Book

Wilson, Jamia, author.

Young, gifted and black / words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins.

Minneapolis, MN, USA : Wide Eyed Editions, 2018.

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

2018

Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams.  Discover how their childhood dreams and experiences influenced their adult achievements. This book will help the next generation to chase their own dream . . . whatever it may be.

7-10 Brodart.

2-5 Brodart.

Lexile: 1110.

African Americans.

African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Blacks.

Successful people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Successful people.

African Americans.

United States.

Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.

School Library Journal, March 01, 2018

Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2018

Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2017

School Library Journal Starred Reviews

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