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The fierce 44 : black Americans who shook up the world / written by the staff of The Undefeated ; portraits by Robert Ball ; edited by Stephen Reiss ; preface by Kevin Merida ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 94 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781328940629
  • 1328940624
Other title:
  • Fierce forty four
  • Black Americans who shook up the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Robert Abbott -- Alvin Ailey -- Muhammad Ali -- Richard Allen -- Maya Angelou -- Ella Baker -- James Baldwin -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Simone Biles -- Shirley Chisholm -- Benjamin O. Davis Sr. -- Frederick Douglass -- Charles Drew -- W. E. B. Du Bois -- Duke Ellington -- Aretha Franklin -- Jimi Hendrix -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Jesse Jackson -- Jay-Z -- Katherine Johnson -- Quincy Jones -- Michael Jordan -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Henrietta Lacks -- Malcolm X -- Thurgood Marshall -- Toni Morrison -- Barack Obama -- Jesse Owens -- Gordon Parks -- Sidney Poitier -- Richard Pryor -- Jackie Robinson -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Booker T. Washington -- Ida B. Wells -- Serena Williams -- August Wilson -- Oprah Winfrey -- Stevie Wonder.
Summary: "A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball." --Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: MLK | Martin Luther King Jr.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 920.0092 F465 Available 33111009822277
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A dynamic collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest Black movers and shakers, from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball.

From visionaries to entrepreneurs, athletes to activists, the Fierce 44 are beacons of brilliance, perseverance, and excellence. Each short biography is accompanied by a compelling portrait by Robert Ball, whose bright, graphic art pops off the page.

Bringing household names like Serena Williams and Harriet Tubman together with lesser-known but highly deserving figures such as Robert Abbott and Dr. Charles Drew, this collection is a celebration of all that African Americans have achieved, despite everything they have had to overcome.

Meet forty-four of America's most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN's TheUndefeated.

"A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball." --Provided by publisher.

Grades 4-6.

Ages 10-12.

Robert Abbott -- Alvin Ailey -- Muhammad Ali -- Richard Allen -- Maya Angelou -- Ella Baker -- James Baldwin -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Simone Biles -- Shirley Chisholm -- Benjamin O. Davis Sr. -- Frederick Douglass -- Charles Drew -- W. E. B. Du Bois -- Duke Ellington -- Aretha Franklin -- Jimi Hendrix -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Jesse Jackson -- Jay-Z -- Katherine Johnson -- Quincy Jones -- Michael Jordan -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Henrietta Lacks -- Malcolm X -- Thurgood Marshall -- Toni Morrison -- Barack Obama -- Jesse Owens -- Gordon Parks -- Sidney Poitier -- Richard Pryor -- Jackie Robinson -- Sojourner Truth -- Harriet Tubman -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Booker T. Washington -- Ida B. Wells -- Serena Williams -- August Wilson -- Oprah Winfrey -- Stevie Wonder.

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