African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam war, [by black veterans], Wallace Terry
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley
- Martin Luther King Jr, terry Barber
- In search of our roots, how 19 extraordinary African Americans reclaimed their past, Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Make it plain, standing up and speaking out, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., with Lee A. Daniels
- A golden voice, how faith, hard work, and humility brought me from the streets to salvation, Ted Williams ; with Bret Witter
- This side of glory : the autobiography of David Hilliard and the story of the Black Panther Party, David Hilliard and Lewis Cole. --
- There will be no miracles here, Casey Gerald
- Twelve years a slave, Soloman Northup
- And the walls came tumbling down, an autobiography, Ralph David Abernathy. --
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- The undiscovered Paul Robeson, an artist's journey, 1898-1939, Paul Robeson, Jr
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, WayƩtu Moore
- Twelve years a slave, by Solomon Northup
- To the promised land, Martin Luther King and the fight for economic justice, Michael K. Honey
- Robeson, an American ballad, Arnold H. Lubasch
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Make believe, [a true story], Diana Athill ; [with an introduction by Patrick French]
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- Winning in reverse, defying the odds and achieving dreams : the Bill Lester story, Bill Lester ; with Jonathan Ingram
- Meet Martin Luther King, Jr., by James T. de Kay
- Strength in what remains, Tracy Kidder
- King remembered, Flip Schulke, Penelope Ortner McPhee ; [foreword by Jesse Jackson]. --
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, With the assistance of Alex Haley
- 12 years a slave, by Solomon Northup
- Harriet Tubman, imagining a life, Beverly Lowry
- Assata, an autobiography, Assata Shakur ; forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds
- MLK, the assassination tapes, a production of 1895 Films for Smithsonian Networks ; produced and directed by Tom Jennings ; editor/producer, Ron Frank
- Twelve years a slave /, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Frederick Douglass, William S. McFeely. --
- Uncensored, my life and uncomfortable conversations at the intersection of black and white America, Zachary R. Wood
- Black magic, what Black leaders learned from trauma and triumph, Chad Sanders
- Bearing the cross, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, David J. Garrow
- Martin Luther King Jr, John A. Kirk
- Black prophetic fire, Cornell West ; in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf
- Jesse, the life and pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson, Marshall Frady ; [with a new introduction by David Halberstam]
- Tell the truth & shame the devil, the life, legacy, and love of my son Michael Brown, Lezley McSpadden with Lyah Beth LeFlore
- King of ragtime, Scott Joplin and his era, Edward A. Berlin. --
- W.E.B. Du Bois, a biography, David Levering Lewis
- Growing up King, an intimate memoir, Dexter Scott King with Ralph Wiley
- The Toni Morrison book club, Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams
- Up from history, the life of Booker T. Washington, Robert J. Norrell
- Blood brothers, the fatal friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
- Twelve years a slave, by Solomon Northup
- The riot within, my journey from rebellion to redemption, Rodney King with Lawrence J. Spagnola
- Redemption, Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours, Joseph Rosenbloom
- The Big beat, Fats Domino and the birth of rock n' roll, INA ; Shanachie ; a Historic Music production ; a film by Joe Lauro ; produced by Joe Lauro, Rich Nevins, Rick Coleman ; written by Joe Lauro, Rick Coleman
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Philip S. Foner
- Twelve years a slave, narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, [Solomon Northup]
- African America, portrait of a people, Kenneth Estell [editor]. --
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