Unsung Heroes
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Title
Unsung Heroes
Collection
The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies
Names
Haynes, Elizabeth Ross, 1883-1953 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1921
Place: New York
Publisher: DuBois and Dill
Table Of Contents
Frederick Douglass.--Paul Laurence Dunbar.--Booker T. Washington,--Harriet Tubman.--Alexander S. Pushkin.--Blanche Kelso Bruce.--Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.--Benjamin Banneker.--Phillis Wheatley.--Toussaint L'Ouverture.--Josiah Henson.--Sojourner Truth.--Crispus Attucks.--Alexandre Dumas.--Paul Cuffé.--Alexander Crummell.--John Mercer Langston.
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc D 97-309
Subjects
Wright, Richard Robert, 1855-1947
African Americans
Women household employees -- Economic conditions -- Washington (D.C.)
African American college presidents -- Georgia -- Atlanta
College presidents -- Georgia -- Atlanta (Ga.)
African American bankers -- Georgia -- Atlanta (Ga.)
Genres
Books
Children'S Literature
Biographies
Notes
Reproduction: Microfilm. Washington : Library of Congress, [1979?] 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Reproduction: Microfiche. Alexandria, Va. : Chadwyck-Healey, 1987. 3 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Black biographical dictionaries, 1790-1950 ; no. 125)
Physical Description
Extent: 279 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Languages
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 22005452
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11721745
RLIN/OCLC: 3371469
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 935228f0-7cfb-0134-5881-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1921
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Unsung Heroes" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/935228f0-7cfb-0134-5881-00505686a51c
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