Bessie Coleman
Like Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman had to fight hard to prove to people that she was capable of being a pilot. What was different in her case was that she was not just a woman, but she was an African-American woman. She had two prejudices to overcome. To find more books about African-Americans who overcame great obstacles take a look at
the Black History Month feature and the features about African Americans in
the biographies section.
Trina Robbins
Illustrator: Ken Steacy
Nonfiction graphic novel
SeriesFor ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2007
ISBN: 978-0736868518
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Jeannine Atkins
Illustrator: Dusan Petricic
Nonfiction
For ages 10 to 12
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
ISBN: 978-0374384500
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Sally M. Walker
Illustrator: Janice Lee Porter
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 10
Lerner, 2003
ISBN: 978-0876149195
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Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger
Illustrator: Teresa Flavin
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Simon and Schuster, 2004
ISBN: 978-0689864629
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Nikki Grimes
Illustrator: Earl B. Lewis
Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Scholastic, 2002
ISBN: 978-0439352437
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Trina Robbins
Illustrator: Ken Steacy
Nonfiction Graphic Novel
SeriesFor ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2007
ISBN: 0736868518
Read the review »