about Disney's childhood, education, and career as a groundbreaking animator and entrepreneur. Disney's early interest and talent as an artist and cartoonist are discussed, including his work in advertising and the formation of Walt Disney Company. Also included are Disney's famous animated movies and characters, such as Mickey Mouse, as well as the making of Disneyland and Disney World.
    P

  • Michael Jordan

    Chip Lovitt

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Dec. 16, 1995)
    Follows the life and career of Michael Jordan from his childhood dream of becoming a sports star through the history-making shot that earned his college team a national championship and his gold-medal Olympic achievements.
    Q

  • One More River to Cross: The Story of Twelve Black Americans

    James Haskins

    Library Binding (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 1992)
    Twelve short biographies tell triumphant stories of African-Americans whose courageous accomplishments in the fields of medicine, sports, the arts, and politics have opened doors for the black community.
    V