Nesmith Library

Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]

eng

mapsillustrations

index present

non fiction

Timelines from Black history

[writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]

leaders, legends, legacies

"Amazing visual timelines take readers through the people and the issues that have shaped Black history. Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Under appreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies takes kids on an exceptional journey from prehistory to modern times. This DK children's book boasts more than 30 visual timelines, which explore the biographies of the famous and the not-so-famous - from royalty to activists, and writers to scientists, and much, much more. Stunning thematic timelines also explain the development of Black history - from the experiences of black people in the US, to the story of postcolonial Africa. Did you know that the richest person ever to have lived was a West African? Or that the technology that made the light bulb possible was developed by African American inventor, and not Thomas Edison? How about the fact that Ethiopia was the only African country to avoid colonization, thanks to the leadership of a brave queen? Stacked with facts and visually vibrant, Timelines From Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies is an unforgettable and accessible hive of information on the people and the issues that have shaped Black history."--, Provided by publisher

Foreword -- Human origins -- Early African kingdoms -- Great Zimbabwe -- Mansa Musa -- Askia the Great -- Nzinga Mbandi -- Later African kingdoms -- Slavery in the US -- Toussaint L'Ouverture -- Olaudah Equiano -- Mary Seacole -- Frederick Douglass -- Harriet Tubman -- Rebecca Lee Crumpler -- Lewis Howard Latimer -- African Americans and the US Civil War -- The 54th Massachusetts -- Sarah Breedlove -- Colonialism in Africa -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Taytu Betul -- Josephine Baker -- Nelson Mandela -- Maya Angelou -- The US Civil Rights Movement -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Nina Simone -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf -- Fela Kuti -- Wangari Maathai -- Muhammad Ali -- Oprah Winfrey -- Rosa Parks -- Postcolonial Africa -- Kwame Nkrumah and Ghanaian independence -- Barack Obama -- Serena Williams -- LeBron James -- Stormzy -- Mari Copeny -- Marley Dias -- Black history stars -- Glossary

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