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Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Peter Bagge has defied the expectations of the comics industry by changing gears from his famous slacker hero Buddy Bradley to documenting the life and times of historical 20th century trailblazers. If Bagge had not already had a New York Times bestseller with his biography of Margaret Sanger, his newest biography, Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story, would seem to be an unfathomable pairing of author and subject. Yet through Bagge's skilled cartooning,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair
Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and headed for the United States, eager to make a new life for herself. In New York she found success, rising up through poverty and battling...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Portable Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The life story of Harriet Tubman in graphic novel format. Tells the story of a woman who not only escaped from slavery in 1849 but also risked her life to return to the American South in order to free others from bondage. Includes details about her childhood on a Maryland plantation, her work with the Underground Railroad to help enslaved persons escape to freedom, and her years as a champion of women's rights.
Author
Series
Publisher
Portable Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Harriet Tubman lived an incredible life, one more heroic than any comic book superhero. In 1849 she escaped slavery for the first time. Then she headed back into the South, helping about 70 slaves find freedom on more than a dozen dangerous journeys along an elaborate abolitionist network called the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman: Fighter for Freedom! is the latest in the Show Me History! collection, previously featuring the stories of real-life...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sunbird Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, where she served for seven terms. She worked to improve the lives of children in need and was an outspoken champion of women's rights. In 1972, she was the first Black person ever to seek the nomination of President of the United States from a major party. This is her story." --Page 4 of cover.
8) Bessie Stringfield: [the amazing true story of the woman who became the motorcycle queen of Miami!]
Author
Series
Tales of the talented tenth volume no. 2
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and the Harley Davidson Hall...