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Quincy Jones : musician, composer, producer by Kavanaugh Lee Hill
epub |eng | 1998-03-14 | Author:Kavanaugh, Lee Hill [Kavanaugh, Lee Hill]

Hollywood Apartheid QciinQCDBncDnac-iE] [-]□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ Quincy Jones wrote music for several movies that starred actor Sydney Poitier. Jones, Poitier, and comedian/actor Bill Cosby were key figures in breaking down prejudices and ...
( Category: Biographies May 30,2024 )
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner by Adam Furgang
pdf |en | | Author: Adam Furgang

( Category: Biographies August 31,2023 )
The Life of W. E. B. du Bois : Civil Rights Champion by Mark Rowh
pdf |en | | Author: Mark Rowh

( Category: Biographies August 22,2023 )
Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience by Morretta Alison;
epub |eng | | Author:Morretta, Alison;

33 A Unified Front If they want bus transportation, they can ride the buses. I don’t believe the majority of whites care one way or another and certainly not enough ...
( Category: Biographies August 21,2023 )
An Interview with Ernest Hemingway by Curnutt Kirk;
epub |eng | | Author:Curnutt, Kirk;

A safari in Kenya is a good place to learn about life and death. As early as 1927 critics hailed Hemingway as the most influential prose stylist of the era, ...
( Category: Biographies August 21,2023 )
Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Institute by Bailey Budd;
epub |eng | | Author:Bailey, Budd;

Invitation to the White House It took him less than a month to do something no president had ever done: formally invite a man of color to the White House ...
( Category: Biographies August 21,2023 )
The Great Hispanic Heritage by Cesar Chavez
pdf | | | Author:Cesar Chavez

( Category: Biographies June 10,2023 )
Black Americans of Achievement by Harriet Tubman--Antislavery Activist
pdf | | | Author:Harriet Tubman--Antislavery Activist

( Category: Biographies June 10,2023 )
The Fight for Animal Rights by Jeanne Nagle
epub |eng | 2019-05-24 | Author:Jeanne Nagle

Caroline White (left front, seated), posing with members of the International Anti-Vivisection Congress, worked behind the scenes, but was a powerful force in the early animal rights movement. White’s husband, ...
( Category: Biographies March 24,2023 )
The 100 Most Influential Technology Leaders of All Time by Bailey Maxim
epub |eng | 2015-05-23 | Author:Bailey Maxim

RESEARCH IN MASSACHUSETTS In 1908 Goddard began a long association with Clark University, Worcester, where he earned his doctorate, taught physics, and carried out rocket experiments. In his small laboratory ...
( Category: Biographies March 20,2023 )
American Billionaires by The New York Times Editorial Staff
epub |eng | 2020-08-22 | Author:The New York Times Editorial Staff

Oprah 2020? Democrats Swing From Giddy to Skeptical at the Prospect BY ALEXANDER BURNS AND AMY CHOZICK | JAN. 8, 2018 WASHINGTON — With a booming speech at the Golden ...
( Category: Biographies January 28,2023 )
Count Basie by Bud Kliment
epub |eng | 2014-10-11 | Author:Bud Kliment

Disaster at Roseland While Basie's small group was making musical history, the full orchestra continued to struggle. After the Grand Terrace engagement and a succession of other one-night appearances, the ...
( Category: Biographies January 7,2023 )
The Courage to Compete by Abbey Curran
epub |eng | 2015-07-23 | Author:Abbey Curran

ELEVEN Miss Iowa Before I went to the Miss Iowa contest, I was sitting in my dorm room waiting for life to happen. I had been like a caterpillar, yearning ...
( Category: Women January 3,2023 )
Music Mavens by Ashley Walker & Maureen Charles
epub |eng | 2022-08-04 | Author:Ashley Walker & Maureen Charles

Kate’s Faves Favorite female singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan (aka “Sassy”), and Cassandra Wilson Favorite drummer: Terri Lyne Carrington Dream project: Having Diana Krall ...
( Category: Biographies December 29,2022 )
Martin Luther King Jr. by Jacqueline Conciatore Senter
epub |eng | | Author:Jacqueline Conciatore Senter

With influence likes this, Martin Luther King Jr. became even more important on the national scene. “He became the Negro whose name determined a president,” said author Taylor Branch in ...
( Category: Biographies October 22,2022 )

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