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African Americans who were first : illustrated with photographs
Provides brief biographical sketches of African Americans who were the first of their race to accomplish a goal in a variety of fields, from medicine and politics to sports and entertainment.
Phillis Wheatley
James Derham
Benjamin Banneker
Alexander Twilight
William H. Carney
Harriet Tubman
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Edmonia Lewis
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Hiram Rhoades Revels
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Henry Ossian Flipper
Booker T. Washington
Bill Pickett
Daniel Hale Williams
Bert Williams
Matthew Henson
Madame C.J. Walker
W.C. Handy
Garrett A. Morgan
Paul Wiliams
Carter G. Woodson
Bessie Coleman
Garland Anderson
William Grant Still
Mary McLeod Bethune
Thomas A. Dorsey
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Charles Drew
Jesse Owens
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Hattie McDaniel
Dorie Miller
Satchel Paige
Wesley A. Brown
Alice Coachman
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Bunche
Gwendolyn Brooks
Arthur Mitchell
Marian Anderson
Nat King Cole
Lorraine Hansberry
Mal Goode
Wilt Chamberlain
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
Arthur Ashe
Shirley Chisholm
Oprah Winfrey
Moneta Sleet, Jr.
Guion S. Bluford
Benjamin Carson
Muhammad Ali
Aretha Franklin
Andrew Young
L. Douglas Wilder
Louis Freeman
Pamela Carter
Mae Jemison
Carol Moseley-Braun
Rita Dove
Ronald Brown
Toni Morrison
Beverly Harvard.
James Derham
Benjamin Banneker
Alexander Twilight
William H. Carney
Harriet Tubman
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Edmonia Lewis
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Hiram Rhoades Revels
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Henry Ossian Flipper
Booker T. Washington
Bill Pickett
Daniel Hale Williams
Bert Williams
Matthew Henson
Madame C.J. Walker
W.C. Handy
Garrett A. Morgan
Paul Wiliams
Carter G. Woodson
Bessie Coleman
Garland Anderson
William Grant Still
Mary McLeod Bethune
Thomas A. Dorsey
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Charles Drew
Jesse Owens
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Hattie McDaniel
Dorie Miller
Satchel Paige
Wesley A. Brown
Alice Coachman
Ralph Ellison
Ralph Bunche
Gwendolyn Brooks
Arthur Mitchell
Marian Anderson
Nat King Cole
Lorraine Hansberry
Mal Goode
Wilt Chamberlain
Sidney Poitier
Thurgood Marshall
Arthur Ashe
Shirley Chisholm
Oprah Winfrey
Moneta Sleet, Jr.
Guion S. Bluford
Benjamin Carson
Muhammad Ali
Aretha Franklin
Andrew Young
L. Douglas Wilder
Louis Freeman
Pamela Carter
Mae Jemison
Carol Moseley-Braun
Rita Dove
Ronald Brown
Toni Morrison
Beverly Harvard.
Item details
- ISBN: 0525652469 :
- ISBN: 9780525652465
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Physical Description:
print
116 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Cobblehill Books, c1997.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Phillis Wheatley James Derham Benjamin Banneker Alexander Twilight William H. Carney Harriet Tubman Mary Ann Shadd Cary Edmonia Lewis Rebecca Lee Crumpler Hiram Rhoades Revels Moses Fleetwood Walker Henry Ossian Flipper Booker T. Washington Bill Pickett Daniel Hale Williams Bert Williams Matthew Henson Madame C.J. Walker W.C. Handy Garrett A. Morgan Paul Wiliams Carter G. Woodson Bessie Coleman Garland Anderson William Grant Still Mary McLeod Bethune Thomas A. Dorsey Henry Ossawa Tanner Charles Drew Jesse Owens Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Hattie McDaniel Dorie Miller Satchel Paige Wesley A. Brown Alice Coachman Ralph Ellison Ralph Bunche Gwendolyn Brooks Arthur Mitchell Marian Anderson Nat King Cole Lorraine Hansberry Mal Goode Wilt Chamberlain Sidney Poitier Thurgood Marshall Arthur Ashe Shirley Chisholm Oprah Winfrey Moneta Sleet, Jr. Guion S. Bluford Benjamin Carson Muhammad Ali Aretha Franklin Andrew Young L. Douglas Wilder Louis Freeman Pamela Carter Mae Jemison Carol Moseley-Braun Rita Dove Ronald Brown Toni Morrison Beverly Harvard. |
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