African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans
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- The Oprah Winfrey story, speaking her mind : an authorized biography, Geraldine Woods
- Pathblazers, eight people who made a difference, by M.K. Fullen ; illustrated by Selma Waldman
- Martin Luther King, Jr., a biography for young children, by Carol Hilgartner Schlank and Barbara Metzger ; illustrations by John Kastner
- Fannie Lou Hamer and the fight for the vote, by Penny Colman
- Martin Luther King, Jr., a photo-illustrated biography, by Kathy Feeney
- Marques Johnson, nobody does it better, by Bert Rosenthal
- The United States v. Jackie Robinson, written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- What I had was singing, the story of Marian Anderson, Jeri Ferris
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr, brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Afro-Americans '76, Black Americans in the founding of our nation, written and illustrated by Eugene Winslow
- Harriet Tubman, by Judith Bentley
- Starting home, the story of Horace Pippin, painter, Mary E. Lyons
- The official Baseball Hall of Fame story of Jackie Robinson, by Mark Alvarez
- Famous firsts of black Americans, Sibyl Hancock ; illustrations by Shelton Miles
- Booker T. Washington, getting into the schoolhouse, by Larry Dane Brimner
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Muhammad Ali, Jack Rummel ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King]
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Take a walk in their shoes, Glennette Tilley Turner ; illustrated by Elton C. Fax
- Meet Coretta Scott King, Melody S. Mis
- Michael Irvin, Richard Rosenblatt ; introduction by Chuck Noll
- Sojourner Truth and the voice of freedom, by Jane Shumate
- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first Black woman in Congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- African-American inventors, Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Augustus Morgan, by Fred M.B. Amram
- The groundbreaking, chance-taking life of George Washington Carver and science & invention in America, written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness
- Meet Oprah Winfrey, by Audreen Buffalo
- The story of Martin Luther King, written by James Riordan ; illustrated by Rob McCaig
- Shaquille O'Neal, center of attention, Brad Townsend
- Who was Booker T. Washington?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Booker T. Washington, educator and leader, Jack L. Roberts
- Male writers, edited by Richard Rennert ; introduction by Coretta Scott King
- Venus and Serena Williams, athletes, Anne M. Todd
- As good as anybody, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom, by Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Colón, Raúl
- Paul Robeson, a voice to remember, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrated by Michael David Biegel
- Shaquille O'Neal, star center, Glen Macnow
- Cornel West, by Corinne J. Naden and Rose Blue
- Coretta Scott, poetry by Ntozake Shange ; paintings by Kadir Nelson
- Cathy Williams, Buffalo Soldier, Sharon Solomon ; illustrated by Doreen Lorenzetti
- Charlotte and the nutcracker, the true story of a girl who made ballet history, Charlotte Nebres with Sarah Warren ; illustrations by Alea Marley
- Life doesn't frighten me, poem, by Maya Angelou ; paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat ; edited by Sara Jane Boyers
- Meet Martin Luther King, Jr., by James T. de Kay
- Martin Luther King, Jr., minister and civil rights leader, Brendan January
- Sports great Scottie Pippen, Peter C. Bjarkman
- My Uncle Martin's big heart, by Angela Farris Watkins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- 11 African-American doctors, by Robert Hayden ; [illustrated by Richard Loehle]
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Martin Luther King, Jr., a man to remember, by Patricia Mckissack
- Al Sharpton, civil rights leader, Wayne D'Orio
- Bo Jackson, by James R. Rothaus
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf
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