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African American Non-Fiction

Materials Available at Patrick Beaver Memorial Library Children's Department

AUTHOR TITLE CALL NO.
Adoff, Arnold Black is Brown is Tan J811 Ado
Adoff, Arnold, ed. Celebrations: A New Anthology of. J811.08 Cel
Adoff, Arnold, ed. My Black Me: A Beginning Book. J811.08 My
Altman, Susan Extraordinary Black Americans J REF J920 Alt
American Girls Addy's Craft Book J745.5 Add
Angelou, Maya Life Doesn't Frighten Me J811.54 Ang
Black Black Americans: A History in Their Own Words J973 Bla
Bryan, Ashley Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American Poetry J811.54 Ash
Chocolate, Deborah Kwanzaa J394.2 Cho
Comer, James P. Raising Black Children PS J649.1 Com
Crow, Jeffrey J. The Black Experience in Revolutionary. J973.3 Cro
Curry, Barbara Sweet Words So Brave J810.9 Cur
David, Burke  Black Heroes of the American Revolution J920 Dav
Feelings, Tom Soul Looks Back in Wonder J811 Sou
Giovanni, Nikki The Genie in the Jar J811.54 Gio
Golenbock, Peter Teammates J796.357 Gol
Goss, Linda It's Kwanzaa Time! J394.2 Gos
Greenfield, Eloise For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me J811 Gre
Greenfield, Eloise Nathaniel Talking J811 Gre
Greenfield, Eloise Night on Neighborhood Street J811 Gre
Grimes, Nikki Come Sunday J811.54 Gri
Grimes, Nikki Meet Danitra Brown J811.54 Gri
Hamilton, Virginia Many Thousand Gone J973.7 Ham
Hancock, Sibyl Famous Firsts of Black Americans J920 Han
Hansen, Sibyl Women of Hope: African Americans Who. J920.72 Han
Harris, Joel Chandler The Favorite Uncle Remus J398.2 Har
Haskins, James One More River to Cross J920 Has
Haskins, James Outward Dreams J920 Has
Haskins, James The Day Martin Luther King, Jr., Was Shot J973 Day
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane Celebrating Kwanzaa J394.268 Hoy
Hudson, Wade, ill. Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children J811 Pas
Hughes, Langston The Dream Keeper and Other Poems J811.54 Hug
Kallen, Stuart Struggle Into the 1990's J909.04 Kal
Kallen, Stuart The Civil Rights Movement J323.1 Kal
Kallen, Stuart The Civil War and Reconstruction J973.71 Kal
Katz, William Loren Black Indians J970.004 Kat
Keats, Ezra Jack John Henry, an American Legend J398 Kea
Kent, Deborah African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies J973 Ken
King Jr., Martin Luther, I Have a Dream J305.896 Kin
Kroll, Virginia Jaha and Jamil Go Down the Hill J811.54 Kro
Kuklin, Susan How My Family Lives in America EC&G J305.8 Kuk
Lawrence, Jacob Harriet and the Promised Land J811 Law
Lester, Julius John Henry J398.21 Les
Lester, Julius More Tales of Uncle Remus J398.2 Les
Lester, Julius The Last Tales of Uncle Remus J398.2 Les
Little, Lessie Jones Children of Long Ago: Poems J811 Lit
McKissack, Pat African-American Inventors J609.2 Mck
McKissack, Pat Black Diamond J796.357 Mck
McKissack, Pat The Civil Rights Movement in America J973 Mck
Meltzer, Milton The Black Americans J973 Bla
Miller, Donald L. An Album of Black Americans in the Armed Forces J973.09 Mil
Miller, Marilyn The Bridge at Selma J976.1 Mil
Myers, Walter Dean Brown Angels J811.54 Mye
Parks, Van Dyke Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit J398.2 Par
Pinkney, Andrea D. Seven Candles for Kwanzaa J394.268 Pin
Porter, A. P. Kwanzaa J PB Por
Rand, Donna Black Books Galore! Guide to Great. PS J016.973 R
Rediger, Pat Great African-Americans in Business J338 Red
Rennert, Richard, ed. Jazz Stars J920 Jaz
Rollins, Charlemae Christmas Gif': An Anthology. J810.8 Chr
Rolluck, Barbara Black Authors and Illustrators REF J011 Rol
Rothaus, James The Cosby Show J792.7 Rot
Saint James, Synthia The Gifts of Kwanzaa J394.2 Sai, JPB
Shaw, Jane Uncle Remus Stories J398.2 Sha
Slier, Deborah, ed. Make a Joyful Sound J811.008 Mak
Stein, R. Conrad The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. J364.1 Ste
Stein, R. Conrad The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott J976.1 Ste
Steptoe, Javaka, ill. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall J811.008 In
Strickland, Dorothy S. Families: Poems Celebrating the African. J811.008 Fam
Thomas, Joyce Carol Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea J811.54 Tho
Toussaint, Pamela Great Books for African-American Children PS J028.1 Tou
Toyomi, Igus, ed. Great Women in the Struggle REF J920 Gre
Turner, Glennette Take a Walk in Their Shoes J920 tur
Winslow, Eugene Afro-Americans '76 J973.3 Win

 

AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies Available in Children's Department of Patrick Beaver Memorial Library

NOTE: All biographies are located in the children's biography section, unless otherwise noted.

Albert Belle Gail Devers Mo Vaughn
Alonzo Mourning George Washington Carver Muggsy Bogues
Althea Althea Grant Hill Oprah Winfrey
Alvin Ailey  Harriet Tubman Paul Cuffe
Amos Fortune (Newbery shelf) Herschel Walker Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Anthony Burns Ida B. Wells-Barnett Paul Robeson
Arthur Ashe Jackie Joyner Dersee (JPB) Ralph J. Bunche
Barbara Jordan Jackie Robinson Ralph Sampson
Barry Bonds  James Farmer Reggie Jackson
Ben Carson Jesse Jackson Rickey Henderson
Benjamin Banneker Jesse Owens Rosa Parks
Bill Cosby Joe Louis Roy Campanella
Bo Jackson Katherine Dunham Ruby Bridges
Booker T. Washington Ken Griffey Jr Satchel Paige
Carl Lewis Kirby Puckett Scott Joplin
Carter G. Woodson Langston Hughes Sheryl Swoopes
Charles Drew Louis Armstrong Sojourner Truth
Colin Powell Madam C. J. Walker Susie King Taylor
Darryl Strawberry Mahalia Jackson Thurgood Marshall
Deion Sanders Magic Johnson Tom Day
Dennis Rodman Malcolm X Venus Williams
Duke Ellington Marian Anderson W.E.B. DuBois
Dwight Gooden Marian Wright Edelman Whitney Houston
Eddie Murphy Martin Luther King, Jr. Wilma Rudolph
Faith Ringgold Mary Church Terrell Zina Garrison (JPB)
Florence Griffith Joyner Mary McLeod Bethune Zora Neale Hurston
Frank Thomas   Maya Angelou
Frederick Douglass   Michael Jordan
 

 

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