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Join us when author David Lee Morgan Jr. visits to discuss his new series of biographies for young readers, Black Trailblazers in Sports.
About the author:
David Lee Morgan Jr. is the author of 11 books including LeBron James: The Rise of a Star and Breaking Through the Lines: The Marion Motley Story. Morgan was a longtime sportswriter with the Akron Beacon Journal and is now a high school English teacher and public speaker.
These fascinating biographies explore remarkable Black athletes whose talent and character paved the way for future generations. Each book focuses on an athlete’s life, career, struggles against discrimination, and work for social justice. Each book also features an "At-a-Glance Map" special feature, informative sidebars, a table of contents, a reading comprehension quiz, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers series is at the Navigator level, aligned to reading levels of grades 3-5 and interest levels of grades 4-7.
Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
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The Garfield Heights Branch is a Student Success Center and a Greater Cleveland Food Bank Kids Café location. It also offers a green screen video recording studio and an audio recording studio where visitors can make videos and record CDs for personal or business use.