biography
The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
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Untold numbers of black men and women in America have achieved great things against the odds. In this insightful book, award-winning author Tonya Bolden commemorates the lives of sixteen black individuals who dared to dream, take risks, and chart courses to success. They were Pathfinders. [Read more…] about Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
This Kid Can Fly
Aaron Philip with Tonya Bolden
Up Close: W. E. B. Du Bois
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, perhaps best known for his seminal work The Souls of Black Folk and as the founding editor of the NAACP’s groundbreaking magazine The Crisis, was ever a soul in motion for justice. As Du Bois lived through the major historical events of the twentieth century [Read more…] about Up Close: W. E. B. Du Bois
George Washington Carver
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Make Grass Grow
These simple words form the basis of George Washington Carver’s life’s work. How do we maximize resources and minimize waste? How can tired land be made new again? What can we do to live in harmony with the land, which supports life? [Read more…] about George Washington Carver