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AFRO-AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES Children's Department Bridgeport AFRO-AMERICAN 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: Richard Allen : 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 Children’s Department 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: Ralph Bunche : 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 George Washington Carver 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: Frederick Douglass 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: Lorraine Hansberry 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.
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