Portraits of African-American HeroesHere, ideal for African-American History Month, is a stunningly beautiful book consisting of portraits-in pictures and words-of twenty outstanding African-Americans. The individuals range from historical to contemporary figures, such as the dancer Judith Jamison, and represent diverse fields of endeavor, from the law (Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall) to athletics, science, and more. For each individual, there is a three-page biography by the noted author Tonya Bolden and a striking black-and-white portrait that captures not only the subject's likeness but is a work of art in itself. A book to inspire, to teach, or to display, with its large trim size and striking design, it is as handsome as it is important. |
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Tonya Bolden. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM he fighting spirit and the nerve to speak up and out were evident early on in the woman born Shirley Anita St. Hill , the oldest of four daughters of a mother from Barbados and a father from Guyana . When ...
Tonya Bolden. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM he fighting spirit and the nerve to speak up and out were evident early on in the woman born Shirley Anita St. Hill , the oldest of four daughters of a mother from Barbados and a father from Guyana . When ...
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... Shirley Chisholm United States Congress . " Fighting Shirley Chisholm - Unbought and Unbossed " was her campaign slogan . From 1968 to 1982 , Congresswoman Chisholm crusaded for the needy and the neglected by pushing for , among other ...
... Shirley Chisholm United States Congress . " Fighting Shirley Chisholm - Unbought and Unbossed " was her campaign slogan . From 1968 to 1982 , Congresswoman Chisholm crusaded for the needy and the neglected by pushing for , among other ...
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... Shirley Chisholm " By ... afraid of me . " Shirley Chisholm , Unbought and Unbossed ( Boston : Houghton , Mifflin , 1970 ) , pp . 3-4 . " When ... little girl . " Shirley Chisholm , quoted in Lanker , I Dream a World , p . 106 . Malcolm ...
... Shirley Chisholm " By ... afraid of me . " Shirley Chisholm , Unbought and Unbossed ( Boston : Houghton , Mifflin , 1970 ) , pp . 3-4 . " When ... little girl . " Shirley Chisholm , quoted in Lanker , I Dream a World , p . 106 . Malcolm ...
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