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Black Trailblazers: 30 Courageous Visionaries Who Broke Boundaries, Made a Di ff erence, and Paved the Way

Bijan Bayne, illustrated by Joelle Avelino

Black Trailblazers presents thirty brief biographies of Black thinkers, activists, and innovators. Full-color illustrations accompany the profiles, which also incorporate quotations from the people featured. The book considers the work these figures did and their influence on the world, bringing together history, biography, and visual portraiture in a collection of thirty lives. Each entry keeps attention on a different figure’s contribution.

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Themes
Activism · History · Inventions
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages
127
ISBN-13
9781524874773
Language
English
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