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1) My life with Martin Luther King, Jr

Author

King, Coretta Scott

Language

English

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An inside look at the life and work of the noted civil rights leader, from the viewpoint of his wife Coretta Scott King.

2) Bad boy: a memoir

Author

Myers, Walter Dean

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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A classic memoir that's gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable from the bestselling former National Ambassador of Books for Young People. A strong choice for summer reading—an engaging and powerful autobiographical exploration of growing up a so-called "bad boy" in Harlem in the 1940s.

As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously—he

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3) Amos Fortune, free man

Author

Yates, Elizabeth

Series

Newbery Library
Newbery Medal

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook

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"The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty."--

4) Here I stand

Author

Robeson, Paul

Publisher

Beacon Press

Language

English

5) Inside a thug's heart: with original poems and letters by Tupac Shakur

Author

Ardis, Angela

Publisher

Dafina Books

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

6) Conjure times: black magicians in America

Author

Haskins, James

Publisher

Walker & Company

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

7) Jesse Owens, track and field legend

Author

Josephson, Judith Pinkerton

Series

African-American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field.

8) Dizzy Gillespie and the birth of bebop

Author

Gourse, Leslie

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

9) Harriet Tubman: antislavery activist

Author

Taylor, Marion

Series

Black Americans of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

10) Standing fast: the autobiography of Roy Wilkins

Author

Wilkins, Roy

Publisher

Viking Press

Pub. Date

1982.

Language

English

11) Mahalia Jackson: queen of gospel song

Author

Gourse, Leslie

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

Description

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Traces the rise of the famous gospel singer from her early youth in New Orleans to her Chicago-based musical career.

12) Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize-winning author

Author

Kramer, Barbara

Series

African-American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

13) Harriet Tubman

Author

Bentley, Judith

Series

Impact biography

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

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Details Harriet Tubman's life, experiences, and efforts to aid slaves in escaping to the North, as well as her assistance to the Union cause during the Civil War.

14) Lighting the fires of freedom: African American women in the civil rights movement

Author

Bell, Janet Dewart

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"Through wide-ranging conversations with nine African American women, several now in their nineties with decades of untold stories, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices"--

15) African-American poets

Author

Strickland, Michael R

Series

Collective biographies

Publisher

Enslow

Pub. Date

1996.

Language

English

Description

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Profiles the lives and work of ten African American poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rita Dove, Eloise Greenfield, Langston Hughes, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Nikki Giovanni.

16) Malcolm X: militant black leader

Author

Rummel, Jack

Series

Black Americans of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

17) Civil rights: the struggle for Black equality

Author

George, Charles

Series

Words that changed history

Publisher

Lucent Books

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

18) Escape from slavery: the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words

Author

Douglass, Frederick

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

Description

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A shortened autobiography presenting the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman.

19) They had a dream: the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

Author

Archer, Jules

Series

Epoch biographies

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

Description

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Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

20) Paul Robeson: no one can silence me : adapted for young adults

Author

Duberman, Martin B

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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"The life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson-one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century-adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson biographer"--Provided by publisher.

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1) My life with Martin Luther King, Jr

2) Bad boy: a memoir

3) Amos Fortune, free man

4) Here I stand

5) Inside a thug's heart: with original poems and letters by Tupac Shakur

6) Conjure times: black magicians in America

7) Jesse Owens, track and field legend

8) Dizzy Gillespie and the birth of bebop

9) Harriet Tubman: antislavery activist

10) Standing fast: the autobiography of Roy Wilkins

11) Mahalia Jackson: queen of gospel song

12) Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize-winning author

13) Harriet Tubman

14) Lighting the fires of freedom: African American women in the civil rights movement

15) African-American poets

16) Malcolm X: militant black leader

17) Civil rights: the struggle for Black equality

18) Escape from slavery: the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words

19) They had a dream: the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X

20) Paul Robeson: no one can silence me : adapted for young adults

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