Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547906041)

2001 Coretta Scott King Honor Book

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and sparked a boycott that changed America. Harriet Tubman helped more than three hundred slaves escape the South on the Underground Railroad. Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The lives these women led are part of an incredible story about courage in the face of oppression; about the challenges and triumphs of the battle for civil rights; and about speaking out for what you believe in--even when it feels like no one is listening. Andrea Davis Pinkney's moving text and Stephen Alcorn's glorious portraits celebrate the lives of ten bold women who lit the path to freedom for generations. Includes biographies of Sojournor Truth, Biddy Mason, Harriet Tubman, Ida B.Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ella Josephine Baker, Dorothy Irene Height, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Shirley Chisholm.

Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
ISBN-10: 0547906048
ISBN-13: 9780547906041
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2013
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.40h x 8.40w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
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