African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Maya Angelou, by L. Patricia Kite
- Jackie Robinson, baseball's first Black major leaguer, by Carol Greene
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black history, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- John Coltrane, jazz revolutionary, Rachel Stiffler Barron
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- An original man, the life and times of Elijah Muhammad, by Claude Andrew Clegg
- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Frederick Douglass, by William S. McFeely
- Frederick Douglass, portrait of a freedom fighter, by Sheila Keenan
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Phillis Wheatley, first African-American poet, by Carol Greene
- Harriet Tubman and the freedom train, written by Sharon Gayle ; illustrated by Felicia Marshall
- Roy Campanella, major league champion, by Carol Greene
- Black history., a retrospective, Cine-O-Matic, Inc, Fullscreen
- Benjamin Banneker, astronomer and mathematician, Laura Baskes Litwin
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Freedom train, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Dorothy Sterling. --
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- The value of responsibility, the story of Ralph Bunche, by Ann Donegan Johnson. --
- A picture book of Thurgood Marshall, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Garrett Morgan, inventor of the traffic light and gas mask, Patricia J. Murphy
- Bearing the cross, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, David J. Garrow. --
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- On the court with-- Michael Jordan, Matt Christopher
- Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter, by Nadia L. Hohn ; pictures by Gustavo Mazali
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- One more valley, one more hill, the story of Aunt Clara Brown, Linda Lowery
- The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., R. Conrad Stein
- Nothing but trouble, the story of Althea Gibson, by Sue Stauffacher ; illustrated by Greg Couch
- Mae Jemison, by Sonia W. Black ; photo research by Sylvia P. Bloch
- Jackie Robinson, he was the first, written by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Oprah Winfrey, a twentieth-century life, by Ilene Cooper
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Black pioneers of science and invention, Louis Haber
- Jackie Robinson, by Lola M. Schaefer
- Madam C.J. Walker, by Lori Hobkirk
- Young Martin Luther King, Jr., "I have a dream", by Joanne Mattern ; illustrated by Allan Eitzen
- Miles Davis, jazz master, by Pamela Dell
- Life and times of Frederick Douglass:, his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage and his complete history/, Frederick Douglass
- Malcolm, the life of a man who changed Black America, Bruce Perry
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Up from history, the life of Booker T. Washington, Robert J. Norrell
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- When Marian sang, the true recital of Marian Anderson, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Brian Selznick
- Ralph Ellison, Jack Bishop. --
- A pocketful of goobers, a story about George Washington Carver, by Barbara Mitchell ; illustrations by Peter E. Hanson. --
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
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