This book is part of a book series called Black Stars .
There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .
CLINTON COX, a journalist and award-winning childrenis book author, has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Several of his childrenis books have been honored as CBS/NCSS Notable Childrenis Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies. Jim Haskins has written more than 100 books for young readers. He is Professor of English at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the winner of numerous awards, including the Washington Post Childrenis Book Guild Award for the body of his work.
This book has the following chapters: THE EARLY YEARS. Dr. James Durham. James McCune Smith, M. D. THE CIVIL WAR YEARS AND RECONSTRUCTION. Major Martin Robison Delany. John S. Rock, M. D. Dr. Alexander T. Augusta. Susie King Taylor. Rebecca Lee (Crumpler), M. D. Charles Burleigh Purvis, M. D. INTO THE NEW CENTURY. Mary Eliza Mahoney. Nathan Francis Mossell, M. D. Daniel Hale Williams, M. D. George Cleveland Hall, M. D. Austin Maurice Curtis, M. D. Adah Belle Thoms. Justina Laurena Ford, M. D. Louis Tompkins Wright, M. D. William Augustus Hinton, M. D. Charles Richard Drew, M. D. Percy Lavon Julian, Ph. D. MODERN TIMES. Alvin Francis Poussaint, M. D. Benjamin Solomon Carson, M. D. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M. D. Joycelyn (Jones) Elders, M. D. David Satcher, M. D. Chronology. Notes. Bibliography. Picture Credits. Index.
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