Title: Black Stars of Civil War Times
Description: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE    Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes.    Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil War and Reconstruction:    dr. alexander t. augusta  thomas "blind tom" greene bethune  james bland  senator blanche kelso bruce   francis louis cardozo  major martin robison delany  frederick douglass  sarah mapps douglass  sergeant major christian a. fleetwood  charlotte forten grimke  frances e. w. harper  elizabeth keckley  elijah mccoy  john p. parker  governor pinckney benton stewart pinchback  dr. charles burleigh purvis  congressman robert smalls  sojourner truth  harriet tubman  lieutenant peter vogelsang  booker t. washington  sergeant george washington williams  granville t. woods    "The books in the Black Stars series are the types of books that would have really captivated me as a kid."  -Earl G. Graves, Black Enterprise magazine    "Inspiring stories that demonstrate what can happen when ingenuity and tenacity are paired with courage and hard work."  -Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books     "Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history."  -Booklist    "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies."  -Horn Book
Subjects: History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Nonfiction, JUVENILE NONFICTION, Cultural Heritage, Science & Technology, Juvenile literature, Biography & Autobiography, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, African Americans, Biography, African American Participation, African American abolitionists, African americans, juvenile literature, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile literature, Noirs américains, Biographies, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Histoire
Places: United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, To 1863, 1863-1877