Anchored by Just Us Books’ best-selling title, Book of Black Heroes From A to Z, this four-book series introduces 200 historic and contemporary Black leaders, innovators and achievers.
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The bundle includes:
Book Of Black Heroes From A To Z, by Wade Hudson & Valerie Wilson Wesley
Updated Edition The Book of Black Heroes from A to Z shares with young readers the stories 54 pioneers whose courage, strength and lasting accomplishments have earned them the title hero. Read about: Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, South African human rights advocate Nelson Mandela, Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, historian Benjamin Quarles, J Constance Baker Motley, who helped James Meredith become the first Black person to go to the University of Mississippi.
First published in 1988 and with more than 400,000 copies in print, Book of Black Heroes from A to Z has become a go to black history staple in classrooms, homes and libraries. This updated edition includes expanded biographies, quotes and factoids, a two-page narrative honoring the 150th anniversary of the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation and several new entries including a profile of President Barack Obama, the first African American elected President of the United States.
Book Of Black Heroes: Great Women In The Struggle, edited By Toyomi Igus
More than 80 Black women freedom fighters, educators, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and scientists are spotlighted in this volume. Learn about pioneers such as Sojourner Truth, Oprah Winfrey, Ella Fitzgerald, Jane C. Wright, Alice Coachman, and Edith Sampson. A chronology of important dates in black history and a reading list are also included.
Book Of Black Heroes: Scientists, Healers And Inventors, by Wade Hudson
In this volume of the popular Book of Black Heroes series, readers will learn about the many contributions Black men and women have made in the areas of science, medicine and creative invention. Short entry biological sketches herald the groundbreaking work of well-known Black heroes such as scientist, George Washington Carver and surgeon, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, and introduce the trailblazing accomplishments of other Black heroes such as inventor Lewis Latimer and Halle Johnson.
Book of Black Heroes: Political Leaders Past and Present, by Gilbert L. Robertson, IV
The highly anticipated fourth installment of the series spotlights Black leaders who have made valuable contributions in U. S. governmental leadership. Included are Hiram Revels, P.B.S. Pinchback and Robert Smalls, among the first African Americans to hold political offices, Oscar De Priest and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, who served during the Jim Crow period as well as Edward M. Brooke, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, John Lewis, John Conyers, Carl Stokes, and others who emerged during the 1960s on the heels of major civil rights legislation that gave millions of African American the right to vote. Newer political leaders are also featured, including Keith Ellison, Kamala Harris, Tim Scott and Mia Love. Book of Black Heroes: Political Leaders Past and Present contains celebrates 150 years of African-American leadership, profiling nearly four dozen Black U.S., local and state representatives, mayors, governors, members of Congress, and the nation's first Black president - all of whom helped make and shape history.
