num_pages: 256
description: Activists and rap stars abolitionists and pioneers inventors and scientists surge with life throughout this thrilling and comprehensive work.  Jennifer Maritza McCauley  National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and author of Scar On / Scar Off #1 Best Seller in Teen &amp; Young Adult 21st Century U.S. History Black Americans who have shaped their country and beyond. We are familiar with a handful of African Americans who are mentioned in American history books but there are also countless others who do not get recognized in mainstream media. Their biographies vary greatly but each one contributes to the course of Black history and its influence on America and the greater world. Their stories encourage teenage boys and girls to find their own path to change. Celebrate the successes made possible by diversity. African Americans have made history by challenging and changing the American landscape. This was accomplished not by shedding layers of originality but by wearing their colors proudly and openly in the world. Growth has been made possible by a resistance to conformity and a fusing of cultures African and American alike. Monique L. Joness The Book of Awesome Black Americans is more than a Black history book. Its a celebration of Black people. In this book you will find: If you enjoyed books such as 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History  Bedtime Inspirational Stories  Black Pioneers of Science and Invention  or Becca Andersons The Book of Awesome Women  then The Book of Awesome Black Americans should be your next read!
language: English
title: The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists (Teen and YA ... African-American Biographies)
publisher: Mango