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Benjamin Banneker, scientist
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Garnet Jackson |
Simple rhyming text introduces the life and work of the African-American scientist, astronomer, surveyor, and almanac publisher. |
OL14854241W |
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Elijah McCoy, inventor
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Garnet Jackson |
A simple biography of the black engineer who invented the automatic lubricator for railway systems and thus gave rise to the phrase "the real McCoy." |
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Rosa Parks
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Garnet Jackson |
A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws. |
OL14854255W |
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Frederick Douglass, freedom fighter
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Garnet Jackson |
A brief biography of the abolitionist who escaped from slavery and used his speeches and writings to lead the fight for freedom and civil rights for African Americans. |
OL14854260W |
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Garrett Morgan, Inventor
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Garnet Jackson |
A brief biography of an African American inventor that describes, in rhyming text, how his lifelong interest in machines led to the invention of the traffic signal. |
OL14854261W |
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George Washington
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Garnet Jackson |
A simple biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States. |
OL14854262W |