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Provides a graphic novel biography of NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, in which a pair of young friends recount his life, career, and accomplishments to a secret society of sports superheroes and explain why he is the role model to usher in the next generation of sports superheroes.
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Describes how rapper Kendrick Lamar was inspired by rapper Tupac Shakur, and compares the two men's careers, music, songwriting processes, concerts, fashions, and accomplishments. Includes color and black-and-white photographs, fact boxes, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.
6) Ava DuVernay
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Profiles the life and achievements of Black female filmmaker Ava DuVernay, describing how she makes movies about Black Americans and the issues they face. Includes color photographs, a glossary, a filmography, and further resources.
7) Jordan Peele
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Chronicles the life of Black filmmaker Jordan Peele, and details his early life, career in the film industry, and impact on American cinema and culture. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, and additional resources.
8) Julie Dash
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Chronicles the life of filmmaker Julie Dash, and details her early life, career as a filmmaker, and legacy. Includes color photographs, fact boxes, a filmography, a glossary, and additional resources.
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A brief, photographic biography of actor and singer Jordan Fisher, highlighting his trajectory to becoming a Broadway star, as well as, important moments that led to his iconic roles in television shows and animated films. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.
10) Oscar Micheaux
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Provides a biography of early twentieth century Black filmmaker, Oscar Micheaux. Examines his early life, entry into filmmaking, and his groundbreaking films that portrayed Black American life at the turn of the century and struggles against racism and upward mobility. Includes a filmography, a glossary, and further resources.
12) Ayanna Howard
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Chronicles the life of Dr. Ayanna Howard, former NASA engineer and founder of Zyrobotics which provides learning resources to encourage young people to study STEM, and details her early life, education, career at NASA, and teaching career. Includes color illustrations, a timeline, a glossary, text-related questions, and an activity.
13) Jackie Robinson
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Traces the life and career of Black professional baseball player Jackie Robinson, focusing on how he overcame racism and paved the way for others to follow. Includes color photographs, a glossary, text-related questions, and further resources.
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Explores the life of African American poet Amanda Gorman, discussing her upbringing, speech disorder, poetry, and achievements. Describes how she uses her writing to make a difference. Includes color photographs, quotes, a timeline, suggestions on how to make difference, a glossary, and resources for further information.
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"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."-- Provided by publisher.
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"From imaginative child to visionary storyteller, Toni Morrison was a fiercely inspiring writer that helped change the world. This poetic picture book biography is part love letter and part biography, praising the power of this Nobel Prize winner. With its tender refrain, readers will know how much Morrison's stories -- and their own -- mean to the world. She was loved -- and so are they! Who was Toni Morrison? She was a visionary, a storyteller,...
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"Little Katherine loved learning and her favourite subject was maths. In class, she worked so hard that she was able to move up to high school four years early! Due to the racist laws of the time, Katherine's family had to move town for her to go to a school where Black students were admitted. After high school and college, she was accepted to one of West Virginia's top universities and was the first Black woman to attend. In 1953, she joined the...