Otha Richard Sullivan

African American Millionaires

Herausgeber: Haskins, Jim

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Produktbeschreibung

BLACK STARS MEET THE BLACK ACHIEVERS WHO ATTAINED THE AMERICAN DREAM-- FROM THE EARLY YEARS TO MODERN TIMES > --Joyce Ladner, Ph.D. >TYRA BANKS MATEL "MAT" DAWSON JR. JOE L. DUDLEY SR. KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS S. B. FULLER ARTHUR GEORGE GASTON EARL G. GRAVES EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON JOHN H. JOHNSON ROBERT L. JOHNSON QUINCY JONES SHELTON "SPIKE" JACKSON LEE >ABRAHAM LINCOLN LEWIS REGINALD FRANCIS LEWIS ANNIE TURNBO MALONE BRIDGET "BIDDY" MASON ANTHONY OVERTON MARY ELLEN PLEASANT RUSSELL SIMMONS MADAME C. J. WALKER OPRAH GAIL WINFREY ELDRICK "TIGER" WOODS CRISPUS ATTUCKS WRIGHT

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9781119133216
• ISBN-10: 1119133211
• Artikelnr.: 42833599

Autorenporträt

Dr. Otha Sullivan (Jackson, MS) received his doctorate in education from Wayne State University in1973. He is a former science teacher in the Detroit Public School System, and is currently a professor of Education and Psychology and the Director of the ACHIEVE Mississippi Project at Alcorn State University. Dr. Sullivan is the author of African American Inventors and African American Women Scientists and Inventors, both volumes in Wiley's Black Stars Series. Jim Haskins (New York, NY), is the general editor for the Black Stars series and the award-winning author of over 100 books for young readers.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword v
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS
William Alexander Leidesdorff 7
PART TWO: THE CIVILWAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION
Mary Ellen Pleasant 15
Bridget "Biddy" Mason 22
Anthony Overton 27
Abraham Lincoln Lewis 31
PART THREE: INTO THE NEW CENTURY
Madame C. J. Walker 39
Annie Turnbo Malone 43
Robert Sengstacke Abbott 48
Arthur George Gaston 54
S. B. Fuller 61
PART FOUR: MODERN TIMES
John H. Johnson 71
Crispus Attucks Wright 77
Matel "Mat" Dawson Jr. 82
Quincy D. Jones 86
Earl G. Graves 92
Joe L. Dudley Sr. 97
Reginald Francis Lewis 103
Robert L. Johnson 108
Oprah Gail Winfrey 114
Shelton "Spike" Jackson Lee 120
Russell Simmons 126
Earvin "Magic" Johnson 130
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 136
Tyra Banks 140
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods 144
Bibliography 150
Picture Credits 152
Index 153