Little legends : exceptional men in black history / Vashti Harrison with Kwesi Johnson.

By:

Harrison, Vashti [author,, illustrator.]

Contributor(s):

Johnson, Kwesi [author.]

Material type:

TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019Description: 86 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780316475143
0316475149
9780316497312

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Biographies.

DDC classification:

920 HAR 305.38 23

LOC classification:

E185 .H313 2019

Contents:

Benjamin Banneker -- James Armistead Lafayette -- Frederick Douglass -- Bass Reeves -- Robert Smalls -- Charles Henry Turner -- Arturo Schomburg -- Garrett Morgan -- Marshall "Major" Taylor -- Harold Moody -- Oscar Micheaux -- Paul Robeson -- Aaron Douglas -- Louis Armstrong -- Langston Hughes -- Charles R. Drew -- John Robinson -- Thurgood Marshall -- Gordon Parks -- Jacob Lawrence -- Ousmane Sembe�ne -- James Baldwin -- Harry Belafonte -- Alvin Ailey -- Bill Russell -- Eddie Mabo -- Paul Stephenson -- John Lewis -- Arthur Ashe -- Andre� Leon Talley -- Prince -- Chuck D -- Dwayne McDuffie -- Leland Melvin -- Sir David Adjaye -- More little legends.

Summary: This volume brings to life true stories of black men in history. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include artist Aaron Douglas, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, musician Prince, photographer Gordon Parks, tennis champion Arthur Ashe, and writer James Baldwin.

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School Library Journal starred, November 2019

This volume brings to life true stories of black men in history. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include artist Aaron Douglas, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, musician Prince, photographer Gordon Parks, tennis champion Arthur Ashe, and writer James Baldwin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84).

7.5

3-6

Benjamin Banneker -- James Armistead Lafayette -- Frederick Douglass --
Bass Reeves -- Robert Smalls --
Charles Henry Turner -- Arturo Schomburg -- Garrett Morgan --
Marshall "Major" Taylor -- Harold Moody -- Oscar Micheaux -- Paul Robeson -- Aaron Douglas -- Louis Armstrong -- Langston Hughes --
Charles R. Drew -- John Robinson --
Thurgood Marshall -- Gordon Parks --
Jacob Lawrence -- Ousmane Sembe�ne --
James Baldwin -- Harry Belafonte --
Alvin Ailey -- Bill Russell --
Eddie Mabo -- Paul Stephenson --
John Lewis -- Arthur Ashe -- Andre� Leon Talley -- Prince -- Chuck D --
Dwayne McDuffie -- Leland Melvin --
Sir David Adjaye -- More little legends.

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