A biography of the distinguished eighteenth-century black astronomer, farmer, mathematician, and surveyor whose accomplishmentsinclude having published a popular almanac and constructed the first completely American-made clock.

4) Martin Luther King, Jr., and the freedom movement

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Series

Makers of America

Publisher

Facts on File

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

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A biography of the Baptist minister, focusing on his leadership role in the civil rights movement.

5) Easter

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Series

Holiday book

Publisher

Garrard Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1966]

Language

English

6) Sequoyah: the Cherokee who captured words

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Publisher

Garrard Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1975]

Language

English

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A biography of the Cherokee Indian who did what white scholars said could not be done when he invented a syllabary for writing the Cherokee language.

7) Jenny, the Halloween spy

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Publisher

Garrard Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1979]

Language

English

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Jenny's curiosity leads her into a world of fairies and elves and on a wild Halloween ride with the Devil and his headless hounds.

8) Sure hands, strong heart: the life of Daniel Hale Williams

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Publisher

Abingdon

Pub. Date

[1981]

Language

English

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A biography of the black surgeon who, among other achievements,was the first to perform open heart surgery.

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1) Halloween

2) Francis Scott Key: poet and patriot

3) Benjamin Banneker, genius of early America

4) Martin Luther King, Jr., and the freedom movement

5) Easter

6) Sequoyah: the Cherokee who captured words

7) Jenny, the Halloween spy

8) Sure hands, strong heart: the life of Daniel Hale Williams