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ERIC Number: EJ546642
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
"Off the Shelf": Resources for Celebrating the Lives of African American Women.
Labbo, Linda D.
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v9 n3 p21-23 Jan-Feb 1997
Reviews five recent children and young adult books recounting the experiences of African American women. The books cover, respectively, the lives of Olympians, musicians, crusader Marion Wright Edelman (one of the first black teenagers to integrate Little Rock High School), and a Pony Express trail driver. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Black Achievement, Black Culture, Black History, Blacks, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Racial Discrimination, Reading Materials, Role Models, Social Studies
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: African Americans; Womens Literature