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Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the scientist who promoted the idea of crop rotation and found many uses for peanuts.

2) Carter G. Woodson: the father of Black history

Author

McKissack, Pat

Series

Great African Americans

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the man who first pioneered the study of black history.

3) W.E.B. Du Bois

Author

Wittrock, Jeni

Series

Great African-Americans

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of W.E.B. Du Bois, a scholar and civil rights activist"--

4) Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

Flynn, Riley

Series

Great African-Americans

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Martin Luther King Jr"--

5) Wilma Rudolph

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals"--

6) Langston Hughes: great American poet

Author

McKissack, Pat

Series

Great African Americans

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

c1992

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Pebble books. Great African-Americans
Pebble. Great African-Americans

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.

7) Bessie Coleman

Author

Flynn, Riley

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of aviator Bessie Coleman"--

8) Benjamin Banneker

Author

Pebble books. Great African-Americans
Pebble. Great African-Americans

Series

Publisher

an imprint of Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Fact finders. Biographies. Great African Americans

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Benjamin Banneker, a free African-American astronomer, author, and inventor of the 1700s"--

9) Mae Jemison: space pioneer

Author

Kraske, Robert

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

c2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Learn about the first African American woman in space.

10) Jackie Robinson

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play baseball in the Major Leagues"--

11) Garrett Morgan

Author

Schuette, Sarah L

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Simple text and photographs present the life of Garrett Morgan, an African-American inventor and entrepreneur"--

12) Frederick Douglass

Author

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2015]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Fact finders. Biographies. Great African Americans

"Simple text and photographs present the life and achievements of Frederick Douglass, a former slave and human rights leader before, during, and after the Civil War"--

13) Muhammad Ali: the greatest

Author

Savage, Jeff

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

c2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description