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Presents a brief biography of African-American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, discussing his early life and his teaching career at the Tuskegee Institute and highlighting his pioneering advancements in agriculture science--such as why crops should be rotated and how to "rest" soil.
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Presents a biography of Arthur Ashe, the first African American man to play professional tennis and to win thirty-three tournaments. Explores his kind character and personality and how even after being diagnosed with AIDS after a blood transfusion he remained composed and polite.
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Sorting myth from truth in this amazing tale of courage and heroism, Anne Schraff breathes new life into the story of the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. "I grew up like a neglected weed—ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is." Harriet Tubman ran away from slavery in 1849, walking one hundred miles to freedom in the North. For the next sixteen years,...