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Pathfinders : the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls

Call Number

  • J 920 BOLD (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Publication Information

New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017.

Physical Description

124 pages ; 26 cm

Audience

Age 10 to 14.

Summary

Profiles sixteen high-achieving African Americans, including magician Richard Potter, concert singer Sissieretta Jones, and architect Paul R. Williams.

Contents

  • Venture Smith, prince
  • James Forten, entrepreneur
  • Richard Potter, magician
  • James McCune Smith, physician
  • Mary Bowser, spy
  • Allen Allensworth, town founder
  • Clara Brown, pioneer
  • Sissieretta Jones, concert singer
  • Maggie Lena Walker, bank founder
  • Charlie Wiggins, race car driver
  • Eugene Bullard, combat pilot
  • Oscar Micheaux, filmmaker
  • Jackie Ormes, cartoonist
  • Sadie Tanner, Mossell Alexander, economist & attorney
  • Paul R. Williams, architect
  • Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, mathematician.

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