Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Book – Non-fiction. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. 2000. 120 pages.
Mini-biographies of ten African-American women for upper elementary and middle school.
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Beautifully illustrated by Stephen Alcorn, Pinkney’s mini-biographies emphasize one common theme: These ten African-American women spoke out fearlessly in the fight for racial justice.
The women featured are: Ella Josephine Baker, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy Irene Height, Biddy (Bridget) Mason, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
Published by Harcourt.
ISBN: 015201005X
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