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Book SynopsisAFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American heroes. Here is what you want to know about the lives of brave black men and women during the Civil War and Reconstruction: dr. alexander t.
Trade Review"Haskins has chosen his subjects well . . . catching a sense of the enormous obstacles they had to overcome. . . . Some names are familiar, but most are little-known whom Haskins elevates to their rightful place in history." -Booklist "The broad coverage makes this an unusual resource-a jumping-off point for deeper studies." -Horn Book
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
Sojourner Truth.
Sarah Mapps Douglass.
Major Martin Robison Delany.
Lieutenant Peter Vogelsang.
Elizabeth Keckley.
Frederick Douglass.
Harriet Tubman.
Frances E. W. Harper.
Dr. Alexander T. Augusta.
John P. Parker.
Francis Louis Cardozo.
Governor Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback.
Charlotte Forten Grimke.
Congressman Robert Smalls.
Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood.
Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce.
Dr. Charles Burleigh Purvis.
Elijah McCoy.
Thomas "Blind Tom" Greene Bethune.
Sergeant George Washington Williams.
James Bland.
Granville T. Woods.
Booker T. Washington.
Chronology.
Notes.
Picture Credits.
Author Credits.
Index.
