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The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby

Written by Crystal Hubbard

This book tells the true story of Jimmy Winkfield, the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby....

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Teammates

Written by Peter Golenbock

Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, becoming the first African American on a...

Pre-K - 3rd

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Written by Javaka Steptoe

Jean-Michel Basquiat was a ground-breaking artist in New York City in the 1980s who challenged the...

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Martin's Dream Day

Written by Kitty Kelley

The story of the historic March on Washington on August 28, 1963, written specifically for young...

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Lise Meitner: Had the Right Vision about Nuclear Fission ( Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and Scientists )

Written by Mike Venezia

These books are without a doubt the definitive and most entertaining biographies of scientists for...

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