African American biographies
Subtitle: volume 8
By: Shaquille O'Neal, David Satcher
Contributors: Scholastic Library Publishing
Series: African American Biographies -- volume 8
Publisher: Grolier
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780717260980
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Juvenile literature
Description: "In fields from politics and the law to medicine, business, religion, entertainment, and more, African Americans continue to make their mark on our nation. Here readers will find concise, clear, compelling biographies of figures ranging from Martin Luther King Jr. to Halle Berry, Scott Joplin to Colin Powell, and Deacon Jones to Marion Jones. Slaves, scientists, sports stars?they fill the pages of this collection of unforgettable true stories drawn from all eras of American history, including the present"--Publisher website (April 2007).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Aaliyah-Blyden, Edward Wilmot; title: v. 2. Bond, Horace Mann-Clarke, John Henrik; title: v. 3. Cleaver, Eldridge-Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface"; title: v. 4. Edwards, Herman-Greener, Richard Theodore; title: v. 5. Greenfield, Elizabeth Taylor; title: Jacobs, Harriet; title: v. 6. Jakes, T.D.-Loury, Glenn C.; title: v. 7. Love, Nat-Oliver, Joe "King"; title: v. 8. O'Neal, Shaquille-Satcher, David; title: v. 9. Savage, Augusta-Tyson, Cicely; title: v. 10. Tyson, Mike-Zollar, Doris.