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Name: Come this far to freedom
Author: Angela Shelf Medearis

📘 Come this far to freedom by Angela Shelf Medearis

Traces the history and accomplishments of African Americans as explorers, inventors, writers, soldiers, artists, scientists, and more, from the days of slavery to the present.

First publish date: 1993

Authors: Angela Shelf Medearis

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