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Juvenile & Young People NonFiction
J
92 A398l
Lipsyte,
Robert. FREE TO BE MUHAMMAD ALI.c1977.
J
92 A465pi
Pinkney,
Andrea Davis. ALVIN AILEY.c1993.
J 92 A548mc
McKissack, Pat. MARIAN ANDERSON: A GREAT SINGER. c2001.
J 92 A548ry
Ryan, Pam Munoz. WHEN MARIAN SANG: THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON: THE VOICE OF A CENTURY. c2002.
YP 92 A549fr
Freedman, Russell. THE VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION: MARIAN ANDERSON AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS. c2004.
YP
92 A584i
Angelou,
Maya. I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS.c1969.
YP
92 A584ki
King,
Sarah E- MAYA ANGELOU: GREETING THE MORNING.c1994.
J
92 A736c
Cornell,
Jean Gay. LOUIS ARMSTRONG, AMBASSADOR SATCHMO.c1972.
YP 92 B329fr
Fradin, Judith Bloom. THE POWER OF ONE: DAISY BATES AND THE LITTLE ROCK NINE. c2004.
YP 92 B877la
Keep, Linda Lowery. ONE MORE VALLEY, ONE MORE HILL: THE STORY OF AUNT CLARA BROWN. c2002.
J
92 C331a
Aliki.
A WEED IS A FLOWER: THE LIFE
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER.c1965.
YP
92 C331h
Holt,
Rackham. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, AN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY.c1943.
YP
92 C692ha
Hart,
Philip S. UP IN THE AIR: THE STORY OF BESSIE COLEMAN.c1996.
YP 92 D816
Bloom, Harold, ed. W.E.B. DUBOIS. c2001.
J
92 E46pi
Pinkney,
Andrea Davis. DUKE ELLINGTON: THE PIANO PRINCE AND HIS ORCHESTRA.c1998.
YP
92 E571si
Siegel,
Beatrice. MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: THE MAKING OF A CRUSADER.c1995.
J
92 E92ly
Lyons,
Mary E. PAINTING DREAMS. MINNIE EVANS, VISIONARY ARTIST.c1996.
J
92 F462mi
Miller,
Robert H. THE STORY OF STAGECOACH MARY FIELDS.c1995.
YP 92 H598ma
Marx, Christy. GRACE HOPPER:
J 92 H893bu
Burleigh, Robert. LANGSTON'S TRAIN RIDE. c2004
YP 92 H893le
Leach, Laurie F. LANGSTON HUGHES: A BIOGRAPHY. c2004.
YP
92 H893me
Meltzer,
Milton. LANGSTON HUGHES.c1968.
J
92 J13h
Halliburton,
Warren J. THE PICTURE LIFE OF JESSE JACKSON.c1972.
YP
92 J13ja
Jackson,
Reggie. REGGIE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.c1984.
YP
92 J15go
GOURSE,
LESLIE. MAHALIA JACKSON: QUEEN OF GOSPEL.c1996.
YP 92 J659gr
Green, Michele Y. A STRONG RIGHT ARM: THE STORY OF MAMIE "PEANUT" JOHNSON. c2002.
YP 92 J49al
Alagna, Magdalena. MAE JEMISON: THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE. c2004.
YP
92 J67to
Tolbert-Rouchaleau,
Jane. JAMES WELDON
JOHNSON.c1988.
J
92 J71ev
Everett,
Gwen. LI'L SIS AND UNCLE WILLIE: A STORY BASED ON THE LIFE AND PAINTINGS OF
WILLIAM H. JOHNSON.c1991.
YP
92 J82pa
Patrick-Wexler,
Diane. BARBARA JORDAN.c1996.
YP
92 K41go
Goldstein,
Margaret J. JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE: SUPERWOMAN.c1994.
J
92 K52he
Henry,
Sondra. CORETTA SCOTT KING: KEEPER OF THE DREAM.c1992.
J
92 K53a
Adler,
David A. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: FREE AT LAST.c1986.
J
92 K53ha
Haskins,
James.
I HAVE A DREAM : THE LIFE AND WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.c1992.
J
92 K53p
Patterson,
Lillie. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT.c1989.
YP 92 K53si
Siebold, Thomas. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. c2000.
J
92 M369ad
Adler,
David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF THURGOOD MARSHALL.c1997.
YP
92 M776a
Montejo,
Esteban. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RUNAWAY SLAVE.c1968.
YP
92 M882ce
Century,
Douglas. TONI MORRISON.c1994.
YP
92 M882ha
Haskins,
James. TONI MORRISON: THE
MAGIC OF WORDS. c2001.
YP
92 M996jo
Jordan,
Denise. WALTER DEAN MYERS--WRITER FOR REAL TEENS.
c1999.
YP
92 P238fr
Frankl,
Ron. CHARLIE PARKER, MUSICIAN.c1993.
J
92 P252ad
Adler,
David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF ROSA PARKS.c1993.
YP
92 P252ha
Parks,
Rosa. ROSA PARKS: MY STORY.c1992.
J
92 P252ha
Parks,
Rosa. I
AM ROSA PARKS.c1997.
J 92 P252le
Levine, Michelle, ROSA PARKS. c2005.
J
92 P252t
Turk,
Midge. GORDON PARKS.c1971
YP
92 P252vo
Parks,
Gordon. VOICES IN THE MIRROR: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.c1990.
J
92 R823ha
Haskins,
James. DIANA ROSS : STAR SUPREME.c1985.
YP
92 R971ha
Haskins,
James. BAYARD RUSTIN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.c1997.
YP
92 S655ha
Hajdusiewicz,
Babs Bell. MARY CARTER SMITH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORYTELLER.c1995.
YP 92 S971sw
Swain, Gwenyth. DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT: A FAMILY'S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. C2004.
YP 92 T179so
Somervill, Barbara A. IDA TARBELL: PIONEER INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER. c2002.
YP 92 T325fr
Fradin, Dennis B. FIGHT ON!: MARY CHURCH TERRELL'S BATTLE FOR INTEGRATION. c2003.
J
92 T574t
Tillage,
Leon Walter. LEON'S STORY.
c1997.
J
92 T874ad
Adler,
David A. A PICTURE BOOK OF SOJOURNER TRUTH.c1994.
J 92 T874bu
Butler, Mary G. SOJOURNER TRUTH: FROM SLAVE TO ACTIVIST FOR FREEDOM. c2003.
YP
92 T874mc
McKissack,
Pat. SOJOURNER TRUTH : AIN'T I A WOMAN?c1992.
YP
92 T885br
Bradford,
Sarah H HARRIET TUBMAN, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE.c1981.
YP
92 T885mc
McClard,
Megan. HARRIET TUBMAN: SLAVERY AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.c1991.
YP 92 T885s
Schraff, Anne E. HARRIET TUBMAN: MOSES OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. c2001.
J
92 W184la
Lasky,
Kathryn. VISION OF BEAUTY:
THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER.c2000.
YP
92 W454fr
Freedman,
Suzanne. IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT AND THE ANTILYNCHING CRUSADE.c1994.
J
92 W557r
Richmond,
M. A.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY.c1988.
YP
92 W727st
Stewart,
Mark. VENUS & SERENA
WILLIAMS : SISTERS IN ARMS. c2000.
YP 92 W898ha
Haskins, James. CARTER G. WOODSON: THE MAN WHO PUT "BLACK" IN AMERICAN HISTORY. c2000.
YP
92 X1my
Myers,
Walter Dean. MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: A BIOGRAPHY.
J
92 X1my
1999
Myers, Walter Dean. MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY. c2000.
J
920 J72s
Johnston, Johanna. A SPECIAL BRAVERY.
Prose poems that highlight the accomplishments
of fifteen American Negroes including Harriet Tubman, Ralph Bunche, Robert
Smalls, and Mary McLeod-Bethune.c1967.
J
920 J77B
Jones, Hettie. BIG STAR FALLIN' MAMA; FIVE WOMEN IN BLACK MUSIC.
Portraits of five black women and the kind of music they sang
during a period of social change. Includes Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith,
Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin.c1974.
YP
920 S951af
Sullivan, Otha Richard. AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS.
Profiles the lives of twenty-five African American inventors
who made significant scientific contributions from the eighteenth century
to modern times.c1998.
J
920.0092 G812
Greenfield, Eloise. CHILDTIMES: A THREE-GENERATION MEMOIR.
Childhood memoirs of three black
women--grandmother, mother, and daughter-who grew up between the 1880's
and the 1950's.c1979.
YP
920.0092 H415se
Hayden, Robert C. 7 AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.
Examines
the lives and achievements of seven black Americans who left their mark
through scientific work, from Benjamin Banneker to Shirley Jackson.
c1992.c1992.
YP
920.72 P655le
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. LET IT SHINE : STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS.
Tells
the stories of ten African-American women freedom fighters. c2000.
YP
920.9325 H893f
Hughes,
Langston, FAMOUS NEGRO HEROES OF
AMERICA. From
the series of famous
biographies for young people.c1958.
YP 925 S951bl
Sullivan, Otha Richard. AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS.
Part one: The Early Years. Ellen F. Eglin, Sara E. Goode, Miriam E. Benjamin -- Part two: Into the New Century. Madae C.J. Walker, Annie Turnbo Malone, Roger Arliner Young Ph.D., Marjorie Steward Joyner Ph.D. -- Part three: Modern times. Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner and Milred Austin Smith, Bessie Blount Griffin, Jane Cooke Wright M.D., Evelyn Boyd Granville Ph.D., Jewel Plummer Cobb Ph.D., Angela D. Ferguson M.D., Reatha Clark King Ph.D., Betty Wright Harris Ph.D., Patricia Bath M.D., Valerie Thomas, Shirley Ann Jackson Ph.D., Alexa Canady M.D., Sharon J. Barnes, Mae Jemison M.D., Ursula Burns, Aprille Joy Ericsson Jackson Ph.D., Dannellia Gladden Green Ph.D., Chavonda J. Jacobs Young Ph.D. c2002.
C1
FEA A258 1995
TE
Globe Fearon, c1995. AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES.
SERIES Multicultural biographies collection.
VCR
92 H893
LANGSTON HUGHES: POET. [videorecording] ( 30 min.) Schlessinger Video Productions,c 1994.
Provides biographical
information about poet Langston Hughes, with comments by historians and
other experts about his life, thoughts and contributions.
VCR
92 J13je
JESSE L. JACKSON. [videorecording] (55 min.) Johnson/Rudolph Video Productions, c 1989?
Videocassette
release of the 1988 speech by Jesse L. Jackson.
VCR
92 K53
1997
MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR.: THE MAN AND THE DREAM.
[videorecording] (50 min.) A & E Home Video. c1997. A look at Martin Luther King, Jr.
and his role in the civil rights movement.
VCR
92 T874
SOJOURNER
TRUTH: "AIN'T I A WOMAN?" [videorecording] (27 min.)
Coronet/MTI Film and Video, c1989.
VCR
92 T885ha
HARRIET
TUBMAN TELLS HER STORY. [videorecording] (20 min.) Society for Visual Education, c1993. Presents the life of
Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery and became a well-known figure in
the underground railroad.
VCR
92 W177m
ALICE WALKER. [videorecording] (60 min) Lannan Foundation, c1989.
Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award
winning writer, reads poems and excerpts from her novels at the LosAngeles
Theatre Center on Jan. 9, 1989. Journalist Evelyn White interviews Walker
at her home in Mendocino County, Calif. On June 22, 1989.
VCR
92 X1
MALCOLM
X : MAKE IT PLAIN. [videorecording] (150 min.) PBS Video c1994.
"This
definitive biography weaves together interviews, archival footage,
photographs, and an original score to portray the fascinating intellectual
journey of a complex man whose ideas resonate today."
VCR
92 X1m
Malcolm X: El Hajj Malik El Shabazz. [videorecording] (60 min.) Media Basics Video c1992
A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the
Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans.
VCR
920.72 T532
THREE
WHO BELIEVED IN FREEDOM. [videorecording]
(19 min.): Council on Interracial Books for Children ; c1992. Biographical
narrative, interviews, news and archival films focusing on civil rights
activities in the late 1950's of Ella Baker, Septima Clark, and Fannie Lou
Hamer.
Created by Donna Wallach, February 2003; Updated February 2006.
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