Profiles in Sports Courage
Profiles in Sports Courage

Author: Ken Rappoport

Publisher: Peachtree

Published: 2006-03-07

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781561453689

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A dozen of the twentieth-century's greatest and most courageous athletes show how they overcame difficult obstacles to make a lasting impact not only in their sport but also on society. Veteran author and journalist Ken Rappoport showcases some lesser-known athletes such as Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Everest, as well as famous athletes like Jackie Robinson, the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball, and race car pioneer Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500. Each dramatic, action-packed profile shows how these talented athletes overcame such serious challenges as racism, sexism, and severe illness. Young readers will find in each of these inspiring men and women the bravery, perseverance, and dedication that made them outstanding athletes during their own times and strong role models for today.

Black Profiles in Courage
Black Profiles in Courage

Author: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0380813416

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In this ideal introduction to black history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar examines the lives of heroic African Americans and offers their stories as inspiring examples for young people, who too rarely encounter positive black role models in history books or in the media. Profiled here are Peter Salem, the volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque, leader of a daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass, self-taught writer-orator and escaped slave who forced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation years ahead of schedule; Harriet Tubman, who led at least three hundred slaves to freedom; Lewis Latimer, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Bell and Edison; and many more. Shining a bright light on the touchstones of character, these exemplary stories reemphasize the integral role of African Americans in weaving the fabric of our nation and form an empowering legacy from which Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride.

Ladies First
Ladies First

Author: Perfection Learning Corporation

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781663610638

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Whitewater Courage
Whitewater Courage

Author: Jake Maddox

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1434225305

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Christopher and his sister, Sarah, travel to Australia to raft down the Franklin River with their Uncle Nathan. Christopher is afraid to admit he's nervous. Rainy weather has left the river higher than normal. At first, their trip seems fine, but before long, the whitewater starts churning. When the water gets rough, will Christopher be able to hang on, or will he find himself in too deep?

My Blue Notebooks
My Blue Notebooks

Author: Liane de Pougy

Publisher: Tarcher

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781585421565

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Liane de Pougy, known as Paris's most beautiful and notorious courtesan, was a Folies-Bergère dancer who became a princess and died a nun. Between 1919 and 1941 she wrote her intimate memoir, My Blue Notebooks. Making modern tell-alls seem downright tepid by comparison, this long-out-of-print classic is a fascinating look into the mind of an audacious woman of great intelligence and humor. In My Blue Notebooks, de Pougy describes hosting the likes of Jean Cocteau and the poet Max Jacob, her best friend ("Never again. Never more than one writer at a time"). She shares her literary critiques of her "friend" Colette ("I look down on her with a grimace of disgust"), recalls the funeral of Nicholas I (she happened to be in St. Petersburg at the time), and reports the sad early death of her acquaintance Marcel Proust. She writes graphically of her many sexual liaisons with both men and women, including her complex marriage to the "too handsome" Prince Georges Ghika of Romania and her difficult relationship with Nathalie Clifford Barney, perhaps the real love of her life. Here is a voyeuristic feast of high society living during the first decades of the twentieth century.

Scarlet and Black, Volume Two
Scarlet and Black, Volume Two

Author: Kendra Boyd

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2020-02-21

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1978813031

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The 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers University is a perfect moment for the Rutgers community to reconcile its past, and acknowledge its role in the enslavement and debasement of African Americans and the disfranchisement and elimination of Native American people and culture. Scarlet and Black, Volume 2, continues to document the history of Rutgers’s connection to slavery, which was neither casual nor accidental—nor unusual. Like most early American colleges, Rutgers depended on slaves to build its campuses and serve its students and faculty; it depended on the sale of black people to fund its very existence. This second of a planned three volumes continues the work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History. This latest volume includes: an introduction to the period studied (from the end of the Civil War through WWII) by Deborah Gray White; a study of the first black students at Rutgers and New Brunswick Theological Seminary; an analysis of African-American life in the City of New Brunswick during the period; and profiles of the earliest black women to matriculate at Douglass College. To learn more about the work of the Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Population in Rutgers History, visit the project's website at http://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu

Women in Sports
Women in Sports

Author: Rachel Ignotofsky

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 29

ISBN-13: 0593377656

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New York Times bestseller Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Sports comes to the youngest readers in board format! Highlighting the pioneering efforts of women athletes, this board book edition of the original bestseller features simpler text and Rachel Ignotofsky's signature beautiful illustrations reimagined for younger readers to introduce the perfect role models for inspiring a love of sports. The collection includes diverse women across various sports, time periods, and geographic location. The perfect gift for every future athlete!

Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grd 6
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grd 6

Author: Ruth Foster

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2008-02-09

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1420680382

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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science and social studies topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, details, vocabulary, and critical reasoning. The format is similar to that of standardized tests, so as students progress through the book s units, they are preparing for success in testing.