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Read Out Loud: Before She Was Harriet

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Author Lesa Cline-Ransome looks at us with a kind and excited expression as she holds her book titled "Before She Was Harriet." Cover illustration shows the side of a young Black woman's face as she looks up toward a night sky.

Known today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. She was a Union spy known as General Tubman, and while leading hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad, she was called Moses. Author Lesa Cline-Ransome reads this award-winning book. Part of the "Read Out Loud" series.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 17 seconds

Topic: Biographies, History, Literature
Subtopic: African-Americans, Children's Literature, Tubman, Harriet
Grade/Interest Level: 2 - 5
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Release Year: 2018
Producer/Distributor: KidLit TV
Series: Read Out Loud
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