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  • What Is Black Lives Matter?
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    What Is Black Lives Matter?

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    When a Black teenager named Trayvon Martin was senselessly killed in 2012, the African American community called for his murderer to be held accoun...

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  • Who Is Barack Obama?
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    Who is Barack Obama?

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    As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this ...

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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 Judy Blume?
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    Who is Judy Blume?

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    Readers adore Judy Blume for her personal stories about the journey from childhood to adolescence. She has always been an imaginative person and an...

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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 Malala Yousafzai?
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    Who Is Malala Yousafzai?

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    Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called att...

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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 Is Oprah Winfrey?
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    Who is Oprah Winfrey?

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    We all know Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show host, actress, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist, but the "Queen of Talk" wasn't always so fortuna...

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  • Who Was Celia Cruz?
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    Who Was Celia Cruz?

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    Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting...

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  • Who Was Duke Ellington?
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    Who Was Duke Ellington?

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     A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close ...

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  • Who Was Frida Kahlo?
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    Who Was Frida Kahlo?

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    You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman ...

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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 Jacqueline Kennedy?
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    Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy?

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    Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy....

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  • Who Was Jane Austen?
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    Who Was Jane Austen?

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    Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and h...

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  • Who Was Louis Armstrong?
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    Who Was Louis Armstrong?

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    If not for a stint in reform school, young Louis Armstrong might never have become a musician. It was a teacher at the Colored Waifs Home who gave ...

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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 Mother Teresa?
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    Who Was Mother Teresa?

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    Born a humble girl in what is now Albania, Agnes Bojaxhiu lived a charitable life. She pledged herself to a religious order at the age of 18 and ch...

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  • Who Was Muhammad Ali?
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    Who Was Muhammad Ali?

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    Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his na...

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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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