Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world / Cheryl Willis Hudson ; illustrations by Erin K. Robinson.
An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525645818
- ISBN: 0525645810
- ISBN: 9780525645825
- ISBN: 0525645829
- ISBN: 9780525645849
- ISBN: 0525645845
- Physical Description: 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020].
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Published in collaboration with curators from Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture"--Back cover. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ruby Bridges -- Marian Anderson -- Althea Gibson -- Toni Morrison -- Michelle Obama -- Sojourner Truth -- Bessie Coleman -- Nina Simone -- Ida B. Wells -- Barbara Jordan -- Aretha Franklin -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- Katherine Johnson -- Shirley Chisholm -- Lena Horne -- Wilma Rudolph -- Faith Ringgold -- Madam C. J. Walker -- Diana Ross -- Augusta Fells Savage -- Condoleeza Rice -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Ibtihaj Muhammad -- Ann Lowe -- Ntozake Shange -- Carla Hayden -- Sheryl Swoopes -- Dorothy Irene Height -- Misty Copeland -- Angela Davis -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Elizabeth Catlett -- Serena Williams -- Phillis Wheatley -- Rosa Parks -- Leontyne Price -- Harriet Tubman -- Ruby Dee -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Mae C. Jemison -- Susie King Taylor -- Loretta Lynch -- Maya Angelou -- Beyoncé Knowles-Carter -- Simone Biles -- Ava DuVernay -- Judith Jamison -- Oprah Winfrey -- Black lives matter -- Learn more about the women of brave. black. first. -- Image credits -- At the National Museum of African American History and Culture -- At the National Portait Gallery -- A note from the author and illustrator -- About the National Museum of African American History and Culture -- Index. |
| Target Audience Note: | NC1270L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.9 4 511508. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Illustrated works. Anecdotes. |
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- 29 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lee County Main Library | J 920.72089 HUDSON (Text) | 33262003270806 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | ODWC J 920.72089 HUD (Text) | 80605000868967 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | J 920.7208 HUD (Text) | 50503300360213 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | J 920.72 HUD (Text) | 30441100793223 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | J 920.72089 HUDSON (Text) | 37807000017950 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | J920.72 H (Text) | 31781065656116 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | J920.72 H (Text) | 31781065656082 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | J 920.72 HUD (Text) | 23900000028516 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | J 920.72 HUD (Text) | 640191004085526 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | J 920.720 HUD (Text) | 34621991149140 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
