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African American mathematicians African American mathematicians Biography Juvenile literature African American women African American women Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography Space race Space race Juvenile literature Women Biography Women mathematicians Women mathematicians United States Biography Juvenile literatureKhiani, Darshana
Summary: "A beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking picture book depicts the broad range of cultures in America, the values that bring us together as one people despite our differences, and the many ways we define what it means to be an American"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHISummary: Experience the great diversity of America on a trip through each of the 50 states and the many cultures, traditions, histories, and passions that define us. Taste sweet blueberries and baked beans in New England, hear the bustle of city music and the call of market vendors in the Mid-Atlantic, and watch the sunrise over gentle ridges and silent swamps in the Southeast. Attend city parades and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 POEShetterly, Margot Lee
Summary: Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018