African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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Incoming Resources
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots
- Black chameleon, memory, womanhood, and myth, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Ralph Bunche, An American Odyssey
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Before she was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- King, a filmed record : Montgomery to Memphis
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Becoming Kareem, growing up on and off the court, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
- The beautiful struggle, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Dovey undaunted, a Black woman breaks barriers in the law, the military, and the ministry, Tonya Bolden
- African American eras
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- The Toni Morrison book club, Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams
- PAUL ROBESON, NO ONE CAN SILENCE ME, the life of the legendary artist and activist (adapted for young adults)
- Work with what you got, Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley
- Singled out, the true story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss
- Assata, an autobiography, Assata Shakur ; [forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds]
- Pauli Murray, the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist, by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- Truevine, two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
- Who's who among African Americans, edited by Tara E. Atterberry ; foreword by Jessie Carney Smith, Dean of the Library and Camille Cosby Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Fisk University
- The Minotaur at Calle Lanza, Zito Madu
- Illustrated Black history, honoring the iconic and the unseen, George McCalman with April Reynolds
- Martin Luther King Jr, by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Roots, [the saga of an American family], by Alex Haley
- The butler, a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- King, a life, Jonathan Eig
- OUTSPOKEN - PAUL ROBESON, AHEAD OF HIS TIME, a one-man show
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- The sword and the shield, the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Peniel E. Joseph
- Paul Robeson, no one can silence me, Martin Duberman ; foreword by Jason Reynolds
- A quantum life, my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- The Hemingses of Monticello, an American family, Annette Gordon-Reed
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis
- Overlooked, a celebration of remarkable, underappreciated people who broke the rules and changed the world, Amisha Padnani and the Obituaries Desk
- King, a life, Jonathan Eig
- A quilted life, reflections of a sharecropper's daughter, Catherine Meeks
- Kamala's way, an American life, Dan Morain
- MAJOR TAYLOR, world cycling champion
- There will be no miracles here, a memoir, Casey Gerald
- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington
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