African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans
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Incoming Resources
- Yes we can, a biography of Barack Obama, by Garen Thomas
- Charlotte Forten, free Black teacher, by Esther M. Douty
- The butler, a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Lift as you climb, the story of Ella Baker, Patricia Hruby Powell, R. Gregory Christie
- What I had was singing, the story of Marian Anderson, Jeri Ferris
- Take a walk in their shoes, Glennette Tilley Turner ; illustrated by Elton C. Fax
- Jesse Owens, Tony Gentry
- Leon's story, Leon Tillage, with pictures by Susan L. Roth
- 13 American women who changed the world, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Carl Lewis, Steve Klots
- Only the best, the exceptional life and fashion of Ann Lowe, by Kate Messner and Margaret E. Powell ; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
- George Washington Carver, Gene Adair
- Having our say, the Delany sisters' first 100 years, Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth
- Charles Drew, Robyn Mahone-Lonesome ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King]
- Langston Hughes, Jack Rummel ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King]. --
- Mae Jemison, a space biography, Della A. Yannuzzi
- Stolen into slavery, the true story of Solomon Northup, free black man, by Judy Fradin and Dennis Fradin
- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author, Barbara Kramer
- John Lewis, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- What are you figuring now?, a story about Benjamin Banneker, by Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Amy Johnson
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Martin Luther King, Jr., leader for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman
- Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter, by Nadia L. Hohn ; pictures by Gustavo Mazali
- Black & white, the confrontation of Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor, Larry Dane Brimner
- The riot within, my journey from rebellion to redemption, Rodney King with Lawrence J. Spagnola
- 100 African Americans who changed American history, Chrisanne Beckner
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Martin Luther King Jr, by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Sojourner Truth and the struggle for freedom, by Edward Beecher Claflin ; illustrations by Jada Rowland
- Young Martin Luther King, Jr., "I have a dream", by Joanne Mattern ; illustrated by Allan Eitzen
- Walter Dean Myers, Karen Burshtein
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Charlie Parker, Ron Frankl
- Rosa Parks, my story, by Rosa Parks, with Jim Haskins
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, with the assistance of Alex Haley ; foreword by Attallah Shabazz ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis
- The autobiographies, Frederick Douglass ; edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Sweet dreams, Sarah, by Vivian Kirkfield ; illustrated by Chris Ewald
- If I only had a horn, young Louis Armstrong, Roxanne Orgill ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Jackie Robinson, young sports trailblazer, by Herb Dunn ; illustrated by Meryl Henderson
- The story of Jackie Robinson, bravest man in baseball, by Margaret Davidson ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Champion, the story of Muhammad Ali, Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Adele Q. Brown
- Slaves who dared, the stories of ten African-American heroes, by Mary Garrison
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