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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
5) Barack
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Language
English
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A picture book biography of African-American senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama.
18) Shirley Chisholm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Presents the biography of Shirley Chisholm against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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As the only African American soloist dancing with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre, Misty Copeland has made history. But when she first placed her hands on the barre at an after-school community center, no one expected the undersized, anxious thirteen-year-old to become a ground-breaking ballerina.
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