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African American Biographies AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES Aretha Franklin E B FRAN A / J B FRAN A BIOGRAPHY SECTION Find it at: DKPL Muhammad Ali E B ALI M / J B ALI M Matthew Henson E B HENS M / J B HENS M Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Maya Angelou E B ANGE M / J B ANGE M George Moses Horton E B HORT G / J B HORT G Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL Louis Armstrong E B ARMS L / J B ARMS L Langston Hughes E B HUGH L / J B HUGH L Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Benjamin Banneker E B BANN B / J B BANN B Zora Neale Hurston E B HURS Z / J B HURS Z Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Patricia Bath E B BATH P / J B BATH P Jesse Jackson E B JACK J / J B JACK J Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Gwendolyn Brooks E B BROO G / J B BROO G Barbara Jordan E B JORD B / J B JORD B Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla George Washington Carver E B CARV G / J B CARV G Ona Judge E B JUDG O / J B JUDG O Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Shirley Chisholm E B CHIS S / J B CHIS S Coretta Scott King E B KING C / J B KING C Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Frederick Douglass E B DOUG F / J B DOUG F Martin Luther King, Jr. E B KING M / J B KING M Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla W.E.B. Du Bois E B DUBO W / J B DUBO W John Roy Lynch E B LYNC J / J B LYNC J Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL Paul Lawrence Dunbar E B DUNB P / J B DUNB P Malcolm X E B MALC X / J B MALC X Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla Katherine Dunham E B DUNH K / J B DUNH K Thurgood Marshall E B MARS T / J B MARS T Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla Duke Ellington E B ELLI D / J B ELLI D Barack Obama E B OBAM B / J B OBAM B Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Updated January 30, 2021 Curbside Pickup Hours 309 Oak Street, DeKalb, IL 60115 Monday 4:00pm — 7:00pm 815-756-9568 ext. 3350 Wednesday 9:00am — noon www.dkpl.org Thursday 4:00pm — 7:00pm Saturday 1:00pm — 4:00pm Michelle Obama E B OBAM M / J B OBAM M Katherine Johnson E 629.45 / J 629.45 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Gordon Parks E B PARK G / J B PARK G Jean-Michel Basquiat E 759.13 / J 759.13 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL Rosa Parks E B PARK R / J B PARK R Jacob Lawrence E 759.13 / J 759.13 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL Paul Robeson E B ROBE P / J B ROBE P Horace Pippin E 759.13 / J 759.13 Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla Sojourner Truth E B TRUT S / J B TRUT S Beyoncé E 782.42 / J 782.42 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Harriet Tubman E B TUBM H / J B TUBM H LeBron James E 796.323 / J 796.323 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Neil deGrasse Tyson E B TYSO N / J B TYSO N Michael Jordan E 796.323 / J 796.323 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla Madam C.J. 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