Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world /

Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world /

An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson, Cheryl Willis (Author)
Corporate Authors: National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution
Other Authors: Robinson, Erin (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2020].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > History > Anecdotes > Juvenile literature.
Heroes > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American women.
African Americans.
African Americans > History.
Heroes.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.
Table of Contents:
  • Ruby Bridges
  • Marian Anderson
  • Althea Gibson
  • Toni Morrison
  • Michelle Obama
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Bessie Coleman
  • Nina Simone
  • Ida B. Wells
  • Barbara Jordan
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Mary McLeod Bethune
  • Katherine Johnson
  • Shirley Chisholm
  • Lena Horne
  • Wilma Rudolph
  • Faith Ringgold
  • Madam C. J. Walker
  • Diana Ross
  • Augusta Fells Savage
  • Condoleeza Rice
  • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Ibtihaj Muhammad
  • Ann Lowe
  • Ntozake Shange
  • Carla Hayden
  • Sheryl Swoopes
  • Dorothy Irene Height
  • Misty Copeland
  • Angela Davis
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Elizabeth Catlett
  • Serena Williams
  • Phillis Wheatley
  • Rosa Parks
  • Leontyne Price
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Ruby Dee
  • Zora Neale Hurston
  • Mae C. Jemison
  • Susie King Taylor
  • Loretta Lynch
  • Maya Angelou
  • BeyoncĂ© Knowles-Carter
  • Simone Biles
  • Ava DuVernay
  • Judith Jamison
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Black lives matter
  • Learn more about the women of brave. black. first.
  • Image credits
  • At the National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • At the National Portait Gallery
  • A note from the author and illustrator
  • About the National Museum of African American History and Culture
  • Index.