Stretch Your Wings: Famous Black Quotations for Teens

by Janet Cheatham Bell and Lucille Usher Freeman

Book Overview

A collection of Black quotations and African proverbs, arranged in such categories as: Knowing Who I Am, Family: Joy or Nightmare, Making Better Choices, What about Racism, and Hold Fast to Dreams. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316038253
• ISBN13: 9780316038256
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Megan Tingley Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

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