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Title Dorothy Height / written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint.
Author Lyons, Kelly Starling, author.
Publication Info. New York : Philomel, 2023.
©2023
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Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  J B HEIGHT    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B HEIGHT    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J B HEIGHT    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J B HEIGHT    Check Shelves
Description 59 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series She persisted
Note "Inspired by She persisted by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger."
"Based on the bestselling picture book series by Chelsea Clinton & Alexandra Boiger"--Cover.
Contents A helping hand -- Emerging leader -- Called to serve -- Champion of rights -- Creating a legacy -- A beautiful life -- How you can persist.
Summary "Growing up as a Black girl in the 1920s and 1930s, Dorothy Height was denied access to a local swimming pool as well as admission to Barnard College because of her race. But she persisted in pushing for change, and became a seminal figure in both the civil rights and women's rights movements. She went on to be awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. "-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-59).
Subject Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010 -- Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010.
African American women civil rights workers.
Civil rights workers.
African Americans -- Biography.
Women -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Added Author Flint, Gillian, illustrator.
Cover Title She persisted. Dorothy Height
ISBN 9780593528976 (hardcover) : $16.99
0593528972 (hardcover)
9780593528983 (paperback)
0593528980 (paperback)
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