Title:
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America
JLCTITLE245:
by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, [2012]
Physical Description:
243 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:
9781423142577
General Note:
Includes filmography, page 238.
Abstract:
Presents the stories of ten African-American men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day.
Reading Level:
970 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 7.5 12 Quiz 155785 English non-fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references, pages 236-238, and index.
Personal Subject:
Added Author:
Contents:
Benjamin Banneker : Surveyor of the Sky -- Frederick Douglass : Capital Orator -- Booker T. Washington : Polished Pioneer -- W.E.B. DuBois : Erudite Educator -- A. Philip Randolph : Always Striding Ahead -- Thurgood Marshall : Mr. Civil Rights -- Jackie Robinson : Game-Changer -- Malcolm X : Spark-Light -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : Nonviolent Visionary -- Barack H. Obama II : Holding on to Hope -- Time line.