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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Wilson, Jamia, author.     Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.     Subjects     Afro-Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Nonfiction.     Heroes     Afro-Americans     Blacks     Heroes -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wilson, Jamia, author.      Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.       by title:      Young, gifted and bl...         MARC Display

Young, gifted and black : meet 52 black heroes from past and present / words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins. by Wilson, Jamia, author., Pippins, Andrea, illustrator. Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2018. Description:  64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm Contents:  Mary Seacole -- Matthew Henson -- Ava Duvernay -- Bessie Coleman -- Barack Obama -- Michelle Obama -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Cathy Freeman -- George Washington Carver -- Malorie Blackman -- Harriet Tubman -- Mo Farah -- Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Jesse Owens -- Beyonce Knowles -- Solange Knowles -- Katherine Johnson -- Josephine Baker -- Kofi Annan -- Langston Hughes -- Toni Morrison -- Brian Lara -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Yannick Noah -- Maurice Ashley -- Alexandre Dumas -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Maya Angelou -- Nina Simone -- Simone Biles -- Stevie Wonder -- Esperanza Spalding -- Sidney Poitier -- Oprah Winfrey -- Pele -- Nelson Mandela -- Louis Armstrong -- Rosa Parks -- Naomi Campbell -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor -- Muhammad Ali -- Shirley Chisholm -- Steve McQueen -- Zadie Smith -- Usain Bolt -- Wangari Maathai -- Mae Jemison -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Nicola Adams -- Serena Williams -- Venus Williams -- Misty Copeland. Summary:  "Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams. Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced their adult achievements. This book will help the next generation to chase their own dream . . . whatever it may be"--Publisher. This book brings together 52 iconic talents from the past and present and celebrates their inspirational achievements. Meet figureheads, leaders and pioneers such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams. Genre:  Biographies Biographies Biography Juvenile works. Notes:  Cover title.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Peosta Library Children's Collection 920.02 Wil 2018 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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