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  • Who Is Hillary Clinton?
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    Who is Hillary Clinton?

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    At age fourteen, Hillary Clinton thought it would be thrilling to become an astronaut, so she sent an application to NASA. The reply was a flat out...

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  • Who Is Kamala Harris?
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    Who Is Kamala Harris?

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    On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American perso...

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  • Who Is Michelle Obama?
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    Who is Michelle Obama?

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    Born into a close knit family in Chicago, Michelle Robinson was a star student who graduated from Princeton and Harvard Law. Then in 1992, she marr...

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  • Who Was Clara Barton?
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    Who Was Clara Barton?

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    Clarissa “Clara” Barton was a shy girl who grew up to become a teacher, nurse, and humanitarian.  At a time when few women worked outside the home,...

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  • Who Was Harriet Tubman?
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    Who Was Harriet Tubman?

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    Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an ...

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  • Who Was Ida B. Wells?
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    Who Was Ida B. Wells?

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    The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement and the most famous black female journalist in ninete...

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  • Who Was Maya Angelou?
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    Who Was Maya Angelou?

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    Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unst...

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  • Who Was Nelson Mandela?
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    Who Was Nelson Mandela?

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    As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world.  Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a p...

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  • Who Was Princess Diana?
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    Who Was Princess Diana?

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    A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fa...

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  • Who Was Rosa Parks?
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    Who Was Rosa Parks?

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    In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights prote...

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  • Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
    Hachette Book Group

    Young Gifted and Black

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    Written in the spirit of Nina Simone’s song “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” this vibrant book is a perfect introduction to both historic and pres...

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