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Crossing the continent, 1527-1540

the story of the first African-American explorer of the American South
Chronicles the adventures of African slave Esteban Dorantes and three Spanish noblemen, who explored the American South between 1500 and 1539 and survived shipwreck, famine, Indian attacks, and disease.
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Martin Luther King, Jr

A brief biography describing the achievements of the black civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Contemporary Black biography

Contains articles that provide biographical information about sixty-six men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.
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Contemporary Black biography

Contains articles that provide biographical information about seventy-one men and women of African heritage who have made significant contributions to their fields; arranged alphabetically with portraits and interviews when available, and cumulative name, occupation, nationality, and subject indexes.
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The struggle

a history of the African National Congress
Chronicles the organization's evolution from 1912, focusing on the personal experiences of its leader, Nelson Mandela, and other key figures.
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Interesting people

Black American history makers
Biographical highlights of notable men and women from around the world whose achievements are milestones in African American history.
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M.C. Higgins, the great

As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
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Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history

the Black experience in the Americas
Presents a six-volume encyclopedia of African-American history that contains over two thousand alphabetically-arranged entries featuring biographies, important places and events, cultural achievements, and much more beginning in 1619 with the arrival of the first slaves from Africa.
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Coconut mon

The coconut man sells his ten coconuts one by one.
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