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Extraordinary Black Americans from colonial to contemporary times Cover Image Book Book

Extraordinary Black Americans from colonial to contemporary times

Altman, Susan. (Author).

Summary: Presents short biographies of ninety-five black Americans from colonial to contemporary times, highlighting their personal achievements and their resulting contributions to the growth of American society.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0516005812
  • ISBN: 9780516005812
  • Physical Description: print
    240 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago : Childrens Press, c1989.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236).
Formatted Contents Note: Estevanico -- Lucy Terry Prince -- Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable -- Crispus Attucks -- Benjamin Banneker -- Phillis Wheatley -- Peter Salem -- James Forten -- James Armistead -- Elizabeth Freeman -- Richard Allen -- Paul Cuffe -- Gabriel Prosser -- York -- Denmark Vesey -- Slave uprisings -- Garcia -- Black Seminoles -- Nat Turner -- Joseph Cinque -- James Beckwourth -- Madison Washington -- Norbert Rillieux -- Underground Railroad -- Lewis Temple -- Dred Scott -- Lewis Hayden -- Harriet Tubman -- Jermain Wesley Loguen -- John Anthony Copeland, Jr. -- Frederick Douglass -- Sojourner Truth -- George Washington -- Robert Smalls -- Charlotte Forten Grimke -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Black Civil War soldiers -- Reconstruction -- P. B. S. Pinchback -- Booker T. Washington -- Nat Love -- Jan Ernst Matzeliger -- George Jordan -- Lewis Howard Latimer -- Scott Joplin -- George Washington Williams -- George Washington Carver -- Granville T. Woods -- Daniel Hale Williams -- Madame C. J. Walker -- Charles Young -- Elijah McCoy.

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      Athens-Clarke County Library 		JNF 920 ALTMAN ( Send Text)
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