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Bethune, Mary McLeod
Carruth, Ella Kaiser. SHE WANTED TO READ: THE STORY OF MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE. 1966. 80p., ill.
McKissack, Patricia C. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE, A GREAT AMERICAN EDUCATOR. 1985. 111p., photos. Gr. 4-8.
Bridges, Ruby
Coles, Robert. THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES. Scholastic, 1995. 28p., ill. Picture book. Six-year old Ruby confronts daily hostility as she becomes the first Africa-American to integrate the public school system.
Bunche, Ralph
Johnson, Ann Donegan. THE VALUE OF RESPONSIBILITY: THE STORY OF RALPH BUNCHE. 1978. 62p., ill. (Picture book)
Young, Margaret B. THE PICTURE LIFE OF RALPH J. BUNCHE. 1968. 47p., ill.
Carver, George Washington
Aliki. A WEED IS A FLOWER: THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER. 1965. n.p., ill.
Graham, Shirley. DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, SCIENTIST. 1944. 276p. Grades 5-10.
Cosby, Bill
Woods, Harold. BILL COSBY: MAKING AMERICA LAUGH AND LEARN. 1983. 47p., photos. Gr. 4-6.
Douglas, Frederick
ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY: THE BOYHOOD OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS IN HIS OWN WORDS. Edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy. Alfred Knopf, 1994. 63p., ill.
Davis, Ossie. ESCAPE TO FREEDOM: A PLAY ABOUT YOUNG FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 1978. 88p.
Humphreville, Frances T. FOR ALL PEOPLE: THE STORY OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 1969. 138p., ill., ports.
Forten, James
Johnston, Brenda. BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE SEA: THE LIFE OF JAMES FORTEN. 1974. 125p.
Fortune, Amos
Yates, Elizabeth. AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN. 1950.
Freeman, Elizabeth
Felton, Harold. MUMBET: THE STORY OF ELIZABETH FREEMAN. 1970. 63p. ill.
Greenfield, Eloise
Greenfield, Eloise. CHILDTIMES: A THREE-GENERATION MEMOIR. 175p. ill.
Hughes, Langston
Cooper, Floyd. COMING HOME: FROM THE LIFE OF LANGSTON HUGHS. Philomel, 1994. 30p., ill. Beautifully illustrated picture book of Langston Hughs's early life.
Myers, Elizabeth P. LANGSTON HUGHES: POET OF HIS PEOPLE. 1970. 144p., ill. Gr. 4-6.
Walker, Alice. LANGSTON HUGHES, AMERICAN POET. 1974. 33p., ill. Gr. 3-5.
Jackson, Jesse
Chaplik, Dorothy. UP WITH HOPE: A BIOGRAPHY OF JESSE JACKSON. 1986. 128p., photos. Gr. 6-9.
Jordan, Barbara
Roberts, Naurice. BARBARA JORDAN: THE GREAT LADY FROM TEXAS. 1984. 32p., photos.
King, Martin Luther
Adler, David A. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR: FREE AT LAST. 47 pp. Gr. 2-4
Clayton, Ed. MARTIN LUTHER KING: THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR. 1964. 79 pp. Gr. 2-5. Published well before King’s death.
Lowery, Linda. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY 1987. 56 pp. Gr. 2-5
McKissack, Patricia. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: A MAN TO REMEMBER. 1984. 128p., ill., photos. Gr. 5-7.
Patterson, Lillie. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: MAN OF PEACE. 1969. 96p. Gr. 2-5.
Young, Margaret. THE PICTURE BOOK OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 1968. Photos. Published soon after King’s death.
Little, Malcolm
Adoff, Arnold. MALCOLM X. 1970. 41p. ill.
Mandela, Nelson and Winnie
Vail, John. NELSON AND WINNIE MANDELA. 1988. 111p., photos. Gr. 7-12.
Mandela, Winnie
Meltzer, Milton. WINNIE MANDELA, THE SOUL OF SOUTH AFRICA. 1986. 54p., ill. Gr. 3-5.
Marshall, Thurgood
Greene, Carol. THURGOOD MARSHALL: FIRST AFRO-AMERICAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. Children's Press, 1991. 47p. A Rookie Biography.
Parks, Rosa
Greenfield, Eloise. ROSA PARKS. 1973. 32p., ill. Gr. K-5.
Robeson, Paul
Greenfield, Eloise. PAUL ROBESON. 1975. 33p., ill.
Robinson, Jackie
Johnson, Spencer. THE VALUE OF COURAGE: THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON. 1977. 64p., ill. (Picture book)
Russwurm, John Brown
Sagarin, Mary. JOHN BROWN RUSSWURM: THE STORY OF FREEDOM'S JOURNAL, FREEDOM'S JOURNEY. 1970. 160p., ill., ports, maps.
Truth, Sojourner
Feris, Jeri. WALKING THE ROAD TO FREEDOM: A STORY ABOUT SOJOURNER TRUTY. 64p., ill. For elementary grades.
Krass, Peter. SOJOURNER TRUTH. Chelsea, 1988. 110p.
Tubman, Harriet
Bains, Rae. HARRIET TUBMAN: THE ROAD TO FREEDOM. 1982. 48p., ill. Gr. 3-6.
Bentley, Judith. HARRIET TUBMAN. Watts, 1990. 144p., ill. For young adult readers
Ferris, Jeri. GO FREE OR DIE: A STORY ABOUT HARRIET TUBMAN. Carolrhoda, 1988. 63p., ill.
HARRIET TUBMAN, 1820-1913: THE WOMAN CALLED MOSES. Cobblestone, 1981. 48p., ill.
Johnson, Ann Donegan. THE VALUE OF HELPING: THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN. 1979. 62p., illus. (Picture book)
Kinard, Lee. HARRIET TUBMAN’S FAMOUS CHRISTMAS EVE RAID. James Winston, 1995. 68p., ill.
McMullan, Kate. THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN, CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. Dell, 1991. 108p.
Sterling, Dorothy. FREEDOM TRAIN: THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN. Scholastic, 1954. 190p.
Washington, Booker T.
Bradby, Marie. MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. Orchard, 1995. 30p., ill. Nine-year-old Booker works at the saltworks and longs for the day he can learn to read. Ages 5-9.
Biography Collections
Altman, Susan. EXTRAORDINARY BLACK AMERICANS FROM COLONIAL TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES. Children's Press, 1989. 240p.
Altman, Susan. FOLLOWERS OF THE NORTH STAR: RHYMES ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HEROES, HEROINES, AND HISTORICAL TIMES. Children’s Press, 1993. 48p., ill.
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