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Bessie Stringfield
Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2
Joel Christian Gill
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 2016
Reading lane: African American U.S. History for Teens
Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Riding Against the Grain
A pioneering rider’s story brings motorcycle history into sharp view against the realities of Jim Crow.
Come here for
- A Black woman motorcyclist crossing the country in the 1930s and ’40s
- The nerve and skill behind a barrier-breaking life
Expect
- A true story of riding through Jim Crow
- Motorcycle history shaped by courage and persistence
Book Details
- Authors
- Joel Christian Gill
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- October 1, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- African American U.S. History for Teens · Biographies of Women for Kids
- Reading lane
- African American U.S. History for Teens
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Publisher Categories
Graphic Biography & Memoir
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / African American & Black
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Diversity & Multicultural
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African American U.S. History for Teens
About This Book
Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and ’40s. That is the amazing true story of Bessie Stringfield, the woman known today as The Motorcycle Queen of Miami and the first black woman to be inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of F...
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