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Pathfinders : the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls
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.