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1) A Black women's history of the United States

Author

Berry, Daina Ramey

Series

Revisioning American history
ReVisioning History

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States.

An empowering and intersectional history that centers the stories of African American women...

2) The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Author

Skloot, Rebecca

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print, Audiobook, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...

3) The face of our past: images of Black women from colonial America to the present

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Description

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 33 cm

Language

English

4) A shining thread of hope: the history of Black women in America

Author

Hine, Darlene Clark

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Description

355 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

5) Black women in American history: The Twentieth century

Series

Black women in United States history volume 5-8

Pub. Date

1990.

Physical Description

4 volumes (xiii, 1,284, 17 pages) : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Language

English

6) Family: a novel

Author

Cooper, J. California

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Description

231 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

7) We are your sisters: Black women in the 19th century

Pub. Date

1984.

Physical Description

xx, 535 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

8) Originals!: black women breaking barriers

Author

Smith, Jessie Carney

Series

Multicultural history and heroes collection

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Description

xv, 352 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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"Originals! profiles the lives and accomplishments of hundreds of African American women throughout history in fields including entertainment, business, education, religion, politics, literature and journalism, civil rights, nonprofit organizations, the military, and science and medicine."--

9) Extraordinary Black women who shaped American history

Series

Black American experience

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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It examines amazing Black women that shaped America and made it what it is today. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication, and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were like, what they did, and what they endured. Their common thread of determination, courage, and commitment is consistent as a universal theme in all their lives. It portrays some of the stories of these women that have made historic...