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107495
Who was Celia Cruz? [Who Was?]by Pollack, Pam 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 107495 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG Lexile: 870 F&P: W

Subjects: Cruz, Celia Singers - Latin America - Biography Women singers - Latin America - Biography Salsa musicians - Latin America - Biography


Summary: Follow the career of one of the most beloved Latin artists of all time, from her humble beginnings in Cuba to her rise to fame to her exile from Cuba after Fidel Castro came to power to her continued stellar, award-winning accomplishments afterwards.


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Who was Confucius? [Who Was?]by Burgan, Michael 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 172954 Available

Dewey: 181/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.5 MG Lexile: 990 F&P: X

Subjects: Confucius Philosophers - China - Biography Teachers - China - Biography Conduct of life


Summary: Learn about China's most famous teacher and philosopher, whose ideas are still influential today in the teachings known as Confucianism.


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Who was Coretta Scott King? [Who Was?]by Herman, Gail 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2017)

BTSB #: 440352 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.7 MG RC: 4.2 3-5 Lexile: 670

Subjects: King, Coretta Scott,|d1927-2006 African American women - Biography African American women civil rights workers - Biography Civil rights workers - Biography African American women social reformers - Biography Social reformers - Biography


Summary: The story of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, a civil rights leader in her own right.


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705246
Who was Duke Ellington? [Who Was?]by Payne, M. D. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 705246 Available

Dewey: 781.6509/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.7 MG Lexile: 1040 F&P: U

Subjects: Ellington, Duke,|d1899-1974 Composers - United States - Biography Band directors - United States - Biography Jazz musicians - United States - Biography


Summary: A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz.


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Who was Frederick Douglass? [Who Was?]by Prince, April Jones 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 733380 Available

Dewey: 973.7/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850 F&P: W

Subjects: Douglass, Frederick,|d1818-1895 Abolitionists African American abolitionists Antislavery movements


Summary: Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.


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378488
Who was George Washington Carver? [Who Was?]by Gigliotti, Jim 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2015)

BTSB #: 378488 Available

Dewey: 630.92/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 6.3 3-5 Lexile: 910 F&P: V

Subjects: Carver, George Washington,|d1864?-1943 African American agriculturists - Biography Agriculturists


Summary: Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute, where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better.


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624144
Who was Harriet Tubman? [Who Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2019)

BTSB #: 624144 Available

Dewey: 973.7/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG RC: 3.1 3-5 Lexile: 690

Subjects: Tubman, Harriet,|d1820?-1913 Slaves African Americans - Biography Women - Biography Underground railroad Antislavery movements


Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century woman who escaped slavery and helped many other slaves get to freedom on the Underground Railroad.


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Who was Ida B. Wells? [Who Was?]by Fabiny, Sarah 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 320640 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Subjects: Wells-Barnett, Ida B.,|d1862-1931 African American women civil rights workers - Biography Civil rights workers - United States - Biography Journalists - United States - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - History United States - Race relations


Summary: The story of how a girl born into slavery became an early leader in the civil rights movement.


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166476
Who was Jesse Owens? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2015)

BTSB #: 166476 Available

Dewey: 796.42/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 880 F&P: X

Subjects: Owens, Jesse,|d1913-1980 African American track and field athletes - Biography


Summary: At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals.


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Who was Kobe Bryant? [Who HQ Now]by Labrecque, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2020)

BTSB #: 536436 Available

Dewey: 796.323/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG Lexile: 910 F&P: W

Subjects: Bryant, Kobe,|d1978-2020 Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team) National Basketball Association African American basketball players - United States - Biography Professional athletes - Biography Team sports


Summary: Details NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's legendary career and the impact of his legacy on the sports world and beyond.


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078858
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.? [Who Was?]by Bader, Bonnie 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2021)

BTSB #: 078858 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.6 3-5 Lexile: 750

Subjects: King, Martin Luther, - Jr.,|d1929-1968 African Americans - Biography Civil rights workers Baptists - United States - Clergy African Americans - Civil rights - History


Summary: An introduction to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Including how he organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and African American people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights.


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536429
Who was Maya Angelou? [Who Was?]by Labrecque, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2016)

BTSB #: 536429 Available

Dewey: 818/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900

Subjects: Angelou, Maya African American women authors African American women civil rights workers American authors|y20th century - Biography


Summary: Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish.


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166469
Who was Muhammad Ali? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2016)

BTSB #: 166469 Available

Dewey: 796.8309/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG F&P: V

Subjects: Ali, Muhammad,|d1942-2016 Boxers (Sports) African American athletes - Biography


Summary: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of twenty-two, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Nicknamed "The Greatest," Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the catchphrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."


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107508
Who was Nelson Mandela? [Who Was?]by Pollack, Pam 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2014)

BTSB #: 107508 Available

Dewey: 968.065/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 850 F&P: W

Subjects: Mandela, Nelson,|d1918-2013 Presidents - South Africa - Biography Anti-apartheid activists Political prisoners - South Africa Anti-apartheid movements South Africa - Politics and government|y1948-1994 South Africa - Politics and government|y1994-


Summary: Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He became South Africa's first black president and went on to live his dream of change.


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166477
Who was Roberto Clemente? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2014)

BTSB #: 166477 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900 F&P: T

Subjects: Clemente, Roberto,|d1934-1972 Baseball players - Puerto Rico - Biography


Summary: Tells the story of this remarkable athlete: a twelve-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame.


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624142
Who was Rosa Parks? [Who Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2010)

BTSB #: 624142 Available

Dewey: 323.092/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 700

Subjects: Parks, Rosa,|d1913-2005 African American women - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography African Americans - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography Civil rights workers - Alabama - Montgomery - Biography African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Montgomery - History|y20th century Segregation in transportation - Alabama - Montgomery - History|y20th century Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956 Race relations Montgomery (Ala.) - Biography


Summary: In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."


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120733
Who was Selena? [Who Was?]by Bisantz, Kate 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 120733 Available

Dewey: 782.4216/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.7 3-5 Lexile: 880

Subjects: Selena,|d1971-1995 Tejano musicians - Biography


Summary: Discover why Selena, the Queen of Tejano music, became one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the twentieth century!


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840731
Who was Sitting Bull? [Who Was?]by Spinner, Stephanie 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2014)

BTSB #: 840731 Available

Dewey: 978.0049/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 860 F&P: W

Subjects: Sitting Bull,|d1831-1890 Dakota Indians Hunkpapa Indians Little Bighorn (Montana), Battle of the, 1876


Summary: Sitting Bull was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United States. As the government seized Native American lands, Sitting Bull relied on his military cunning and strong spirituality to drive forces out of his territory and ensure a future homeland for his people.


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624141
Who was Sojourner Truth? [Who Was?]by McDonough, Yona Zeldis 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2015)

BTSB #: 624141 Available

Dewey: 326/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG RC: 3.4 3-5 Lexile: 600 F&P: V

Subjects: Truth, Sojourner,|d1799-1883 African American abolitionists African American women - Biography Abolitionists Social reformers


Summary: Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. After she escaped slavery she changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met and sharing her story until her death in 1883 at age eighty-six.


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831186
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen? [Who Was?]by Smith, Sherri L. 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2018)

BTSB #: 831186 Available

Dewey: 940.54/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.5 MG RC: 5.5 3-5 Lexile: 840 F&P: W

Subjects: United States.|bArmy Air Forces.|b99th Fighter Squadron - History World War, 1939-1945 - African American participation African American air pilots - History African American air pilots World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States


Summary: All about the heroic group of African American military pilots who helped the United States win World War II.


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