How they got over
Subtitle: African Americans and the call of the sea
By: Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Contributors: Gilchrist, Jan Spivey, ill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780060289928; 9780060289911
Subjects: Anecdotes; Sailors; Juvenile literature; Seafaring life; Divers; United States; United States. Navy; African Americans; Explorers; Biography
Description: Profiles African American men and women who have had a strong connection with the sea, from slaves whose owners sent them to work on ships to today's fishermen, naval officers, and marine biologists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Profiles: Paul Cuffe (1759-1817); title: James Forten (1766-1842); title: Robert Smalls (1839-1915); title: Matthew Henson (1866-1955); title: Shirley Lee (1935-  ); title: Evelyn J. Fields (1949-  ); title: Michelle Janine Howard (1960-  ); title: Snapshots: Langston Hughes (1902-1967); title: Alex Haley (1921-1992); title: Samuel L. Gravely Jr. (1922-  ); title: Carl M. Brashear (1931-  ); title: Albert José Jones (birthdate unavailable); title: William Pinkney (1938-  ).