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Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Edition
[Library ed.].
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Booker T. Washington, a slave freed after the Civil War who became a leading educator of African Americans and whose Tuskegee Institute taught farming, carpentry, sewing, and other skills.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
vii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Jackie Robinson's story is not only a compelling drama of heroism, but also as a template of the African American freedom struggle. A towering athletic talent, Robinson's greater impact was on preparing the way for the civil rights reform wave following WWII. But Robinson's story has always been far more complex than the public perception has allowed. Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey famously told the young Robinson that he was "looking for...
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