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That they lived, African Americans who changed the world, Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones

eng

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

That they lived

Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones

African Americans who changed the world

"In February 2017, Rochelle Riley was reading Twitter posts and came across a series of black-and-white photos of four-year-old Lola dressed up as different African American women who had made history. Rochelle was immediately smitten. She was so proud to see this little girl so powerfully honor the struggle and achievement of women several decades her senior. Rochelle reached out to Lolas mom, Cristi Smith-Jones, and asked to pair her writing with Smith-Joness incredible photographs for a book. The goal? To teach children on the cusp of puberty that they could be anything they aspired to be, that every famous person was once a child who, in some cases, overcame great obstacles to achieve. That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World features Rileys grandson, Caleb, and Lola photographed in timeless black and white, dressed as important individuals such as business owners, educators, civil rights leaders, and artists, alongside detailed biographies that begin with the figures as young children who had the same ambitions, fears, strengths, and obstacles facing them that readers today may still experience." --, Provided by publisher

Muhammad Ali -- Shirley Chisholm -- Bessie Coleman -- Frederick Douglass -- W.E.B. Du Bois -- Duke Ellington -- Aretha Franklin -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Katherine Johnson -- Barbara Jordan -- Martin Luther King Jr. -- Thurgood Marshall -- Barack Obama -- Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin -- Jackie Robinson -- Harriet Tubman -- Madam C.J. Walker -- Booker T. Washington -- Ida B. Wells -- Stevie Wonder

juvenile