African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans
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- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Condoleeza Rice, national security advisor and musician, Bernard Ryan, Jr
- Maya Angelou, by L. Patricia Kite
- Nat Turner, Terry Bisson ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- The slaves' war, the Civil War in the words of former slaves, Andrew Ward
- Ida B. Wells, by Diane Bailey
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Minty, a story of young Harriet Tubman, by Alan Schroeder ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Booker T. Washington, by Thomas Amper ; illustrations by Jeni Reeves
- Ketanji, Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Frederick Douglass, slave, writer, abolitionist, by Brenda Haugen
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Breakthrough to the big league, the story of Jackie Robinson, by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett
- Don't hold me back, my life and art, Winfred Rembert
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Freedom train, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Dorothy Sterling. --
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Black diamond, the story of the Negro baseball leagues, by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr
- Charlie Parker, Ron Frankl
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- A voice of her own, the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- Wilma unlimited, how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman, Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- The voice that challenged a nation, Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights, by Russell Freedman
- Someday is now, Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-ins, written by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich ; illustrated by Jade Johnson
- The story of Harriet Tubman, conductor of the underground railroad, by Kate McMullan ; illustrated by Steven James Petruccio
- Who was Duke Ellington?, by M. D. Payne ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Coretta Scott King, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave & abolitionist, by Sue Vander Hook
- Singled out, the true story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss
- George Washington Carver, the life of the great American agriculturist, Linda McMurry Edwards
- Martin Luther King, Jr., preacher, freedom fighter, peacemaker, written by Pamela Hill Nettleton ; illustrated by Garry Nichols
- Martin's big words, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Dr. Mae Jemison, brave rocketeer, Heather Alexander ; interior illustrations by Jen Bricking
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- 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
- The dream, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation, Drew D. Hansen
- Jackie Robinson, baseball pioneer, by Howard Reiser
- Thurgood Marshall, civil rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, by Brenda Haugen
- Proud, living my American dream, Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Sojourner Truth, Peter Krass ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King]
- Frederick Douglass, Sharman Apt Russell ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins. --
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- Satchel Paige, Lesa Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Julius Erving, Josh Wilker
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