Meet the black Achievers who attained the American Dream-from the
early years to modern times
’This wonderful book should be required reading for young people,
who will learn how some of the nation’s most successful Black men
and women became role models.’
-Joyce Ladner, Ph.D.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
Tyra Banks
Matel ’Mat’ Dawson Jr.
Joe L. Dudley Sr.
Kenneth ’Babyface’ Edmonds
S. B. Fuller
Arthur George Gaston
Earl G. Graves
Earvin ’Magic’ Johnson
John H. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
Quincy Jones
Shelton ’Spike’ Jackson Lee
William Alexander Leidesdorff
Abraham Lincoln Lewis
Reginald Francis Lewis
Annie Turnbo Malone
Bridget ’Biddy’ Mason
Anthony Overton
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Russell Simmons
Madame C. J. Walker
Oprah Gail Winfrey
Eldrick ’Tiger’ Woods
Crispus Attucks Wright
Innehållsförteckning
Foreword v
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
PART ONE: THE EARLY YEARS
William Alexander Leidesdorff 7
PART TWO: THE CIVILWAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION
Mary Ellen Pleasant 15
Bridget ’Biddy’ Mason 22
Anthony Overton 27
Abraham Lincoln Lewis 31
PART THREE: INTO THE NEW CENTURY
Madame C. J. Walker 39
Annie Turnbo Malone 43
Robert Sengstacke Abbott 48
Arthur George Gaston 54
S. B. Fuller 61
PART FOUR: MODERN TIMES
John H. Johnson 71
Crispus Attucks Wright 77
Matel ’Mat’ Dawson Jr. 82
Quincy D. Jones 86
Earl G. Graves 92
Joe L. Dudley Sr. 97
Reginald Francis Lewis 103
Robert L. Johnson 108
Oprah Gail Winfrey 114
Shelton ’Spike’ Jackson Lee 120
Russell Simmons 126
Earvin ’Magic’ Johnson 130
Kenneth ’Babyface’ Edmonds 136
Tyra Banks 140
Eldrick ’Tiger’ Woods 144
Bibliography 150
Picture Credits 152
Index 153
Om författaren
Dr. Otha Sullivan (Jackson, MS) received his doctorate in education from Wayne State University in1973. He is a former science teacher in the Detroit Public School System, and is currently a professor of Education and Psychology and the Director of the ACHIEVE Mississippi Project at Alcorn State University. Dr. Sullivan is the author of African American Inventors and African American Women Scientists and Inventors, both volumes in Wiley’s Black Stars Series.
Jim Haskins (New York, NY), is the general editor for the Black Stars series and the award-winning author of over 100 books for young readers.
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