Icons Of Black America: Breaking Barriers And Crossing Boundaries

Author Matthew C. Whitaker

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Matthew C. Whitaker

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

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Copyright

2011

ISBN13

9780313376436

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Related Series

African American Studies Collection on Gale eBooks for K-12 Students
Overview

Muhammad Ali, Jay-Z, Toni Morrison, Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Lena Horne. Each has become an icon recognized as outstanding in his or her chosen field. There are many more like them, both people and institutions, that have made their mark on American culture. These are their stories.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Photos.
Series Foreword.
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1: Ali, Muhammad (1942–).
2: Angelou, Maya (1928–).
3: Apollo Theater.
4: Armstrong, Louis (1901–1971).
5: Ashe, Arthur (1943–1993).
6: Baker, Ella (1903–1986).
7: Baker, JoséPhine (1906–1975).
8: Baldwin, James (1924–1987).
9: Barkley, Charles (1963–).
10: Belafonte, Harry (1927–).
11: Berry, Halle (1968–).
12: Bonds, Barry (1964–).
13: Braun Moseley, Carol (1947–).
14: Bunche, Ralph (1903–1971).
15: Carmichael, Stokely (Kwame Ture) (1941–1998).
16: Carver Washington, George (1864–1943).
17: Charles, Ray (1930–2004).
18: Chisholm, Shirley (1924–2005).
19: Cosby, Bill (1937–).
20: Dandridge, Dorothy (1922–1965).
21: Davis, Angela(1944–).
22: Davis, Miles (1926–1991).
23: Davis, Sammy, Jr. (1925–1990).
24: Douglass, Frederick (1818–1895).
25: Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868–1963).
26: Ellington, Duke (1899–1974).
27: Ellison, Ralph (1913–1994).
28: Farrakhan, Louis (1933–).
29: 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
30: Fitzgerald, Ella (1917–1996).
31: Franklin, Aretha (1942–).
32: Garvey, Marcus (1887–1940).
33: Gaye, Marvin (1939–1984).
34: Giovanni, Nikki (1943–).
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Photos.
1: Haley, Alex (1921–1992).
2: Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917–1977).
3: Harlem Globetrotters.
4: Hendrix, Jimi (1942–1970).
5: Holiday, Billie (1915–1959).
6: Horne, Lena (1917–2010).
7: Hughes, Langston (1902–1967).
8: Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960).
9: Jackson, Michael (1958–2009).
10: Jay-Z (1969–).
11: Johnson, Earvin “Magic” (1959–).
12: John
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