African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Up from slavery, Booker T. Washington
- With a banjo on my knee, a musical journey from slavery to freedom, by Rex M. Ellis
- Beating against the barriers, biographical essays in nineteenth-century Afro-American history, R.J.M. Blackett
- Let the trumpet sound, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Stephen B. Oates
- Pearl's secret, a Black man's search for his white family, Neil Henry
- Song in a weary throat, an American pilgrimage, Pauli Murray
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- Making Malcolm, the myth and meaning of Malcolm X, Michael Eric Dyson
- The young Paul Robeson, "on my journey now", by Lloyd L. Brown
- Black profiles in courage, a legacy of African American achievement, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- The misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae
- This little light of mine, the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, Kay Mills
- The pact, three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream, George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt, [with Lisa Frazier Page]
- Spike Lee and the African American filmmakers, a choice of colors, K. Maurice Jones
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett, powerhouse with a pen, Catherine A. Welch
- The house on Childress Street, a memoir, Kenji Jasper
- Great American Negroes, Ben Richardson ; rev. by William A. Fahey, illustrated by Robert Hallock
- "Dear friend", Thomas Garrett & William Still, collaborators on the underground railroad, Judith Bentley ; illustrated with photographs & old prints
- Paul Robeson, a life of activism and art, Lindsey R. Swindall
- African-American social leaders and activists, Jack Rummel
- I was born a slave, an anthology of classic slave narratives, edited by Yuval Taylor ; foreword by Charles Johnson
- Prepared for a purpose, an inspiring true story of faith, courage, and compassion in crisis, Antoinette Tuff with Alex Tresniowski
- The butler, a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Lynette Woodard, by Matthew Newman ; edited by Howard Schroeder
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett, crusader against lynching, Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli
- Allen Iverson, fear no one, John N Smallwood, Jr
- The golden road, notes on my gentrification, Caille Millner
- Contemporary black biography, profiles from the international black community, project editor, Kathy Nemeh, Volume 152
- Bearing the cross, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, by David J. Garrow
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- The black digital elite, African American leaders of the information revolution, John T. Barber
- A Black communist in the freedom struggle, the life of Harry Haywood, Harry Haywood ; edited by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
- 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
- African American almanac, 400 years of triumph, courage and excellence, Lean'tin Bracks
- Slaves who dared, the stories of ten African-American heroes, by Mary Garrison
- Martin Luther King, Godfrey Hodgson
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth ; written by Olive Gilbert based on information provided by Sojourner Truth
- Black prophetic fire, Cornel West ; in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf
- Quest for equality, the life and writings of Mary Eliza Church Terrell, 1863-1954, Beverly Washington Jones
- Unmasked African-American myths, Mary Triplett
- My rise to the stars, how a sharecropper's daughter became an Army general, Clara L. Adams-Ender with Blair S. Walker
- The sword and the shield, the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Peniel E. Joseph
- Tattoos on my soul, from the ghetto to the top of the world, a sizzling story of grit, glitz and personal growth, Burrel Lee Wilks
- King, a biography, David Levering Lewis
- Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist, Lisa Renee Rhodes ; with additional text written by Dale Evva Gelfand ; consulting editor, revised edition, Heather Lehr Wagner ; senior consulting editor, first edition, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Harriet Tubman, by Earl Conrad
- A thousand Honey Creeks later, my life in music from Basie to Motown-- and beyond, Preston Love ; introduction by George Lipsitz
- Tiger Woods, the making of a champion, stories excerpted from the pages of Sports illustrated ; original text by John Garrity
- Michael Jordan speaks, lessons from the world's greatest champion, [compiled by] Janet Lowe
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