Summary: Biography: Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider. As a leader of the Sons of Liberty, he risked death as a courier and spy and helped organize the Boston Tea Party. Biography: Benedict Arnold: Triumph and Treason. Explores the true story behind the vilified figure.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: Biography: George Washington: Founding Father. Take a look at the man who symbolized the spirit and values of the world's first democratic nation. Biography: Benjamin Franklin: Citizen of the World. A unique individual whose diplomacy helped lead America into a new world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: The American Revolution: England's Last Chance. Benedict Arnold is found not guilty for treason and escapes to Britain where the war is fought on the high seas. The American Revolution: Birth of the Republic. General Cornwallis' surrender to Washington at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781. Two years later the Treaty of Paris secures American independence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: The American Revolution: The Conflict Ignites. From the passing of the intolerable Townshend and Stamp Acts to the Boston Tea Party to the gathering of Minutemen at Lexington and Concord. Also contains The American Revolution: 1776. The Second Continental Congress meets and chooses an unlikely candidate named George Washington.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: The American Revolution: Washington & Arnold. Following defeats in New York and Long Island, Washington musters a few scattered militiamen, and after crossing the Delaware, captures Trenton and Princeton. The American Revolution: The World at War. The Continental Army suffers through a bitter winter at Valley Forge, but time isn't wasted because the soldiers trained into a superior army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AME

Summary: He stood defiantly at the center of some of the worst crises of the Cold War. After over forty years of rule, he remains one of the most controversial politcal figures of all time. Join Biography for a revealing look at the last great Communist leader.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FID

Summary: Graphic novel biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Pub. 2008

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Graph King

Alexander, Carol

Summary: Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB COLEMAN ALE

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Publishing 2010

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Graph Obama

Ching, Jacqueline.

Summary: Biography of the life story of Thomas Jefferson from his early education to his work in France, his time in the White House, to his retirement in Virginia.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2009

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Jefferson 2009

Jacobs, William Jay.

Summary: A biography of the French explorer who was the founder of Quebec and the "Father of New France."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watts 1974

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CHAMPLAIN JAC

Mara, Wil.

Summary: This book introduces the youngest readers to Harriet Tubman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUB

Pastan, Amy.

Summary: Recounts the story of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life and accomplishments, and his impact on American history and culture.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIN

Greene, Carol.

Summary: A biography of the biologist whose writings helped initiate the environmental movement.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1992

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CARSON GRE

Hort, Lenny.

Summary: Introductory biography of the first president of the United States. George Washington is often called the father of our country. He beat the odds to lead the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, served as first president of the United States, and then retired from public life to farm Virginia's largest plantation. In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

Mara, Wil.

Summary: Introduces George Washington, first president of the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WAS

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Pub. 2008

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio Graph Bell

Summary: In graphic novel format, presents the life and achievements of the baseball player who became the first African American to play in the major leagues.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Saddleback Educational Pub. 2008

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Hist Graph Robinson

Garrett, Leslie

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEL

Kurtz, Henry I.

Summary: A biography of John Smith including his life before he voyaged to Virginia, but with special emphasis on his exploits in North America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Watts 1976

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB SMITH KUR

Wills, Charles.

Summary: Annie Oakley first picked up a gun at age eight and by age 22 was performing sharpshooting acts. She went on to travel the world and became America's first female superstar.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OAK

Brown, Laaren.

Summary: Biography of Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned during the apartheid years and became the elected leader of South Africa after being released.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2006

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB MANDELA BRO

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Mandela 2006

Cohen, Daniel

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2000

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB BUSH COH