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(0)Glenda Armand
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography chronicling the life of Ira Aldridge, an African American actor who is considered to be one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century. Includes afterword and author's sources"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
©2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1820s Maryland, Frederick's mother, who is a slave on a different plantation, walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents. Based on the childhood of Frederick Douglass.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Discover the inspiring story of Augustus Jackson, an African American entrepreneur who is known as "the father of ice cream," in this beautifully illustrated picture-book biography.
Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and his family were free, they were poor, and they depended on their garden and their...
Augustus Jackson was born in 1808 in Philadelphia. While most African Americans were enslaved at that time, in Pennsylvania, slavery was against the law. But while Augustus and his family were free, they were poor, and they depended on their garden and their...