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11) Medgar Evers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of civil rights leader Medgar Evers who was assassinated in June 1963 at the age of thrity-seven.
12) Toni Morrison
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the first African-American author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, discussing how she overcame racial and economic barriers to become a successful writer.
13) Maya Angelou
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and writing career of the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," as well as her victory over such obstacles as prejudice, poverty, and abuse.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Young readers will learn the ways that César Chávez fought to protect the rights and lives of migrant workers in this inspiring biography that gives history behind protests and developments of unions that Chávez led. The vivid images and an interesting timeline of Chávez's life work in conjunction with supportive text and glossary, table of contents, and index to engage readers from cover to cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Jackie Robinson was a strong and quick athlete. He is known as a great baseball player. Jackie was also a great man. Sadly, when he began to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, people booed him. This book tells how Jackie Robinson stood up for what was right even though many people were against him"--P. [4] of cover.
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