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Strange fruit. Volume 1, Uncelebrated narratives from Black history
Title:
Strange fruit. Volume 1, Uncelebrated narratives from Black history
Author:
Gill, Joel Christian.
ISBN:
9781938486296
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
172 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
Chiefly illustrations.
Contents:
Out-of-the-box thinking : Henry "Box" Brown -- Harry "Bucky" Lew : Original baller -- Richard Potter's greatest illustion -- Theophilus Thompson : from slave to chess master -- The shame -- The Noyes Academy -- Marshall "Major" Taylor : the black cyclone -- Two letters, as written by Spottswood Rice -- Bass Reeves : lawman.
Abstract:
Tells nine stories of lesser-known African Americans using historical and cultural commentary.
Reading Level:
Age 12 to 18.