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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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 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. Walker E B WALK C / J B WALK C Venus and Serena Williams E 796.342 / J 796.342 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Booker T. Washington E B WASH B / J B WASH B E 796.357 / J 796.357 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Ida B. Wells E B WELL I / J B WELL I E 796.357 / J 796.357 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Phillis Wheatley E B WHEA P / J B WHEA P Jesse Owens E 796.42 / J 796.42 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

August Wilson E B WILS A / J B WILS A Simone Biles E 796.44 / J 796.44 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Oprah Winfrey E B WINF O / J B WINF O Joe Louis E 796.83 / J 796.83 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL

Ruby Bridges E 973.0496 / J 973.0496 NONFICTION SECTION Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Bessie Coleman E 629.13 / J 629.13 York E 978.02 / J 978.02 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL hoopla

Mae Jemison E 629.45 / J 629.45 Mary Fields E 978 / J 978 Find it at: DKPL hoopla Find it at: DKPL

Curbside Pickup Hours 309 Oak Street, DeKalb, IL 60115 Monday 4:00pm — 7:00pm 815-756-9568 ext. 3350 Wednesday 9:00am — noon Thursday 4:00pm — 7:00pm www.dkpl.org Saturday 1:00pm — 4:00pm

EASY NONFICTION BOOKS Lift as You Climb (Ella Baker) Patricia Hruby Powell E 973.0496 POW Find it at: DKPL The Vast Wonder of the World (Ernest Everett Just) Mélina Mangal E 570.92 MAN Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Find it at: DKPL hoopla Carole Boston Weatherford E 973.0496 WEA Find it at: DKPL hoopla Buzzing with Questions (Charles Henry Turner) Janice Harrington E 595.7 HAR By and By (Charles Albert Tindley) Find it at: DKPL Carole Boston Weatherford E 973.0496 WEA Find it at: DKPL Whoosh! (Lonnie Johnson) Chris Barton E 609.2 BAR A Spy Called James (James Lafayette) Find it at: DKPL hoopla Anne Rockwell E 973.3 ROC Find it at: DKPL hoopla Sweet Dreams, Sarah (Sarah E. Goode) Vivian Kirkfield E 609.2 KIR William Still and His Freedom Stories Find it at: DKPL hoopla Don Tate E 973.711 TAT Find it at: DKPL hoopla Draw What You See (Benny Andrews) Kathleen Benson E 759.13 BEN Find it at: DKPL hoopla JUVENILE NONFICTION BOOKS

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! Chasing Space (Leland Melvin) Andrea J. Loney E 770.92 LON Leland Melvin J 629.45 MEL Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla

How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz Who Was Michael Jackson? Jonah Winter E 781.65 MOR Megan Stine J 782.42 JAC Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL eReadIllinois OMNI

Leontyne Price Ira’s Shakespeare Dream (Ira Aldridge) Carole Boston Weatherford E 782.1 PRI Glenda Armand J 792.02 ARM Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL

Ballerina Dreams (Michaela DePrince) Mighty Justice (Dovey Johnson Roundtree) Michaela DePrince E 792.8028 DEP Jabari Asim J 973.0496 ASI Find it at: DKPL OMNI Find it at: DKPL

Coming Home (Josh Gibson) Diary of Charlotte Forten Nanette Mellage E 796.357 MEL Charlotte Forten J 973.0496 FOR Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL hoopla

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre Jonah Winter E 796.357 WIN Lynne Weiss J 973.311 WEI Find it at: DKPL Find it at: DKPL

Curbside Pickup Hours 309 Oak Street, DeKalb, IL 60115 Monday 4:00pm — 7:00pm 815-756-9568 ext. 3350 Wednesday 9:00am — noon Thursday 4:00pm — 7:00pm www.dkpl.org Saturday 1:00pm — 4:00pm