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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

English

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" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1921. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/935228f0-7cfb-0134-5881-00505686a51c

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1921). Unsung Heroes Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/935228f0-7cfb-0134-5881-00505686a51c

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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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