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BIOGRAPHIES Title: Actor in exile; the life of Ira Aldridge. Author: Malone, Mary. Call: jB A36593ma Pubdate: [1969] Summary: A biography of the American-born Negro who went to Europe, became one of the most celebrated actors of his time, and never returned to the United States.

Title: : founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Author: Klots, Steve. Call: jB A4287k Pubdate: 1990. Summary: Describes the life of the Afro- American leader who rose from slavery to become a minister, founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and participated in the first National Negro Convention

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Bridgeport Public Title: Meet Maya Angelou Author: Spain, Valerie. Library Call: jB A5848sp Pubdate: 1994 925 Broad Street Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203)576-7408

Title: Benjamin Banneker : American Title: Louis Armstrong : an American mathematician and astronomer success story Author: Hinman, Bonnie. Author: Collier, James Lincoln Call: jB B2194hin Call: jB A7364c Pubdate: c2000. Pubdate: c1985. Summary: A biography of one of America's Title: Benjamin Banneker : astronomer most important musicians, who was and mathematician born in extreme poverty and never Author: Litwin, Laura Baskes. had a real music lesson, but Call: jB B2194Lit became world famous for his Pubdate: c1999. singing and trumpet playing Title: Benjamin Banneker Title: What are you figuring now? : a Author: Maupin, Melissa, 1958- story about Benjamin Banneker Call: jB B2194mau Author: Ferris, Jeri. Pubdate: c2000. Call: jB B2194f Pubdate: c1988. Title: Dear Benjamin Banneker Summary: A biography of the farmer and Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis. self-taught astronomer, Call: jqB B2194pi mathematician, and surveyor for Pubdate: c1994. the new capital city of the United States in 1791, who also calculated a successful almanac notable for its preciseness. Title: Space challenger : the story of Guion Bluford : an authorized biography Author: Haskins, James, 1941- Call: jB B6583h Title: Amiri Baraka Pubdate: c1984. Author: Bernotas, Bob. Summary: A biography of Guy Bluford, the Call: jB B2249b first black American in space, Pubdate: c1991. part of the crew of the space Summary: A biography of the black poet, shuttle "Challenger" on its playwright, and political August 1983 flight. activist (formerly Leroi Jones), who was a leading member of the Title: Aunt Clara Brown : official 'Beat Generation.' pioneer Author: Lowery, Linda. Title: Count Basie Call: jB B8774Low Author: Kliment, Bud. Pubdate: c1999. Call: jB B3114k Summary: A biography of the freed slave Pubdate: c1992. who made her fortune in Colorado Summary: Examines the life and career of a and used her money to bring other famous twentieth-century jazz former slaves there to begin new musician. lives.

Title: Romare Bearden : celebrating the Title: : winner of the victory Nobel Peace Prize Author: Schwartzman, Myron. Author: Schraff, Anne E. Call: jB B3685sch Call: jB B9422sch Pubdate: c1999. Pubdate: 1999. Summary: Recounts the life of the Summary: Discusses the life of the twentieth-century collage artist statesman and diplomat who was who used his southern childhood, one of the founders of the United New York City, jazz, and Paris to Nations and who received the influence his bold and meaningful Nobel Prize for his peacemaking art. efforts. Title Ben Carson Title: Charles Chesnutt Author: Simmons, Alex. Author: Thompson, Cliff. Call: jB C3211s Call: jB C5244t Pubdate: c1996. Pubdate: c1992. Summary: A biography of the surgeon who Summary: Discusses the life and writings overcame poverty and racism to of the early twentieth-century become chief of pediatric black author whose novels examine neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins the Afro-American experience. University Hospital.

Title: A picture book of Author: Adler, David A. Call: jB C3315adL

Pubdate: 1999. Title: Paul Cuffe and the African Summary: A biography of the African promised land American scientist who overcame Author: Atkin, Mary Gage. tremendous hardship to make Call: jB C9655a unusual and important discoveries Pubdate: 1977. in the field of agriculture. Summary: A biography of the American seaman and merchant who Title: George Washington Carver, encouraged fellow blacks to scientist and teacher colonize Sierra Leone, who sought Author: Greene, Carol. a stronger legal position for Call: jB C3315gr blacks in America, and who was Pubdate: c1992. responsible for a Massachusetts law giving blacks the right to Title: George Washington Carver vote. Author: Nicholson, Lois, 1949- Call: jB C3315n Title: Paul Cuffe Pubdate: c1994. Author: Diamond, Arthur. Call: jB C9655d Pubdate: c1989.

Title: Benjamin Davis, Jr. Title: Master of mahogany : Tom Day, Author: Reef, Catherine. free Black cabinetmaker Call: jB D26125r Author: Lyons, Mary E. Pubdate: c1992. Call: jB D2759L Summary: Examines the life of Benjamin Pubdate: c1994. Davis, Jr., the first black man to graduate from West Point in Title: the twentieth century, who Author: Kerby, Mona. pursued his chosen course of a Call: jB D7376k military career despite the . Pubdate: c1994. prejudice against him. Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of this famous Title: Trailblazer : Negro nurse in the abolitionist. American Red Cross. Author: Pitrone, Jean Maddern, 1920- Title: Frederick Douglass : leader Call: jB D2616p against slavery Pubdate: [1969] Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Summary: A biography of the woman who Call: jB D7376m2 became the first Negro nurse Pubdate: c1991. enrolled by the American Red Cross. Title: Voice of freedom : a story about Frederick Douglass Author: Weidt, Maryann N. Call: jB D7376we Pubdate: c2001.

Title: The story of Frederick Douglass, voice of freedom

Title: Miles Davis Author: Weiner, Eric. Author: Frankl, Ron. Call: jB D7376wei Call: jB D2634f Pubdate: 1996. Pubdate: 1996. Summary: A biography of the noted jazz Trumpeter. Title: Ralph Ellison Author: Bishop, Jack, 1910- Call: jB E4747b Pubdate: c1988. Title: Paul Laurence Dunbar Summary: A biography of the black author Author: Gentry, Tony. famous for his 1952 novel Call: jB D8995ge "Invisible Man" revealing the Pubdate: c1989. black experience in America. Summary: Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and Title: Louis Farrakhan depicted the black experience in Author: De Angelis, Therese. America. Call: jB F2396dea Pubdate: c1998. Title: Paul Laurence Dunbar: Black poet Summary: A biography of the man who became laureate. the leader of the Nation of Author: Schultz, Pearle Henriksen. Islam. Call: jB D8995s Pubdate: [1974]

Title: I greet the dawn : poems Author: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906. Call: j811

Pubdate: 1978. Title: Whoopi Goldberg : from street to Summary: A brief biography of Dunbar stardom precedes a collection of his Author: Adams, Mary Agnes. works Call: jB G6180a Title: Marian Wright Edelman : defender Pubdate: c1993. of children's rights Summary: The life and career of the Author: Otfinoski, Steven. actress and comedian who overcame Call: jB E224o drug addiction and became the Pubdate: c1991. first black female Academy Award Summary: A biography of the lawyer and winner since 1939. social reformer.

Title: Whoopi Goldberg : entertainer Title: Grant Hill : star forward Author: Blue, Rose. Author: Thornley, Stew. Call: jB G6180b Call: jB H64635tho Pubdate: 1994. Pubdate: c1999. Summary: The life and career of the Title: Whoopi Goldberg : comedian and basketball star who was on two movie star NCAA national championship teams Author: Caper, William. before playing with the NBA and Call: jB G6180cap winning Rookie of the Year honors Pubdate: c1999. with the Detroit Pistons.

Title: Whoopi Goldberg Title: Chester Himes Author: Gaines, Ann. Author: Wilson, M. L. (Matthew Lawrence). Call: jB G6180gai Call: jB H6572w Pubdate: c1999. Pubdate: c1988. Summary: A biography of the black novelist Title: Alex Haley : author of Roots renowned for his series of Author: Gonzales, Doreen. detective stories. Call: jB H1683g Pubdate: c1994. Title: Gregory Hines Author: DeAngelis, Gina. Title: Alex Haley Call: jB H6622de Author: Williams, Sylvia B. Pubdate: c2000. Call: jB H1683w Pubdate: c1996. Title: Billie Holiday : the tragedy and triumph of Lady Day Title: Author: Gourse, Leslie. Author: Scheader, Catherine. Call: jB H732go Call: jB H2494sc Pubdate: c1995. Pubdate: c1978. Summary: Relates the story of the Afro- Summary: A biography of the playwright who American woman who, despite a was the first black person and turbulent life, became one of the the youngest American to receive most famous singers in the the best play of the year award. history of jazz. Title: Don't explain : a song of Billie Holiday Author: De Veaux, Alexis, 1948- Call: j784.092 Pubdate: c1980. Summary: Presents a prose poem recounting the life of the American jazz singer affectionately known as Lady Day.

Title: Langston Hughes Title: Zora Neale Hurston, writer and Author: Rummel, Jack. storyteller Call: jB H8937ru Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Pubdate: c1988. Call: jB H9668m Summary: Examines the life of the Harlem Pubdate: c1992. poet who spent his career writing about the black experience in Title: Zora Hurston and the chinaberry America. tree Author: Miller, William, 1959- Title: Coming home : from the life of Call: jB H9668mi Langston Hughes Pubdate: c1994. Author: Cooper, Floyd. Call: jqB H8937c Title: Zora Neale Hurston Pubdate: c1994. Author: Witcover, Paul. Call: jB H9668w Title: Zora Neale Hurston Pubdate: c1991. Author: Calvert, Roz. Call: jB H9668c Title: : a biography Pubdate: c1993. Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Summary: A biography of the versatile and Call: jB J135mc prolific Afro-American writer, Pubdate: c1989. well-known for her novels and Summary: A biography of the minister and collections of black folklore. civil rights worker who ran for president in 1984 and 1988. Title: Samuel L. Jackson Title: James Weldon Johnson : "Lift Author: Dils, Tracey E. every voice and sing" Call: jB J1442diL Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Pubdate: c2000. Call: jB J674m Summary: A biography of the critically Pubdate: 1990. acclaimed actor, known for his Summary: Recounts the life of the author work in such films as "Jungle and civil rights leader who Fever," "Pulp Fiction," and "Star blazed a trail for racial Wars: Episode I--The Phantom equality and human rights through Menace." his songs, poems and speeches.

Title: Daniel "Chappie" James Title: I've got an idea! : the story of Author: Super, Neil. Frederick McKinley Jones Call: jB J2796s Author: Swanson, Gloria Borseth. Pubdate: c1992. Call: jB J774s Summary: Follows the life of America's Pubdate: c1994. first black four-star general. Summary: A biography of the black engineer and inventor credited with many Title: Mae Jemison : the first African inventions, including American woman astronaut refrigeration units for trucks Author: Burby, Liza N. and railroad cars, portable X-ray Call: jB J4963bu units, and the ticket dispenser. Pubdate: 1997. Summary: Briefly traces the life of the Title: Quincy Jones : musician, first African-American woman to composer, producer go into space, from her childhood Author: Kavanaugh, Lee Hill. in through her education Call: jB J7863ka and work as a doctor to her Pubdate: c1998. historic flight. Summary: Discusses the life and accomplishments of the jazz Title: Mae Jemison, space scientist musician, record producer, and Author: Sakurai, Gail. composer of movie scores and Call: jB J4963sa television themes. Pubdate: c1995 Title: Barbara Jordan (member of the Title: Lewis Latimer U.S. Congress) Author: Norman, Winifred Latimer. Author: Patrick-Wexler, Diane. Call: jB L3572n Call: jB J821pw Pubdate: c1994. Pubdate: c1996. Summary: Discusses the inventor's career, life, and times. Title: Coretta Scott King Author: Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer. Title: Story painter : the life of Jacob Call: jB K5238kL Lawrence Pubdate: c1999. Author: Duggleby, John. Summary: A brief biography of the wife of Call: jB L4216dug the Reverend Martin Luther King, Pubdate: 1998. Jr., who shared his dedication to Summary: A biography of the African working peaceably to achieve American artist who grew up in equality for all . the midst of the and became one of the Title: A picture book of Martin Luther most renowned painters of the King, Jr. life of his people. Author: Adler, David A. Call: jB K5457a2 Title: Spike Lee : by any means Pubdate: c1989. necessary Summary: A brief, biography of the Baptist Author: Haskins, James, 1941- minister and civil rights leader Call: jB L4816ha whose philosophy and practice of Pubdate: 1997. nonviolent civil disobedience Summary: Examines the life and works of helped American blacks win many the filmmaker who has chosen to battles for equal rights. explore the many dimensions of the black American experience. Title: Martin Luther King, Jr. : a man who changed things Title: Spike Lee : on his own terms Author: Greene, Carol. Author: McDaniel, Melissa. Call: jB K5457g Call: jB L4816macd Pubdate: c1989. Pubdate: c1998.

Title: Spike Lee and the African Title: Ronald McNair (astronaut) American filmmakers : a choice of Author: Shaw, Dena. colors Call: jB M1697s Author: Jones, K. Maurice. Pubdate: 1994. Call: j791.430233 Pubdate: 1996. Title: Wynton Marsalis : gifted trumpet Summary: Surveys African American player filmmakers from the turn of the Author: Awmiller, Craig. century to the present, with an Call: jB M3637a emphasis on Spike Lee's Pubdate: c1996. contributions. Summary: Portrays the life and career of the Afro-American musician who Title: The riches of Oseola McCarty plays both jazz and classical and Author: Coleman, Evelyn, 1948- who most of all loves to teach Call: jB M1231co children about music. Pubdate: c1998. Summary: A biography of Oseola McCarty, a hard-working washer woman who, with no formal education herself, donated much of her life savings to the University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for needy students.

Title: Can you imagine? Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Call: jB M1587mc Title: A picture book of Thurgood Pubdate: c1997. Marshall Summary: The author of the Newbery Honor Author: Adler, David A. Book, "The Dark Thirty," Call: jB M3697ad describes her life,how she became Pubdate: 1997. a writer, how her family helps Summary: The life of the first African- with her writing, and how she American to serve as a judge on gets her ideas. the United States Supreme Court. Title: and the Supreme Title: Osceola : memories of a Court sharecropper's daughter Author: Kent, Deborah. Author: Mays, Osceola, 1909- Call: jB M3697ke Call: jB M4746may Pubdate: c1997. Pubdate: c2000. Summary: A sharecropper's daughter Title: The story of Thurgood Marshall : describes her childhood in justice for all in the early years of the Author: Arthur, Joe. twentieth century. Call: jB M3698ar Pubdate: 1996. Title: Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize- winning author Title: Thurgood Marshall : champion of Author: Kramer, Barbara. civil rights Call: jB M8823kra Author: Krug, Elisabeth. Pubdate: c1996. Call: Paperback - J KRUG Summary: Examines the life and work of the Pubdate: 1993. successful novelist, who became the first African American to win Title: With open hands : a story about the Nobel Prize in Literature in Biddy Mason 1993. Author: Ferris, Jeri. Call: jB M3982fe Title: Carol Moseley-Braun : breaking Pubdate: c1999. barriers Summary: Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, Author: Carrigan, Mellonee. a slave who found freedom in Call: jB M8982c California in 1856, who practiced Pubdate: c1994. the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered Title: The legend of Jesse Owens babies, and started many Author: Nuwer, Hank. philanthropic projects after Call: jB O976nu becoming a wealthy landowner in Pubdate: c1998. . Summary: Explores the personal life, athletic accomplishments, and career of Jesse Owens. Title: Satchel Paige : the best arm in Title: Starting home : the story of baseball Horace Pippin, painter Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Author: Lyons, Mary E. Call: jB P1424m Call: jB P6665L Pubdate: c1992. Pubdate: c1993. Summary: Describes the life of one of Summary: Discusses the life and work of baseball's greatest pitchers, who the African-American folk artist was unable to play Major League Horace Pippin. baseball due to segregation for many years, after which he became Title: Colin Powell the first black pitcher in the Author: Banta, Melissa. American League. Call: jB P88227ba Pubdate: 1995. Summary: Traces the life and career of the Army general who was appointed National Security Advisor by Ronald Reagan and became the

Title: country's first black chairman of Author: Holland, Gini. the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Call: jB P2528ho Pubdate: c1997. Title: Colin Powell Summary: A brief biography of the African Author: Reef, Catherine. American who, in refusing to obey Call: jB P88227r a discriminatory rule about bus Pubdate: 1992. seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a Title: Faith Ringgold movement that changed the Author: Turner, Robyn. nation's laws. Call: jB R581t Pubdate: 1993. Title: If a bus could talk : the story Summary: Examines the life and work of the of Rosa Parks artist whose determination to be Author: Ringgold, Faith. true to her heritage brought Call: jB P2528rin about an influential new art Pubdate: c1999. form. Title: Paul Robeson : a voice to Title: Wilma Rudolph remember Author: Biracree, Tom, 1947- Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Call: jB R9173b Call: jB R6536mac Pubdate: c1988. Pubdate: c1992. Summary: A biography of the woman who Summary: Examines the life of the African- overcame crippling polio as a American singer-actor who spoke child to become the first woman out against racism and injustice. to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics. Title: Paul Robeson : actor, singer, political activist Title: Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Author: Wright, David K. Rudolph became the world's Call: jB R6536wr fastest woman Pubdate: 1998. Author: Krull, Kathleen. Call: jB R9173k Title: Sports great David Robinson Pubdate: c1996. Author: Aaseng, Nathan. Call: jB R6592a Title: Wilma Rudolph Pubdate: c1992. Author: Sherrow, Victoria. Summary: Discusses the life and career of Call: jB R9173she the San Antonio Spurs team member Pubdate: c2000. whose background includes playing basketball for the United States Title: John Russwurm Naval Academy and the American Author: Borzendowski, Janice. Olympic team. Call: jB R9696b Pubdate: c1989. Title: Chris Rock, comedian Summary: Traces the life and achievements Author: Blue, Rose. of the early spokesman against Call: jB R6821bL slavery who expressed his anti- Pubdate: 2000. slavery views in "Freedom's Summary: A biography of the popular Journal," the first American comedian, known for his stand-up newspaper owned and operated by routines and for his role on Blacks. "Saturday Night Live." Title: Catching the fire : Philip Title: The story of : Simmons, blacksmith conductor of the underground Author: Lyons, Mary E. railroad Call: jB S5926Ly Author: McMullan, Kate. Pubdate: 1997. Call: jB T8855mcM2 Summary: Tells the story of this great- Pubdate: 1997. grandson of slaves, who has Summary: A biography of the African achieved fame and admiration for American woman who escaped from his ornamental wrought-iron slavery, led slaves to freedom on creations. the , aided Northern troops during the Civil Title: From slave to Civil War hero : War, and worked for women's the life and times of Robert suffrage. Smalls Author: Cooper, Michael L., 1950- Title: Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Call: jB S6355c American history Pubdate: c1994. Author: Edwards, Judith, 1940- Call: jB T949edw EDWARDS Title: Will Smith Pubdate: c2000. Author: Stauffer, Stacey, 1973- Summary: A biography of the slave and Call: jB S6637sta preacher who, believing that God Pubdate: 1998. wanted him to free the slaves, led a major revolt in 1831. Title: Civil rights pioneer : a story about Mary Church Terrell Title: Madam C. J. Walker : pioneer Author: Swain, Gwenyth, 1961- businesswoman Call: jB T3257swa Author: Toby, Marlene. Pubdate: c1999. Call: jB W1777t Summary: The story of a determined woman, Pubdate: 1995. who lived in Washington, D.C., Summary: A biography of the Afro-American where she worked to gain equal whose invention of facial creams rights for herself and other and other cosmetics led to great . financial success.

Title: Madam C.J. Walker : self-made Title: Ida B. Wells-Barnett : crusader businesswoman against lynching Author: Yannuzzi, Della A. Author: Lisandrelli, Elaine Slivinski. Call: jB W1777yan Call: jB W45446Li Pubdate: 2000. Pubdate: c1998. Summary: Traces the life and career of the journalist and social activist who spoke out against the lynching of blacks in the South.

Title: Phillis Wheatley : first African- American poet Title: Denzel Washington Author: Greene, Carol. Author: Hill, Anne E., 1974- Call: jB W5576gr Call: jB W31753hiL Pubdate: c1995. Pubdate: 2000, c1999. Summary: The life of the poet who was born Summary: A biography of the very popular in Africa, brought to New England Academy Award winning actor. as a slave, and published her

first poem while still a Title: Booker T. Washington : leader and teenager. educator

Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Title: Phillis Wheatley Call: jB W3175m2 Author: Richmond, M. A. (Merle A.) Pubdate: c1992. Call: jB W5576r Summary: A biography of the former slave Pubdate: c1988. who founded Tuskegee University

and later became the most Title: Revolutionary poet : a story powerful African American leader about Phillis Wheatley at the turn of the century. Author: Weidt, Maryann N.

Call: jB W5576we Title: The story of Booker T. Washington Pubdate: c1997. Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944-

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Pubdate: c1991.

Title: The life of Daniel Hale Williams Title: Carter G. Woodson : the man who Author: Kaye, Judith. put "Black" in American history Call: jB W7225k Author: Haskins, James, 1941- Pubdate: c1993. Call: JB W898HAS HASKINS Summary: A biography of the African Pubdate: c2000. American doctor who performed the first surgery on the human heart in the nineteenth century and who founded the first interracial hospital in the United States.

Title: Richard Wright Title: : talk show legend Author: Urban, Joan, 1950- Author: Wooten, Sara McIntosh. Call: jB W9528u Call: jB W7686woo Pubdate: c1989. Pubdate: c1999. Summary: Traces the life and achievements Summary: The biography of the performer of the Black American novelist. and talk show host.

Title: Black fighting men : a proud Title: Carter G. Woodson : father of history African-American History Author: Reef, Catherine. Author: Durden, Robert Franklin. Call: j355 Call: jB W8984dur Pubdate: 1994. Pubdate: c1998.

Summary: A biography of the son of former Title: Black stars in orbit : NASA's slaves who received a Ph. D. in African-American astronauts history from Harvard and devoted Author: Burns, Khephra. his life to bringing the Call: jq629.45 achievements of his race to the Pubdate: c1995. world's attention. Title: Black hands, white sails : the Title: James Van DerZee, the picture- story of African-American whalers takin' man Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944- Author: Haskins, James, 1941- Call: j639.2 Call: j770.92 V242h Pubdate: 1999. Pubdate: c1979. Summary: A history of African-American Summary: A biography of the black whalers between 1730 and 1880, photographer who has received describing their roles in both acclaim for his prints of Harlem. the whaling industry and the abolitionist movement. Title: All around town : the photographs of Richard Samuel Roberts Title: Stitching stars : the story Author: Johnson, Dinah. quilts of Harriet Powers Call: jq779 Author: Lyons, Mary E. Pubdate: 1998. Call: j746.97 Summary: Chronicles the rich lives of the Pubdate: c1993. African American citizens of Summary: An illustrated biography of the Columbia, , as well African American quilter who made as other towns and cities during quilts of her favorite Bible the 1920s and 1930s. stories and folk tales. Title: Great African Americans in music Title: Li'l Sis and Uncle Willie : a Author: Rediger, Pat, 1966- story based on the life and Call: j780.92 paintings of William H. Johnson Pubdate: c1996. Author: Everett, Gwen. Summary: Profiles notable African Call: j759.13 Americans in the field of music, Pubdate: 1991. including Ray Charles, Nat King Summary: Surveys the life of African- Cole, and Ella Fitzgerald. American artist William H. Johnson as his young niece might Title: Book of firsts : sports heroes have told it. The artist's Call: j796 paintings provide the Pubdate: 1993. illustrations.

Title: Fair ball! : 14 great stars from Title: Extraordinary Black Americans : baseball's Negro leagues from colonial to contemporary Author: Winter, Jonah. times Call: j796.357092 Author: Altman, Susan. Pubdate: 1999. Call: j920 Summary: Short biographies of fourteen Pubdate: c1989. outstanding players in the United Summary: Presents short biographies of States Negro Leagues, including ninety-five black Americans from Pop Lloyd, Oscar Charleston, and colonial to contemporary times, Buck Leonard. highlighting their personal achievements and their resulting Title: Freedom like sunlight : contributions to the growth of praisesongs for Black Americans American society. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick. Call: jq811 LEWIS Title: Black courage Pubdate: 2000. Author: Schraff, Anne E. Summary: Presents poems and brief Call: j920.07 biographical notes about such Pubdate: [1969] well-known African Americans as: Summary: Brief sketches of twenty-one Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman, Negroes who participated in some , Louis Armstrong, important events of American Martin Luther King, Jr., history. "Satchel" Paige, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Title: A special bravery. Marian Anderson, , Wilma Author: Johnston, Johanna. Rudolph, and Billie Holiday. Call: j920.07 Pubdate: [1967] Title: Five brave explorers Summary: Prose poems which highlight the Author: Hudson, Wade. accomplishments of fifteen Call: j910.9 American Negroes including Pubdate: c1995. Harriet Tubman, Ralph Bunche, Robert Smalls, and Mary McLeod- Bethune.

Title: Black heroes of the American Title: Great African Americans in the Revolution arts Author: Davis, Burke, 1913- Author: Hacker, Carlotta. Call: j920.07 Call: j920.07 Pubdate: c1976. Pubdate: c1997. Summary: An account of the black soldiers, Summary: Thirteen artists from the fields sailors, spies, scouts, guides, of dance, stage, opera, classical and wagoners who participated and music, photography, and painting. sacrificed in the struggle for American independence. Title: Women of hope : African Americans who made a difference Title: Book of firsts : leaders of Author: Hansen, Joyce. America Call: jq920.7 Call: j920.07 Pubdate: 1998. Pubdate: 1993. Summary: Biographies of thirteen women, Summary: A collection of short biographies including Maya Angelou, Ruby Dee, of black leaders of America, and Alice Walker. including Blanche Bruce, Benjamin Davis, Thurgood Marshall, and Colin Powell.

Title: And not afraid to dare : the stories of ten African-American women Title: Great African Americans in film Author: Bolden, Tonya. Author: Parker, Janice. Call: j920.72 Call: j920.07 Pubdate: 1998. Pubdate: c1997. Summary: Biographies of ten women Summary: Contains thirteen biographies of including Leontyne Price, Toni movie stars, including Dorothy Morrison, and Jackie Joyner- Dandridge, Morgan Freeman, and Kersee. Richard Pryor. Title: Black scientists Author: Yount, Lisa. Call: j925 Pubdate: c1991. Summary: Profiles Afro-Americans who made important contributions to Title: Leaders of Black civil rights science despite racial prejudice Author: Vernell, Marjorie, 1948- and institutional barriers to Call: j923.2 black education and achievement. Pubdate: 2000.

Summary: Discusses seven leaders of the Title: 7 African-American scientists , including Author: Hayden, Robert C. Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther Call: j925 King, Jr., and Malcolm X. Pubdate: c1992.

Summary: Examines the lives and Title: African American entrepreneurs achievements of seven black Author: Haskins, James, 1941- Americans who left their mark Call: j923.3 through scientific work, from Pubdate: c1998. Benjamin Banneker to Matthew Summary: Profiles of African American Henson. entrepreneurs, from the early

years, through the Civil War and Title: African-American inventors Reconstruction, to modern times. Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944-

Call: j925 Title: Great African Americans in Pubdate: 1994. business

Author: Rediger, Pat, 1966- Title: African-American inventors : Call: j923.3 REDIGER Lonnie Johnson, Frederick Pubdate: c1996. McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Summary: Examines the lives of more than Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett ten men and women, including Augustus Morgan Oprah Winfrey, Don Cornelius, and Author: Amram, Fred M. B. Naomi Sims, with the obstacles Call: j925 they each overcame. Pubdate: c1996. Title: Eight Black American inventors Author: Hayden, Robert C. Call: j925 Pubdate: [1972] Title: African-American scientists : Robert Jones, Reatha Clark King, Title: 9 African-American inventors Walter Massey, Franklyn G. Author: Hayden, Robert C. Prendergast, Larry Shannon Call: j926 Author: St. John, Jetty. Pubdate: c1992. Call: j925 Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Pubdate: c1996. nine Afro-Americans responsible for inventions related to Title: Five notable inventors important parts of modern life Author: Hudson, Wade. such as refrigeration, electric Call: j925 lighting, and transportation. Pubdate: c1995. Title: Nine Black American doctors Title: Outward dreams : Black inventors Author: Hayden, Robert C. and their inventions Call: j925 Author: Haskins, James, 1941- Pubdate: c1976. Call: j925 Summary: Biographical sketches of Afro- Pubdate: 1991. Americans who have made important Summary: Discusses black inventors and contributions to medicine. their contributions, including Title: 11 African-American doctors Benjamin Bradley, Madam Walker, Author: Hayden, Robert C. and George Washington Carver. Call: j926.1 Pubdate: c1992. Title: Pioneers of discovery Summary: Chronicles the achievements of Call: j925 eleven Afro-American physicians Pubdate: c1994. whose contributions helped raise Summary: Short biographies of 8 pioneers the country's health standards of discovery, including Benjamin through medical practice, Banneker, George Washington research, or teaching. Carver, and Lewis Latimer. Title: Great African Americans in jazz Author: Hacker, Carlotta. Call: j927 Pubdate: c1997. Summary: Profiles of thirteen African American jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday.

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Colin Powell Title: Un libro ilustrado sobre Martin Luther King, hijo Title: Great African Americans in Author: Adler, David A. government Call: Sp JB K5457a Author: Dudley, Karen. Pubdate: 1992. Call: j973.0496073 Summary: A brief, biography of the Baptist Pubdate: c1997. minister and civil rights leader Summary: Contains biographies of African whose philosophy and practice of Americans who have made nonviolent civil disobedience contributions government, helped American blacks win many politics, and diplomacy. battles for equal rights. the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free; one hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination; one hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity; one hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land.

So we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a I HAVE A DREAM promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes, black MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of I am happy to join with you today in what will go down happiness. in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of color are Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the America has given the Negro people a bad check ; a Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end And so we've come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and make real the promises of democracy; now is the time again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation physical force with soul force. to the sunlit path of racial justice; now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the solid rock of brotherhood; now is the time to make Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all justice a reality for all God's children. It would be fatal white people, for many of our white brothers, as for the nation to overlook the urgency of the evidenced by their presence here today, have come to movement. This sweltering summer of the Negro's realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an they have come to realize that their freedom is invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. inextricably bound to our freedom. This offense we share mounted to storm the battlements of injustice Nineteen sixty-three is not and end, but a beginning. must be carried forth by a biracial army. We cannot And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off walk alone. steam and will now be content, will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The will you be satisfied?: We can never be satisfied as long whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice police brutality. emerges. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy But there is something that I must say to my people with fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. a smaller ghetto to a larger one.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by We can never be satisfied as long as our children are drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for whites only." We cannot be satisfied brotherhood. as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to I have a dream that one day, even the state of vote. No, we are not satisfied, and we will not be Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be righteousness like a mighty stream. transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here I have a dream my four little children will one day live out of excessive trials and tribulation. Some of you have in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have their skin but by the content of their character. I have a come from areas where your quest for freedom left you dream today! battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the I have a dream that one day every valley shall be veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. rough places shall be made plain, and the crooked places shall be made straight and the glory of the Lord Go back to Mississippi; go back to Alabama; go back to will be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. Louisiana; go back to the slums and ghettos of the northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the can, and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley South with. of despair. With this faith we will be able to hear out of the So I say to you, my friends, that even though we must mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a will be able to transform the jangling discords of our dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray be self-evident, that all men are created equal. together, to go to jail together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day when all of God's I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, children will be able to sing with new meaning-"my sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners country 'tis of thee; sweet land of liberty; of thee I will be able to sit down together at the table of sing; land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride; from every mountain side, let freedom ring"-and if America is to be a great nation, this must become March On Washington true. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that.

Let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this speech before God's children - black men and white men, Jews and over 250,000 people at the August 28, 1963 Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants - will be able to join “March on Washington.” For more information hands and to sing in the words of the old Negro about this historic event go to: spiritual, "Free at last, free at last; thank God Almighty, March On Washington we are free at last."