African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, Anne Rockwell
- Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
- The messenger, the rise and fall of Elijah Muhammad, Karl Evanzz
- The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae
- Faith Ringgold, Robyn Montana Turner
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; foreword by Steve McQueen ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor and afterword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Follow your dreams, by Mo Vaughn, with Greg Brown ; illustrations by Christopher Paluso
- Muhammad Ali, conscientious objector, Tim Graham
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- Betrayal by any other name, by Dr. Khalid Abdullah Tariq Al-Mansour
- Interesting people, Black American history makers, by George L. Lee ; foreword by Helen E. Williams
- Things that make white people uncomfortable, adapted for young adults, Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin
- King, a critical biography, David L. Lewis
- Julius Erving, Norman L. Macht ; introduction by Chuck Daly
- Parallel time, growing up in black and white, Brent Staples
- Michael Jordan, legendary guard, by Thomas S. Owens
- Paul Robeson, by Martin Bauml Duberman
- To the promised land, Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice, Michael K. Honey
- Hurry freedom, African Americans in Gold Rush California, Jerry Stanley
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi with Joshua David Stein
- Willie Mays, John Grabowski ; introduction by Jim Murray ; senior consultant Earl Weaver
- Black pioneers of science and invention
- An apple for Harriet Tubman, Glennette Tilley Turner ; pictures by Susan Keeter
- Born bright, a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
- What manner of man, a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Lerone Bennett, Jr. ; with an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays
- Black fortunes, the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
- Autobiography of a people, three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it, [edited by] Herb Boyd
- Having our say, the Delany sisters' first 100 years, Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany ; with Amy Hill Hearth
- Our children can soar, a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change, Michelle Cook ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera ... [et al.] ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman
- Created equal, the lives and ideas of Black American innovators, James Michael Brodie
- "Dear friend", Thomas Garrett & William Still, collaborators on the underground railroad, Judith Bentley ; illustrated with photographs & old prints
- Solomon Northup, the complete story of the author of Twelve years a slave, David Fiske, Clifford W. Brown, and Rachel Seligman
- Sojourner Truth's step-stomp stride, Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
- The whole world in his hands, a pictorial biography of Paul Robeson, Susan Robeson
- Zora Hurston and the chinaberry tree, by William Miller ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
- Mumbet, the life and times of Elizabeth Freeman : the true story of a slave who won her freedom, Mary Wilds
- Beyond the shores, a history of African Americans abroad, Tamara J. Walker
- Be free or die, the amazing story of Robert Smalls' escape from slavery to Union hero, Cate Lineberry
- Hoops with Swoopes, words and photographs by Susan Kuklin
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Rosa Parks, bus ride to freedom, by Pamela Chanko ; illustrated by Marcy Ramsey
- Little legends, exceptional men in black history, Vashti Harrison ; with Kwesi Johnson
- The beautiful struggle, a memoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Makes me wanna holler, a young Black man in America, Nathan McCall
- Revolutionary suicide, Huey P. Newton, with the assistance of J. Herman Blake ; introduction by Fredrika Newton
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Marshall Frady
- Muhammad Ali, the man who could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, story by Ntozake Shange ; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez
- We need to talk about Cosby, Showtime Documentary Films presents ; a Boardwalk Pictures production ; in association with WKB Industries ; executive producer, W. Kamau Bell [and seven others] ; directed by W. Kamau Bell
- The beautiful struggle, a memoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Ralph Bunche, an American odyssey, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; a film by William Greaves ; written by William Greaves in association with Leslie E. Lee ; producer, Louise Archambault ; a production of William Greaves Productions, inc
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