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1) Ida B. Wells, voice of truth: educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader

Author

Duster, Michelle

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"An inspiring picture book biography of Ida B. Wells-who was an educator, journalist, feminist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, public speaker, suffragist, civil rights activist, and women's club leader-as told by her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster"--

2) Courage has no color: the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers

Author

Stone, Tanya Lee

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Tanya Lee Stone examines the role of African Americans in the military via the story of America's first regiment of Black paratroopers, the Triple Nickles, and their fight against the Japanese in a little-known World War II attack on the American West.

3) Black and white airmen: their true history

Author

Fleischman, John

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

4) The diary of Susie King Taylor, Civil War nurse

Author

Taylor, Susie King

Publisher

Benchmark Books

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

Description

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Excerpts from the diary of a woman who served as nurse to a regiment of black soldiers fighting for the Union during the Civil War, including her observations on the treatment of "coloreds" after the war.

5) Ida B. Wells

Author

Bailey, Diane

Series

Discovering history's heroes

Publisher

Aladdin

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

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Presents the life and accomplishments of the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.