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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 6
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As a 14-year-old he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At 16 he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem he was known as Detroit Red, a slick street operator. At 19 he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20 he was in prison.
It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X, and there he developed his beliefs about what being black means...
7) Malcolm X
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of the Black Muslim who became a leader of a movement to unite black people throughout the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10.7 - AR Pts: 12
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From the first African explorers to the first black president, this illustrated history is an excellent resource and "an epic work" (School Library Journal).
Discovering Black America is an unprecedented account of more than 400 years of African American history set against a background of American and global events. It begins with a black sailor aboard the Niña with Christopher Columbus and continues through the colonial period, slavery, the...
14) Sojourner Truth
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the former slave who became an outspoken antislavery and women's rights activist in the United States.
15) Malcolm X
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Biography of African-American civil right activist Malcolm x.
17) Harriet Tubman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Afro-American woman best known for her work with the Underground Railroad, describing her childhood as a slave, her escape to the North, her work during the Civil War, and more.
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