16 Extraordinary African Americans
By: Nancy Lobb
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Walch Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portland, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780825162763
Subjects: High interest-low vocabulary books; Study and teaching; African Americans; Juvenile literature; Biography; History
Other titles: Sixteen extraordinary African Americans.
Description: The stories of 16 African Americans who changed the direction of American life and history. Includes questions, answers, activities and resources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.111-115)

RL: 3-4, IL: 6-12.
Table of contents: title: Sojourner Truth, traveling preacher; title: Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist leader; title: Harriet Tubman, African-American Moses; title: Ida B. Wells-Barnett, newspaperwoman; title: Mary McLeod Bethune, teacher with a dream; title: Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute; title: W.E.B. Dubois, scholarly leader; title: George Washington Carver, botanist; title: Jackie Robinson, baseball star; title: Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court Justice; title: Rosa Parks, Civil Rights activist; title: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights leader; title: Malcolm X, Black Militant leader; title: Jesse Jackson, Rainbow Coalition leader; title: Maya Angelou, Poet Laureate; title: Toni Morrison, author; title: Vocabulary; title: Answer key; title: Additional activities.