african— american biographies

These African American Biographies are located at
the Burroughs Library and the three branch libraries
(Newfield, North, and Old Mill Green) of the
Bridgeport Public Library System. Additional
biographies indicated by the POP designation are
location in the Popular Library with B and XB
designations found in the Information Services
Department. L.T. refers to Large Type editions. An
(*) astericks before the subject’s name indicates that
at least one of the selections about that person is an
autobiography. Each citation gives title, author, call
number and branch location. (Some call numbers may
vary from branch to branch and because of multiple
edtions.
I HAVE A DREAM:
AFRICAN—
AMERICAN
BIOGRAPHIES
NOTE: Names with a * list an Autobiography
of that person. Call numbers at branches
will not have X before the B.
* Aaron, Hank
Title:
I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron
Story
Author:
Aaron, Hank
Call:
B A1134a
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Muhammad Ali
Ella Fitzgerald
Marian Anderson Amiri Baraka
James Brown
Abdul-Jabar, Kareen
Title:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Author:
Pepe, Phil
Call:
B A1365a2
Loc:
Bur
* Abernathy, Ralph David
Title:
And the walls came tumbling
down : Ralph David Abernathy
an autobiography (A)
Author:
Abernathy, Ralph David.
Call:
B A1466a
Loc:
Bur, New
* Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Title:
We Want Freedom: A Life in
The Black Panther Party
Author:
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Call:
322.4 A165w
Loc:
New
James Baldwin
Louis Armstrong
A-B
* Ailey, Alvin
Title:
Revelations
Author:
Ailey, Alvin
Call:
B A2935a
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance
Dunning, Jennifer
B A2935d
Bur
* Ali, Lalia
Title:
Reach!, Finding Strength,
Spirit and Personal Power.
Author:
Ali, Laila
Call:
B A3984aL
Loc:
Nor
* Ali, Muhammad
Title:
Muhammad Ali : the world's
champion
Author:
Tessitore, John.
Call:
B A3983t
Loc:
Bur, Nor, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Muhammad Ali: His Life and
Times
Hauser, Thomas
B A3983h
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Redemption Song
Marqusee, Mike
B A3983ma
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Soul of a Butterfly
Ali, Muhammad
B A3983aL
Bur, Nor, OMG, POP-L.T.
* Allen, Dick
Title:
Crash: The Life and Times
Of Dick Allen
Author:
Allen, Dick and Whitaker, Tim
Call:
Loc:
B A42544a
Bur
* Amos, Wally
Title:
The Cookie Never Crumbles
Author:
Amos, Wally
Call:
B A5252c
Loc:
Bur
* Anderson, Marian
Title:
My Lord What a Morning
Author:
Anderson, Marian
Call:
B A5482a
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Marian Anderson: A Singer’s
Journey
Keiler, Allan
B A5482k
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Marian Anderson
Patterson, Charles
B 5482p
Bur
* Angelou, Maya
Title:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author:
Angelou, Maya
Call:
B A5848a
Loc:
Bur, OMG, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Heart of a Woman
Angelou, Maya
B A5848a4
Bur, Nor, New, OMG, POP-L.T.
* Archer, Chalmers Jr.
Title:
Growing Up Black in Rural
Mississippi
Author:
Archer Jr., Chalmers
Call:
B A671g
Loc:
Bur
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
Title:
Just for a Thrill
Author:
Dickerson, James L.
Call:
B A73641d
Loc:
Bur, New
* Armstrong, Louis
Title:
Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant
Life
Author:
Bergreen, Laurence
Call:
B A7364b
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Louis Armstrong : the
definitive biography
Storb, Ilse.
XB A7364s
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Louis Armstrong in His Own
Words
Armstrong: Louis
B A7364a
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans
Brothers, Thomas
B A7364br
Bur
* Arnett,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Marvin V.
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt
Arnett, Marvin
B A7487a
Bur, New
* Ashe, Arthur
Title
Days of Grace
Author:
Ashe, Arthur
Call:
B A8244a
Loc:
Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
I Remember Arthur Ashe
Towle, Mike
B A8244i
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Levels of the Game
McPhee, John
X796.34 M172L
Bur
* Bailey, Cornelia
Title:
God, Dr. Buzzard and the Bolito
Man:
Author:
Bailey, Cornelia
Call:
B B1543b
Loc:
New
* Bailey,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Pearl
Between You and Me
Bailey, Pearl
B B1556ba
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Raw Pearl
Bailey, Pearl
B B1556ba2
Bur, New
Baker, Ella
Title:
Ella Baker: Freedom Bound
Author:
Grant, Joanne
Call:
XB B1673g
Loc:
Bur
Baker, Josephine
Title:
Naked At the Feast
Author:
Haney, Lynn
Call:
B B16743h
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Jazz Cleopatra
Rose, Phyllis
B B16743r 1991ed.
Bur, New
Josephine Baker Story
Wood, Ean
B B16743w
Bur
* Baker, Vernon J.
Title:
Lasting Valor
Author:
Baker, Vernon J.
Call:
NF Pbk
Loc:
POP
Baldwin, James
Title:
James Baldwin : Artist on
Fire
Author:
Weatherby, W.J.
Call:
XB B1814w
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
James Baldwin
Leeming, David
XB B1814L
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
James Baldwin: the Legacy
Morrison,Toni and Others.
XB B1814j
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Talking at the Gates
Campbell, James
XB 1814c
Bur, New
Banneker,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Benjamin
The Life of Benjamin Banneker
Bedini, Silvio A.
B B2194b
Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Your Most Humble Servant
Du Bois, Shirley Graham
B B2194g
New
* Baraka, Amiri
Title:
The autobiography of LeRoi
Jones
Author:
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934Call:
B B2249a
Loc:
Bur, New
* Barnes,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Leroy “Nicky”
Mr. Untouchable
Barnes, Leroy
B B26134b
Bur
Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Title:
Ida B. Wells Barnett: an
exploratory study of an
America Black woman 1893-1930
Author:
Thompson, Mildred I., 1929Call:
XB B45446t
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
To Keep the Waters Troubled
McMurry, Linda O.
XB W4554mc
Bur, Nor, OMG
* Barkley, Charles
Title:
I May Be Wrong But I Doubt It
Author:
Barkley, Charles
Call:
B B2566b
Loc:
Bur, Nor, New
Barry, Marion
Title:
The Last of the Black Emperors
Author:
Barras, Jonetta
Call:
XB B2816b
Loc:
Bur
Bartlett,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Elaine
Life on the Outside
Gonnerman, Jennifer
B B2895g
Bur
Basie, Count
Title:
The World of Count Basie
Author:
Dance, Stanley
Call:
B B3114d
Loc:
Bur
*Baxter, Freddie Mae
Title:
The Seventh Child
Author:
Baxter, Freddie Mae
Call:
B B3554s
Loc:
Bur, New
* Beamon,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Bob
The Man Who Could Fly
Beamon, Bob
XB B3667b
Bur
Bearden, Romare
Title:
The Art of Romare Bearden
Author:
Fine, Ruth
Call:
Aq759.1 B368a
Loc:
Bur
* Bechet, Sidney
Title:
Sidney Bechet : the wizard
of jazz
Author:
Chilton, John.
Call:
B B3915c
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Treat It Gentle
Bechet, Sidney
XB B3912bet
Bur
Belafonte, Harry
Title:
Belafonte
Author:
Shaw, Arnold
Call:
B B4255s
Loc:
Bur
* Bernhardt, Clyde E.B.
Title:
I Remember…
Author:
Bernhardt, Clyde E.B.
Call:
B B52738b
Loc:
Bur
* Berry, Bertice
Title:
Bertice: The World According to
Me
Author:
Berry, Bertice, Ph.D.
Call:
B B5342b
Loc:
Bur
* Berry, Chuck
Title:
Chuck Berry: The Autobiography
Author:
Berry, Chuck
Call:
B B5340b
Location: New, Nor
Berry, Halle
Title:
Introducing Halle Berry
Author:
Farley, Christopher John
Call:
B B5341f
Loc:
New
* Betha, Mason (Ma$e)
Title:
Revelations: There’s A Light
After the Lime
Author:
Betha, Mason
Call:
B B5622h
Loc:
Bur, New
*Betts, Jerome
Title:
The Bus: My Life in and out
of a Helmet
Author:
Betts, Jerome
Call:
B B5658b
Loc:
Bur
Biggie
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Unbelievable: The Life, Death
and Afterlife of the Notorious
B.I.G.
Coker, Cheo Hodari
B B5926c
Bur
* Bigard,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Barney
With Louis and the Duke
Bignard, Barney
B B5925b
Bur
* Blair, Jayson
Title
Burning Down My Masters House
Author:
Blair, Jayson
Call:
B B6354b
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Blake, Eubie
Title:
Eubie Blake
Author:
Rose, Al
Call:
B B6362ros
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Reminiscing with Sissle and
Blake
Kimball, Robert
Aq780.92 S623k
Bur
* Blake, James
Title:
Breaking Back:
Author:
Blake, James
Call:
B B63644b
Loc: Bur, Nor
* Blue, Vida
Title:
Vida : His Own Story
Author
Blue, Vida
Call:
XB B6582b
Loc:
Bur
* Bray, Rosemary L.
Title:
Unafraid of the dark
Author:
Bray, Rosemary L.
Call:
B B8272b
Loc:
Bur, New
Bol, Manute
Title:
Manute: The Center of Two
Worlds
Author:
Montville, Leigh
Call:
B B6871m
Location: Nor, New
* Brazile, Donna
Title:
Cooking with Grease
Author:
Brazile, Donna
Call:
B B8274b
Loc:
New
* Bolton,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Ruthie
Gal: A True Life
Bolton, Ruthie
B B6946g
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
*Broadbent, Patricia
Title:
You Get Past the Tears
Author:
Broadbent, Patricia
Call:
B B8631y
Loc:
Bur, New
Bond, Horace Mann
Title:
Black Scholar
Author:
Urban, Wayne J.
Call:
XB 7112u
Loc:
Bur
* Brooks, Sara
Title:
You may plow here : the
narrative of Sara Brooks
Author:
Brooks, Sara, 1911Call:
B B8737y
Loc:
Bur, New
Bonds, Barry
Title:
Barry Bonds: A Biography
Author:
Bloom, John
Call:
B B7113b
Loc:
Bur
Brown, Clifford
Title:
Clifford Brown
Author:
Catalano, Nick
Call:
B B87333c
Loc:
Bur
Bradley, Tom
Title:
Tom Bradley The Impossible
Dream
Author:
Payne, J. Gregory et. Al.
Call:
XB B8118p
Loc:
Bur
Brown, James
Title:
I Feel Good
Author:
Brown, James
Call:
B B87811bj
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
The Godfather of Soul
Brown, James
Call:
Loc:
B B87811b
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Living in America: The Soul
Saga of James Brown
Rose, Cynthia
B B87811r
Loc:
New
Brown, Jesse Leroy
Title
The flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
Author:
Taylor, Theodore, 1921Call:
XB B87812t
Loc:
Bur, New
* Brown, Jim
Title:
Out of Bounds
Author:
Brown, Jim
Call:
B B87816b
Loc:
Bur, Nor, OMG
* Brown, Larry
Title:
I’ll Always Get Up
Author:
Brown, Larry
Call:
B B8787L
Loc:
Bur
Brown, Oscar
Title:
Daddy Must Die
Author:
Brown, William O.
Call:
B B8817d
Loc:
Bur
Brown, Ron
Title:
The life and times of Ron Brown
Author:
Brown, Tracey L.
Call:
B B87978bt
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Ron Brown : an uncommon life
Holmes, Steven A.
B B87978h
Bur, New
* Brown, Ruth
Title:
Miss Rhythm: the
autobiography of Ruth Brown
Author:
Ruth Brown, 1928Call:
B B8798b
Loc:
Bur
* Brown, William Wells
Title:
The Travels of William Wells
Brown
Author:
Jefferson, Paul editor
Call:
XB B8819b
Loc:
Bur
Brown, Willie
Title:
Willie Brown: A Biography
Author:
Richardson, James
Call:
B B8818r
Loc:
Bur
Broyard, Anatole
Title:
One Drop
Author:
Broyard, Bliss
Call:
B B88596b
Loc:
Bur, New
Bunche, Ralph
Title:
Ralph Bunche : model Negro
or American other?
Author:
Henry, Charles P., 1947Call:
XB B9422he
Loc:
Bur, New
* Calloway, Cab
Title:
Of Minnie the Moocher & Me
Author:
Calloway, Cab
Call:
B C1638caL
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Nat King Cole
Bill Cosby
George Washington
Carver
* Carew, Rod
Title:
Carew
Author:
Carew, Rod
Call:
B C2727c
Loc:
Bur
* Carmichael, Stokley
Title:
Ready for Revolution
Author:
Carmichael, Stokley
Call:
B C2876cs
Loc:
Bur
Ray Charles
Dorothy
Dandridge
Angela Davis
* Carroll, Diahann
Title:
Diahann!
Author:
Carroll, Diahann
Call:
B C31922c
Loc:
Bur
* Carson,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Sammy Davis Jr.
Ben
Gifted Hands
Carson, Ben. M.D.
B C3211c
Bur, Pop, New, Nor, OMG
W.E.B. Du Bois
C-D
Carter, Edward A.
Title:
Honoring Sergeant Carter
Author:
Carter, Allene Gl
Call:
B C3231c
Loc:
Bur
Carver, George Washington
Title:
George Washington Carver:
the man who overcame
Author:
Elliott, Lawrence.
Call:
XB C3315eL
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
George Washington Carver
Holt, Rackham
XB C3315h rev.ed. c.1963
Bur, New
* Chamberlain, Wilt
Title:
A view from above
Author:
Chamberlain, Wilt
Call:
B C4439c
Loc:
Bur, New, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Wilt : just like any other
7-foot Black millionaire who
lives next door
Chamberlain, Wilt
B C4439c2
Bur
* Charles, Ray
Title:
Brother Ray: Ray Charles’
Own Story
Author:
Charles, Ray
Call:
B C4767cr
Loc:
New, Nor (North has earlier ed.)
Chesnutt, Charles W.
Title:
The Journals of Charles W.
Chesnutt
Author:
Brodhead, Richard
Call:
XB C5244j
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Charles Waddell Chesnutt:
Pioneer of the Color Line
Chesnutt, Helen M.
XB C5244c
Bur
* Chestnut, J.L. Jr.
Title:
Black in Selma
Author:
Chesnut, J.L. Jr.
Call:
B C5256b
Loc:
Bur, New
* Clark, Septima
Title:
Ready from within: Septima
Clark and the civil rights
movement
Author:
Clark, Septima Poinsette
Call:
XB C5957b
Loc:
Bur
* Clash, Kevin
Title:
My Life as a Furry Red Monster
Author:
Clash, Kevin
Call:
B C6145c
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Clayton, Xernona
Title:
I’ve been marching all the
time : an autobiography
Author:
Clayton, Xernona.
Call:
B C722c
Loc:
Bur, New
* Cleaver, Eldridge
Title:
Target Zero
Author:
Cleaver, Eldridge
Call:
B C6237c
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Cochran, Johnnie
Title:
Johnnie Cochran : a lawyer’s
life
Author:
Cochran, Johnnie
Call:
B C66336L
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Journey to Justice
Cochran, Johnnie
B C66336j
Bur, Nor
* Cohen, Janet Langhart
Title:
From Rage to Reason
Author:
Cohen, Janet Langhart
Call:
B C6785c
Loc:
Bur
Cole, Nat King
Title:
Unforgettable: The
Life and Mystique of Nat King
Cole
Author:
Gourse, Leslie
Call:
B C6897g
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Nat King Cole:
Cole, Mary
B C6897c
New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Location:
Nat King Cole
Haskins, James
B C6897h
Nor, OMG
* Cole Natalie
Title:
Angel on My Shoulder
Author:
Cole, Natalie
Call:
Loc:
B C68975c
Bur, Pop (L.T.)
Coltrane,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
John
John Coltrane:His Life and Music
Porter, Lewis
B C7252p
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Spirit Catcher
Fraim, John
B C7252f
Bur
Cooke, Sam
Title:
You send me: the life & times
of Sam Cooke
Author:
Wolff, Daniel.
Call:
B C7739w
Loc:
Bur, New
* Cooper, Anna J.
Title:
Anna J. Cooper: A Voice From
The South
Author:
Hutchinson, Louise
Call:
Xq370.924/C776h
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper
Cooper, Anna J.
X975.00496073/C776v
Bur
Cosby, Bill
Title:
Cosby: The Life of A Comedy
Legend
Author:
Smith, Ronald L
Call:
B C8345s2
Loc:
Bur, New, OMG
Cuffe, Paul
Title:
Rise to be a People
Author:
Thomas, Lamont D.
Call:
XB C9655t
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Paul Cuffe: Black America and
the African Return
Harris, Sheldon
B C9655h
New
* Dandridge, Dorothy
Title:
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
Author:
Bogle, Donald
Call:
A791.43092 B178b
Loc:
Bur, New, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Everything and Nothing
Dandridge, Dorothy
XB D1783d
Bur, New
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Davis Jr., Benjamin O.
Title:
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: American
Author:
Davis Jr., Benjamin O.
Call:
B D26125b
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Davis, Eric
Title:
Born to Play
Author:
Davis, Eric
Call:
B D26128d
Loc:
Bur
* Davis, Miles
Title:
Miles Davis: the definitive
Biography
Author:
Carr, Ian
Call:
B D2634c
Loc:
Bur
Title:
* Danticat, Edwidge
Title:
Brother, I’m Dying
Author:
Danticat, Edwidge
Call:
B D1935b
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
* Davis, Angela
Title:
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Author:
Davis, Angela
Call:
XB D2610d
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Davis Sr., Benjamin O
Title:
America’s First Black General
Author:
Fletcher, Marvin
Call:
XB D26124f
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Title:
Milestones I : the music and
times of Miles Davis to 1960
Chambers, Jack.
A788.1092 D263ch
Bur
Milestones 2: The Music and
Times of Miles Davis Since 1960
Chambers, Jack
A 788.1092 D263ch
Bur
The Miles Davis companion :
four decades of commentary
Carner, Gary
A788.1092 D263gc
Bur
Round about midnight : a
Portrait of Miles Davis
Nisenson, Eric
B D2634n
Bur
Delaney, Beauford
Title:
Amazing Grace: A Life of
Beauford Delaney
Author:
Leeming, David
Call:
A 759.13 D337L
Author:
Call:
Loc:
So What: The Life of Miles
Davis
Szwed, John
B D2634s
Bur, New
* Dennis,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Miles and me
Troupe, Quincy
A788.1092 D263t
Bur
* Derricotte, Toi
Title:
The Black Notebook
Author:
Derricotte, Toi
Call:
B D4388d
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Miles the Autobiography
Davis, Miles
B D2634d
New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
* Davis, Ossie
Title:
With Ossie and Ruby
Author:
Davis, Ossie and Dee, Ruby
Call:
A791.43092 D263or
Loc:
Bur, New
Davis Jr., Sammy
Title:
In Black and White
Author:
Haygood, Wil
Call:
B D2643h
Loc:
Bur
DeCarava,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Roy
Roy DeCarava
Galassi, Peter
Aq779 D291r
Bur
Erline
I’ve Gotta Tell Somebody
Dennis, Erline
B D4112d
New, Nor
Dett, R. Nathaniel
Title:
R. Nathaniel Dett, his life and
Works, 1882-1943
Author:
McBrier, Vivian Flagg
Call:
B D4835m
Loc:
New
Dickerson, Earl B.
Title:
Earl B. Dickerson: A Voice
For Freedom and Equality
Author:
Blakely, Robert J.
Call:
B D5491b
Loc:
Bur
Dickson, Amanda America
Title:
Woman of Color, Daughter of
Privilege
Author:
Leslie, Kent Anderson
Call:
XB D5492L
Loc:
Bur
DMC
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
King of Rock: Respect, Respon
sibility, and My Life with RunDMC
McDaniels, Darryl
B M1344dmc
Bur, New
* Dorsett, Tony
Title:
Running tough : memoirs of a
football maverick
Author:
Dorsett, Tony
Call:
B D7188d
Loc:
Bur
Douglas, Aaron
Title:
Aaron Douglas: Art, Race
& The Harlem Renaissance
Author:
Kirschke, Amy Helene
Call:
A741.6092 D733k
Loc:
Bur, New
* Douglass, Frederick
Title:
Life and times of Frederick
Douglass
Author:
Douglass, Frederick
Call:
XB D7376d 1983
Loc:
Bur, Nor, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Narrative of the life of
Frederick Douglass, an
American slave
Douglass, Frederick
XB D7376d3
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
The Oxford Frederick Douglass
reader
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Douglass, Frederick
XB D7376d6
Bur
Title:
Majestic in his wrath : a
Pictorial life of Frederick
Douglass
Voss, Frederick.
XB D7376v
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Love across color lines :
Ottilie Assing and Frederick
Douglass
Diedrich, Maria.
X973.8 D559L
Bur
Drew, Charles
Title:
One Blood: The Death and
Resurrection of Charles R. Drew
Author:
Love, Spencie
Call:
XB D7764L
Loc:
Bur
Du Bois, Shirley Graham
Title:
Race woman : the lives of
Shirley Graham Du Bois
Author:
Horne, Gerald.
Call:
XB D8155h
Loc:
Bur
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Title:
W.E.B. Du Bois : biography of a
race, 1868-1919
Author:
Lewis, David L.
Call:
XB D8163Le
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
His day is marching on : a
memoir of W.E.B. Du Bois
Du Bois, Shirley Graham
XB D8163g
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
W.E.B. Du Bois : a profile
Logan, Rayford W. ed.
XB D8163Lo
Bur
Title:
Author:
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Loc:
Du Bois and his rivals
Wolters, Raymond
XB D8163wo
Bur
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence
Title:
Oak and Ivy
Author:
Gayle Jr., Addison
Call:
XB D8995ga
Loc:
Bur, New, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
50 Cent
Whoopi
Goldberg
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Franklin
Paul Lawrence Dunbar and His
Song
Cunningham, Virginia
XB D8995c
Bur
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice
Title:
Give Us Each Day
Author:
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice
Call:
X818 D899g
Loc:
Bur, New
*Dupri, Jermaine
Title:
Young, Rich and Dangerous
Author:
Dupri, Jermaine
Call:
B D9434d
Loc:
Bur
Louis Farrakhan
Equiano
Marcus Garvey
E-G
Edmondson, William
Title:
Visions in Stone
Author:
Fuller, Edmund L.
Call:
Aq735 E235f
Loc:
Bur
* Elders,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Dr. Joycelyn
Joycelyn Eldrs M.D.
Elders, Joycelyn
B E3763ej
Bur, Nor
* Ellington, Duke
Title:
The Duke Ellington Primer
Author:
Travis, Dempsey
Call:
B E463t
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Music is my Mistress
Ellington, Edward Kennedy
B E463e
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Reminiscing in Tempo
Nicholson, Stuart
B E463n
Bur
Title:
Sweet Man: The Real Duke
Ellington
George, Don
B E463g
Bur
Author:
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Loc:
Title:
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Loc:
Duke Ellington: A Spiritual
Biography
Steed, Janna Tull
B E463s
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Duke Ellington
Collier, James Lincoln
B E463c
Bur, New
Ellison, Ralph
Title:
Ralph Ellison
Author:
Rampersad, Arnold
Call:
XB E4741r
Loc:
Bur
Equiano
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Equiano: The African
Carretta, Vincent
B E653ca
Bur
Europe, James Reese
Title:
A Life in Ragtime
Author:
Badger, Reid
Call:
XB E8965bad
Loc:
Bur
* Evers, Charles
Title:
Have No Fear: The Charles Evers
Story
Author:
Evers, Charles
Call:
B E9365e2
Loc:
New
Evers, Medgar
Title:
The Autobiography of Medgar
Evers
Author:
Evers-Williams, Myrlie
Call:
B E9365e
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Evers-Williams, Myrlie
Title:
Watch Me Fly
Author:
Evers-Williams, Myrlie
Call:
Loc:
B E9366ew
Bur
* Fantasia
Title:
Life is Not a Fairy Tale
Author:
Fantasia
Call:
B F2163f
Loc:
New
Farmer, James
Title:
Lay Bare the Heart
Author:
Farmer, James
Call:
B F2344L
Loc:
Bur, New
Farrakhan, Louis
Title:
Looking for Farrakhan
Author:
Levinsohn, Florence Hamlish,
Call:
X297.87 L665L
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Louis Farrakhan and the
Nation of Islam
Haskins, James, 1941XB F2396h
Bur
Father Divine
Title:
God, Harlem U.S.A. : the
Father Divine story
Author:
Jill Watts
Call:
XB F2525wa
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
God in a Rolls Royce
Hoshor, John
XB 1674h
Bur
Title:
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Title:
Author:
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The Incredible Messiah: The
Deification of Father Divine
Parker, Robert A.
XB B1674p
Bur
Father Divine and the Struggle
For Racial Equality
Weisbrot, Robert
XB F2525w
Bur
* Feelings, Tom
Title:
Black pilgrimage.
Author:
Feelings, Tom.
Call:
qB F2956f
Loc:
Bur
Fetchit, Stephen
Title:
Stepin Fetchit: The Life and
Times of Lincoln Perry
Author:
Watkins, Mel
Loc:
Bur
* 50 Cent
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
From Pieces to Weight
50 Cent
B F4694f
Bur
* Fisher,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Antwone
Finding Fish
Fisher, Antwone Quenton
B F5335f
Bur, New, Nor, OMG, Pop (L.T.)
Fitzgerald, Ella
Title:
First lady of song : Ella
Fitzgerald for the record
Author:
Fidelman, Geoffrey Mark.
Call:
Loc:
B F5535f
Bur
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of
The First Lady of Jazz
Nicholson, Stuart
B F5535n
Bur
Frank, Free
Title:
Free Frank : a Black pioneer
on the antebellum frontier
Author:
Walker, Juliet E. K., 1940Call:
XB F8284w
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Ella: The Life and Times of
Ella Fitzgerald
Colin, Sid
B F5535c
New
* Flipper, Henry O.
Title:
Black frontiersman : The memoirs
of Henry O. Flipper, first Black
graduate of West Point
Author:
Flipper, Henry Ossian
Call:
XB F6265f2
Loc:
Bur
B F553f
Bur
Franklin, Aretha
Title:
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of
Soul
Author:
Bego, Mark
Call:
B F830b
Loc:
Bur
* Franks,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Gary
Searching for the Promised Land
Franks, Gary
B F8349f
Bur, New
*Forbes, Flores A.
Title:
Will You Die With Me?
Author:
Forbes, Flores A.
Call:
B F6927f
Loc:
Bur
* Frazier, Joe
Title:
Smokin’ Joe: the Autobiography
Author:
Frazier, Joe
Call:
B F8481f
Loc:
Bur, New, OMG
* Foreman, George
Title:
By George: The Autobiography of
George Foreman
Author:
Foreman, George
Call:
B F7158f
Location: Nor
* Fulani, Dr. Leonora B.
Title:
The Making of A Fringe Candidate
1992
Author:
Fulani, Lenora
Call:
B F9622f
Loc:
Bur
* Foster, Henry W.
Title:
Make a difference : Henry W.
Foster, Jr., M.D.
Author:
Foster, Henry W.
* Gaines,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Patrice
Laughing in the Dark
Gaines, Patrice
B G1426L
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* Gardner, Chris
Title:
The Pursuit of Happyness
Author:
Gardner, Chris
Call:
B G22634g
Loc:
New, Nor
Gaye, Marvin
Title:
Mercy, Mercy Me
Author:
Dyson, Michael Eric
Call:
B G2865d
Loc:
Bur
* Garrison, Memphis Tennessee
Title:
Memphis Tennessee Garrison: The
Remarkable Story of a Black
Appalachian Woman
Author:
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee
Call:
B G2426mtg
Loc:
New
Title:
Garvey, Marcus
Title:
Marcus Garvey: Life and Lessons
Author:
Hill, Robert H.
Call:
XB G2442mg
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
* Gibson, Bob
Title:
Stranger to the game : the
autobiography of Bob Gibson
Author:
Gibson, Bob
Call:
XB G4482gi
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Black Moses: the Story of Marcus
Garvey
Cronon, E. David
XB G2442cr
Bur
Gaston, A. G.
Title:
Black Titan: A.G. Gaston
and the Making of a Black
American Millionare
Author:
Jenkins, Carol
Call:
B G2562j
Loc:
New
* Gates Jr., Henry Louis
Title:
Colored People: A Memoir
Author:
Gates Jr., Henry Louis
Call:
B G2598c
Trouble Man: the Life and
Death of Marvin Gaye
Turner, Steve
B G2865t
New
Author:
Call:
Loc:
From Ghetto to Glory: The Story
of Bob Gibson
Gibson, Bob
B G4482g
New
Gibson, Josh
Title:
Josh Gibson : a life in the
Negro Leagues
Author:
Brashler, William
Call:
B G4494b
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The power and the darkness : the
life of Josh Gibson in the
shadow of the game
Ribowsky, Mark
B G4494g
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Josh and Satch : the life
and times of Josh Gibson and
Satchel Paige
Holway, John B.
B G4494h
Bur, New
* Gillespie, Dizzy
Title:
Groovin’ High: The Life
of Dizzy Gillespie
Author:
Shipton, Alyn
Call:
B G4783ship
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
To Be or Not to BOP
Gillespie, Dizzy
B G4783giL
Bur
Goines, Donald
Title:
The Biography of Donald
Goines: Donald Writes No More
Author:
Stone, Eddie
Call:
B G6154s
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Low Road: the Life and
Legacy of Donald Goines
Allen, Eddie B.
B G6154a
New
Goldberg, Whoopi
Title:
Whoopi Goldberg: Her Journey
From Poverty to Megastardom
Author:
Rarish, James Robert
Call:
B G6180p
Loc:
Bur, New
Golden, Marita
Title:
Migrations of the heart
Author:
Golden, Marita.
Call:
B G6188m
Loc:
Bur
* Gooden, Dwight
Title:
Heat : my life on and off the
diamond
Author:
Gooden, Dwight.
Call:
B G6494g
Loc:
Bur
*Gray, Fred
Title:
Bus Ride to Justice
Author:
Gray, Fred
Call:
XB G7786g
Loc: Bur
* Green, Al
Title:
Take Me to the River
Author:
Green, Al
Call:
B G795og
Loc:
New, Nor
* Gregg, Eric
Title:
Working the Plate
Author:
Gregg, Eric
Call:
A796.357 G819w
Loc:
Bur
* Gregory, Dick
Title:
Nigger: An Autobiography
Author:
Gregory, Dick
Call:
B G8223g
Loc:
New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Up From Nigger
Gregory, Dick
B G223g2
Loc:
New
Griffin, Dr. Joseph
Title:
Under the Knife
Author:
Pearson, Hugh
Call:
XB G8515p
Loc:
Bur
Grillo, Evelio
Title:
Black Cuban, Black American:A
Memoir
Author:
Grillo, Evelio
Call:
B G8594b
Loc:
New
Fannie Lou
Hamer
Billie Holiday
Langston
Hughes
Mahalia Jackson
Jimi Hendrix
* Guillaume, Robert
Title:
Guillaume : a life
Author:
Guillaume, Robert
Call:
XB G9579g
Loc:
Bur
Guy, Rosa
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Presenting Rosa Guy
Norris, Jerrie
X813 G986xn
Bur
Zora Neale
Hurston
Jackie Joyner
Kersey
Jack Johnson
Michael Jordan
H-J
Hall, Arsenio
Title:
Arsenio Hall
Author:
King, Norman
Call:
B H1745k
Loc:
Bur, New
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Title:
For Freedom’s Sake: The Life of
Fannie Lou Hamer
Author:
Lee, Chana Kai
Call:
XB H2144L
Loc:
Bur
Hamilton,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Arthur
Father Behind Bars
Hamilton,Jr., Arthur
B H2171f
Bur
* Hampton, Lionel
Title:
Hamp
Author:
Hampton, Lionel
Call:
B H2323h
Loc:
Bur
* Handy, W.C.
Title:
Father of the Blues
Author:
Handy, W. C.
Call:
A 780.973 H23h
Loc:
Bur
* Hankins, Anthony Mark
Title:
Fabric of Dreams
Author:
Hankins, Anthony Mark
Call:
B H24142h
Loc:
Bur
Hardaway, Lula (Mother of Stevie Wonder)
Title:
Blind Faith
Author:
Love, Dennis and Brown, Stacy
Call:
Loc:
B H2587L
Bur, New
* Harris, E. Lynn
Title:
What Becomes of the Broken
Hearted
Author:
Harris, E. Lynn
Call:
B H3145h
Loc:
Bur, OMG, Pop (L.T.)
Hastie, William
Title:
William Hastie: Grace Under
Pressure
Author:
Ware, Gilbert
Call:
XB H3567w
Loc:
Bur
* Heard, Regie
Title:
Regie’s Love: A Daughter of
Former Slaves Recalls and
Reflects
Author:
Heard, Regie
Call:
B H4357r
Loc:
New
* Henderson, Rickey
Title:
Off Base: Confessions of A
Thief
Author:
Henderson, Rickey
Call:
B H4974h
Loc:
Bur
Hendrix, Jimi
Title:
Crosstown Traffic
Author:
Murray, Charles Shaar
Call:
B H4989m
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Jimi Hendrix: The Man, the
Magic, The Truth
Lawrence, Sharon
B H4989L
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Room Full of Mirrors
Charles R. Cross
B H4989c
Bur
Title:
‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky:
The Life of Jimi Hendrix
Henderson,David
B H4989he
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Henson, Josiah
Title:
The truth about the Man
behind the book That sparked
the War Between the States
Author:
Cavanah, Frances.
Call:
XB H5266c
Loc:
Bur
Henson, Matthew
Title:
Dark Companion
Author:
Robinson, Bradley
Call:
XB H5268r
Loc:
Bur
* Hill, Anita
Title:
Anita Hill : Speaking truth
to power
Author:
Hill, Anita
Call:
B H6452ah
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
The Real Anita Hill: The
Untold Story
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Brock, David
347.7326 B864r
Nor, Pop
* Hillard, David
Title:
This Side of Glory:
Author:
Hillard, David
Call:
B H6541t
Loc:
New
*Himes, Chester
Title:
My Life of Absurdity
Author:
Himes, Chester
Call:
B H6573h v. 2
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Chester Himes: A Life
Sallis, James
B H6573s
Bur
* Hodges, Willis Augustus
Title:
Free man of color : The
autobiography of Willis
Augustus Hodges
Author:
Hodges, Willis Augustus
Call:
XB H6896f
Loc:
Bur
Holder, Geoffrey
Title:
Geoffrey Holder
Author:
Dunning, Jennifer
Call:
XqB H7272d
Loc:
Bur
Holiday, Billie
Title:
Billie Holiday : her life
and times
Author:
White, John
Call:
B H732w
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
With Billie
Blackburn, Julia
B H732b
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
* Holland, Endesha Ida Mae
Title:
From the Mississippi Delta
Author:
Holland, Endesha Ida Mae
Call:
B H7343h
Loc:
Bur
* Holmes,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Larry
Larry Holmes: Against the Odds
Holmes, Larry
B H7517h
Bur
Hooker, Earl
Title:
Earl Hooker: Blues Master
Author:
Danchin, Sebastian
Call:
B H7831d
Loc:
Bur
Hooker, John Lee
Title:
Boogie Man: The Adventures of
John Lee Hooker in the
American Twentieth Century
Author:
Murray, Charles Shaar
Call:
B H7833m
Loc:
New
* Hooks, Bell
Title:
Wounds of passion : a writing
life
Author:
Hooks, Bell.
Call:
B H7848h
Loc:
Bur, New
Bone Black : memories of
girlhood
Hooks, Bell.
B H7848h1
Bur
Hooks, Julia Ann
Title:
The Angel of Beale Street
Author:
Lewis, Selma
Call:
X973.0496 L676a
Loc:
Bur
* Hopkins, Evans D.
Title:
Life after Life
Author:
Hopkins, Evans D.
Call:
X305.896 H793L
Loc:
Bur
Horne, Lena
Title:
Lena: A Personal and
Professional Biography
of Lena Horne
Author:
Haskins, James
Call:
B L8155h
Loc:
Bur
House, Callie
Title:
My Face is Black is True:
Callie House and the Struggle
of Ex-Slave Reparations
Author:
Berry, Mary Frances
Call:
B H8422m
Loc:
Bur, New
Houston, Charles Hamilton
Title:
Groundwork: Charles Hamilton
Houston and the Stuggle for
Civil Rights
Author:
McNeil, Genna Rae
Call:
XB H8431m
Loc:
Bur
Title:
The life of Langston Hughes
: volume l : 1902-1941
Rampersad, Arnold
XB H8937r v.1
Bur
* Houston, Cissy
Title:
How Sweet the Sound
Author:
Houston, Cissy
Call:
B H8437h
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Houston, Whitney
Title:
Whitney Houston: The
Unauthorized Biography
Author:
Parish, James
Call:
B H8438p
Loc:
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The life of Langston Hughes
: volume 2 : 1941-1967
Rampersad, Arnold
XB H8937r v.2
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Langston Hughes
Rummel, Jack
XB H8937ru
Bur, New, Nor
* Hughes,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Location:
Louis
Thirty Years a Slave
Hughes, Louis
B H8939t
New, Nor
* Howard, Elston and Arlene
Title:
Elston and Me: The Story of the
First Black Yankee
Author:
Arlene Howard
Call:
B H8487h
Location: Nor
* Hughes, Langston
Title:
The big sea : an autobiography
of Langston Hughes
Author:
Hughes, Langston
Call:
XB H8935b
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Before and beyond Harlem : a
biography of Langston Hughes
Berry, Faith
XB H8937b 1995 ed.
Bur
I wonder as I wander : an
autobiographical journey
Hughes, Langston
XB H8937h2 1986 ed.
Bur, New
Title:
Hunter, Alberta
Title:
Alberta Hunter: A Celebration
In Blues
Author:
Taylor, Frank
Call:
B H9450t
Loc:
Bur, New
Hunter, Jane Edna
Title:
Jane Edna Hunter : a case
study of Black leadership
1910-1950
Author:
Jones, Adrienne Lash
Call:
X973.0496073 J76j
Loc:
Bur
* Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
Title:
In My Place
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
B H9452i
New
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Jackson, Harrisene
B J132j
Bur
Hurston, Zora Neale
Title:
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life
Zora Neale Hurston.
Author:
Boyd, Valerie
B H9668b
Loc:
Bur, New
Jackson, Jesse
Title:
Jesse Jackson: A Voice for
Change
Author:
Otfinoski, Steven
Call:
B J1332o
Loc:
Nor
Title:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary
Biography
Hemenway, Robert E.
XB H9668he
Bur, New
Zora: Zora Neale Hurston — A
Woman and Her Community
Nathiri, N.Y.
XB H9668n
Bur, New
Iverson, Allen
Title:
Only the Strong Survive
Author:
Platt, Larry
Call:
B I9437p
Loc:
Bur
* Jackson, Hal
Title:
The House that Jack Built
Author:
Jackson, Hal
Call:
B J1295j
Loc:
Bur, New
* Jackson, Harrisene
Title:
There’s nothing I own that I
want : life on the bottom,
told by a Black woman who
won’t learn to quit
The Jackson Phenomenon:
Colton, Elizabeth O.
B J1332c
* Jackson, La Toya
Title:
La Toya: Growing Up in the
Jackson Family
Author:
Jackson, La Toya
Call:
B J1336L
Loc:
New, Nor
Jackson, Mahalia
Title:
Just Mahalia, Baby: The
Mahalia Jackson Story
Author:
Goreau, Laurranine
Call:
B J134g
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Got to Tell It: Mahalia
Jackson, Queen of Gospel
Author:
Schwerin, Jules Victor
Call:
B J134s
Loc:
* Jackson, Michael
Title:
Michael Jackson: the King
of Pop: the Big Picture
Author:
Lewis, Jel D.
Call:
B J136L
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Moonwalk
Jackson, Michael
B J136j
Nor
* Jackson, Reggie
Title:
Reggie : the autobiography
Author:
Jackson, Reggie
Call:
B J1373j
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* Jackson, Tom
Title:
Blitz: An Autobiography
Author:
Jackson, Tom
Call:
XB J1478j
Loc:
Bur
Jacobs, Harriet
Title:
Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl
Author:
Jacobs, Harriet
Call:
XB J1723I
Loc:
Bur, Nor, OMG, Pop
Jacobs, Walter
Title:
Blues with a feeling : the
Little Walter (Jacobs) story
Author:
Glover, Tony,
Call:
XB J178g
Loc:
Bur
Jam Master Jay
Title:
Jam Master Jay: The Heart of
Hip Hop
Author:
Thigpen, David E.
Call:
B J4224f
Location: New
James, Daniel
Title:
Chappie (Daniel James, Jr.)
: America's first Black
four-star general
Author:
Phelps, J. Alfred
Call:
B J2796p
Loc:
Bur
* James, Etta
Title:
Rage to Survive: The Etta
James Story
Author:
James, Etta and Ritz, David
Call:
B J2742e
Loc:
Bur
James, LeBron
Title:
King James: Believe the Hype :
The LeBron James Story
Author:
Jones, Ryan
Call:
B J2797j
Loc:
New, Nor
Jamison, Judith
Title:
Judith Jamison: Aspects of a
Dancer
Author:
Maynard, Olga
Call:
XB J3255m
Loc:
Bur
Jay-Z
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Jay-Z
Bankston, John
B J428b
Bur
Jenkins, Edmund Thornton
Title:
Edmund Thornton Jenkins
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Green, Jeffrey
Call:
B J5232g
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Bur
Jennings,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Cedric
A Hope in the Unseen
Suskind, Ron
B J5422s
Bur, New, Nor
* Johnson, Calvin C.
Title:
Exit to Freedom
Author:
Johnson, Calvin C.
Call:
B J6622j
Title:
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Call:
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Jack Johnson and His Times
Batchelor, Denzil
XB J675b
Bur
Title:
Jack Johnson is a Dandy:
An Autobiography with Pictures
Johnson, Jack
XqB J675j
Bur
Author:
Call:
Loc:
* Johnson, Charlotte Russell
Title:
A Journey to Hell and Back
Author:
Johnson, Charlotte R.
Call:
B J66373j
Loc:
Bur
Title:
* Johnson, Earvin “Magic”
Title:
Magic
Author:
Johnson, Earvin
Call:
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Nor, OMG
Title:
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Magic’s Touch
Johnson, Earvin
B J664j
Nor
Title:
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Johnson, Earvin
B J664j2
Nor, POP (NF-Pbk.)
* Johnson, Jack
Title:
Black Champion: The Life and
Times of Jack Johnson
Author:
Farr, Finis
Call:
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Loc:
Bur
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Papa Jack and the Era of
White Hopes
Roberts, Randy
B J6734r
New
Unforgivable Blackness: the
Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Ward, Geoffrey C.
B J6734w
New, OMG
Johnson, Rafer
Title:
The Best That I Can Be
Author:
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Call:
XB J6872j
Loc:
Bur
Johnson, Robert
Title:
Escaping the Delta
Author:
Wald, Elijah
Call:
B J6768w
Loc:
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Johnson, Robert L.
Title:
The Billion Dollar BET:
Robert Johnson and the Inside
of Black Entertainment
Television
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Pulley, Brett
B J6876p
New
Author:
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Rapoport, Ron
B J78r
Bur, New
Johnson, William H.
Title:
Homecoming: The Art and Life
of William H. Johnson
Author:
Powell, Richard J.
Call:
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Loc:
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* Jones, Quincy
Title:
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy
Jones
Author:
Jones, Quincy
Call:
B J7863jq
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor, OMG, Pop (L.T.)
* Jones, Bill T.
Title:
Last Night on Earth
Author:
Jones, Bill T.
Call:
B J7625j
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
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Jones, Bobby
Title:
Make A Joyful Noise: My 25
Years in Gospel Music
Author:
Jones, Bobby
Call:
B J7628j
Loc:
New
* Jones, Deacon
Title:
Headslap : the life and
times of Deacon Jones
Author:
Jones, Deacon
Call:
B J7658k
Loc:
Bur
Jones, Lois Mailou
Title:
The Life and Art of Lois
Mailou Jones
Author:
Benjamin, Tritobia Hayes
Call:
Aq759.13 J77b
Loc:
Bur
Jones, Marion
Title:
See How She Runs
Quincy Jones
Horricks, Raymond
B J7863h
New
* Jones, Star
Title:
Star Jones : you have to stand
for something, or
you'll fall for anything
Author:
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Call:
B J796sj
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Joplin, Scott
Title
King of Ragtime
Author:
Berlin, Edward A.
Call:
B J8164b
Loc:
Bur
Jordan, Barbara
Title:
Barbara Jordan: American Hero
Author:
Rogers, Mary Beth
Call:
B J821ro
Location: New, Nor, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Barbara Jordan: Getting Things
Done
Mendelsohn, James
B J821m
Location: Nor, OMG
* Jordan,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
June
Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood
Jordan, June
B J8221s
New
* Jordan,
Title:
Author:
Call:
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Michael
Driven From Within
Jordan, Michael
B J8237d
Bur, Nor
Title:
Michael Jordan and the New
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LaFeber, Walter
B J8237La
Bur, Nor
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Loc:
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Playing for keeps : Michael
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Halberstam, David
A796.32 J825h
Bur, Nor, OMG
* Jordan,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Vernon
Vernon can read! : a memoir
Jordan, Vernon J.
B J826v
Bur, Nor
* Joseph,
Title:
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Call:
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Pleasant “Cousin Joe”
Cousin Joe
Joseph, Pleasant
B J6415j
Bur
* Joyner, Tom
Title:
I’m Just A DJ but —
It Makes Sense to Me
Author:
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B J8987i
Loc:
Bur, New
* Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
Title:
A Kind of Grace
Author:
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
Call:
B J899j
Loc:
New, Nor, OMG
Rebound : the Odyssey of
Michael Jordan
Greene, Bob
B J8237g
New
Julian, Colonel Hubert
Title:
The Black eagle (Colonel
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B J945n
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Second Coming: the Strange
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B J8237s
New
Jubilee Singers
Title:
Dark Midnight When I Rise
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Call:
B W2561war
Loc:
Bur, New
Kelly, Robert R.
Title:
Your Body’s Calling Me: Music
Love, Sex and Money:
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Brown, Jake
Call:
B K29585b
Loc:
New
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hattie McDaniel
* Khan, Chaka
Title:
Chaka! Through the Fire
Author:
Khan, Chaka
Call:
B K4522hc
Loc:
New
*Khanga, Yelena
Title:
Soul to soul : a Black
Russian American family,
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Author:
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Call:
XB K4551s
Loc:
Bur
Spike Lee
Thelonius Monk
Joe Louis
Barak Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Huey Newton
Kincaid, Jamaica
Title:
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Author:
Kincaid, Jamaica
Call:
B K5115k
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* King, B.B.
Title:
Blues all around me : the
autobiography of B.B. King
Author:
King, B.B.
Call:
B K5223k
Loc:
Bur
Title:
K-O
Author:
Call:
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The arrival of B.B. King :
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Sawyer, Charles
B K5223s
Bur
* King, Charles H.
Title:
Fire in my bones
Author:
King, Charles H.
Call:
B K5233k
Loc:
Bur, Nor
King, Coretta Scott
Title:
Coretta: The Story of Coretta
Scott King
Author:
Vivian, Octavia
Call:
B K5238v
Loc:
Bur, New
* King, Dexter
Title:
Growing Up King: An Intimate
Biography
Author:
King, Dexter
Call:
B K5239kds
Loc:
New
King, Don
Title:
Only in America : the life
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Author:
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Call:
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Bur, New, Nor, OMG
• King Jr., Martin Luther
Title:
What manner of man : a
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Author:
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Loc:
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Title:
Author:
Bearing the cross : Martin
Luther King, Jr., and the
Southern Christian
Leadership Conference,1955-1968
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Bur
Title:
The autobiography of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
King, Martin Luther, Jr
B K5457k
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Code name "Zorro" : the
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Lane, Mark.
X364.152 L266c
Bur, New
Title:
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King : a biography
Lewis, David L.
XB K5457Le
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frady, Marshall
XB K5457fr
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Preacher King
Lischer, Richard
X251.0092 L769p
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fairclough, Adam
XB K5457fa
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Title:
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Colaiaco, James, A.
XB K5457co
Bur
Title:
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Warren, Dr. Mervyn A.
X251 W291k
Bur
Title:
The Wisdom of Martin Luther
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Ayres, Alex, ed.
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Bur, New, Nor
Author:
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Loc:
Title:
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Call:
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King, The Photobiography of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Johnson, Charles
qB K5457jo
Bur
Author:
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Negro: An Autobiography
Lacy, Leslie Alexander
B L1528L
New
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Title:
Out of the madness : from
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Author:
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Call:
B L154o
Loc:
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Title:
Music as Medicine
Author:
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Call:
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Loc:
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Kingsley, Anna
Title:
Anna Madgigine, Jai Kingsley:
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Author:
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B K5531s
Loc:
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* Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
Title:
I've known rivers : lives of
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Author:
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Call:
B L4223Li
Loc:
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* Kitt, Eartha
Title:
I’m Still Here: Confessions
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Author:
Kitt, Eartha
Call:
B K6258
Loc:
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Lee, Canada
Title:
Becoming Something: the Story of
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Author:
Smith, Mona
Call:
B L4478s
Loc:
New
*LaBelle,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
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Patti
Don’t Block the Blessing
Labelle, Patti
B L1164L
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
* Lacy, Leslie Alexander
Title:
The Rise and Fall of a Proper
Lee, Helen Jackson
Title:
Nigger in the window : a
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Author:
Lee, Helen Jackson.
Call:
B L47835L
Loc:
Bur
* Lee, Spike
Title:
Spike Lee: Interviews
Author:
Fuchs, Cynthia
Call:
A791.430233 L481s
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Spike Lee: That’s My Story and
I’m Sticking to It
Lee, Spike as told to Kaleem
Aftab
B L4816L
Bur, New, Nor
* Lemon, Meadowlark
Title:
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Author:
Lemon, Meadowlard
Call:
B L5566l
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Leonard, Sugar Ray
Title:
A Fistful of Sugar
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B L5815g
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* Lewis, Carl
Title:
Inside Track
Author:
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Call:
B L6732L
Loc:
Bur, New
Lewis, George
Title:
George Lewis : a jazzman
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Author:
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Call:
B L6736b
Loc:
Bur
Lewis, Reggie
Title:
Reggie Lewis : quiet grace
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Loc:
Windham, Craig
XB L6755w
Bur, Nor, OMG
Liston, Sonny
Title:
The Devil and Sonny Liston
Author:
Tosches, Nick
Call:
B L77365t
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Louden, Nicole
Title:
She’s Got Handle
Author:
Zagoria, Adam
Call:
B L8866z
Loc:
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* Louis, Joe
Title:
Joe Louis: 50 Years An American
Hero
Author:
Louis, Joe
Call:
B L886b
Loc:
Nor, OMG
* Love, Laura
Title:
You Ain’t Got No Easter Clothes
Author:
Love, Laura
Call:
B L8972L
Loc:
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* Love, Preston
Title:
A Thousand Honey Creeks Later
Author:
Love, Preston
Call:
XB l89742L
Loc:
Bur
* Loving, Neal
Title:
Loving’s Love: A Black American’s Experience in Aviation
Author:
Loving, Neal
Call:
B L91196L
Loc:
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Lynne, Gloria
Title:
I Wish You Love: A Memoir
Author:
Lynne, Gloria
Call:
B L9897L
Loc:
New
Marshall, Thurgood
Title:
Thurgood Marshall: Justice for
All
Author:
Goldman, Roger
Call:
XB M3697g
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
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Title:
Bernie Mac on how life is :
I ain’t scared of you
Author:
Mac, Bernie
Call:
B M1131bm
Loc:
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Author:
Call:
Loc:
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Title:
Author
Call:
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Bob and Rita
No Woman No Cry
Marley, Rita
B M34784m
Bur, New
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Title:
Wynton Marsalis: Skain’s Domain
Author:
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B M3637g
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Thurgood Marshall: Warrior at
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Davis, Michael and Clark,
Hunter
XB M3697m
Bur, New
Thurgood Marshall: American
Revolutionary
Williams, Juan
XB M3697w
Bur, New, Nor
Dream Makers, Dream Breakers:
The World of Justice Thurgood
Marshall
Rowan, Carl T.
XB M3697r
Bur, New
Author:
Call:
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Jazz in the bittersweet blues
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Marsalis, Wynton
B M3637m
Bur
* Mathabane, Mark
Title:
Kaffir boy in America
Author:
Mathabane, Mark
Call:
B M4264k2
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Sweet Swing Blues On The Road
Marsalis, Wynton
B M3637m2
Bur, Nor
* Mathis,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Judge Greg
Inner City Miracle
Mathis, Judge Greg
B M4313i
Bur, New
* Mays, Benjamin
Title:
Born to Rebel
Author:
Mays, Benjamin
Call:
B M4743m
Loc:
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* Mays, Willie
Title:
Say Hey : the autobiography
of Willie Mays
Author:
Mays, Willie
Call:
B M4747m
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Willie Mays : my life in and
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Einstein, Charles
B M4747ma
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Title:
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Call:
Loc:
Willie’s Time
Einstein, Charles
B M4747ei
Bur, Nor
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Title:
Slavery in the Clover Bottoms
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McCline, John and Furman, Jan
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XB M1272m
Loc:
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* McClurkin, Donnie
Title:
Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor
Author:
McClurkin, Donnie
Call:
B M1288e
Loc:
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McDaniel, Hattie
Title:
Hattie McDaniel: Black
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Watts, Jill
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B M1345w
Bur, Nor
Title:
Hattie: The Life of Hattie
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Jackson, Carlton
B M1345j
Bur
Author:
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McGee, Charles E.
Title:
Tuskegee airman : the
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Loc:
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McKay, Claude
Title:
Claude McKay, A Black Poet’s
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Loc:
Bur, New
McLendon,
Title:
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Call:
Loc:
John B.
Breaking Through
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B M1644k
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McMillan, Terry
Title:
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B M16788p
Loc:
Bur, OMG
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Title:
I want somebody to know my
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Author:
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B M4943m
Loc:
Bur
Mills, Florence
Title:
Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz
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Call:
B M6573e
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Bur
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Title:
No free ride : from the mean
streets to the mainstream
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Call:
B M6175s
Loc:
Bur, New
Monk, Thelonious
Title:
Thelonious Monk: His Life and
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Author:
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Call:
B M7457fit
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Micheaux, Oscar
Title:
Oscar Micheaux: The Great
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B M6231m
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Mingus, Charles
Title:
Mingus/Mingus: Two Memoirs
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B M6648c
Loc:
Bur
Title:
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Loc:
Tonight at Noon
Mingus, Sue Graham
B M6649sm
Bur, Nor
Mitchell Jr., Clarence
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Lion in the Lobby
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Call:
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Loc:
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Monk
Wilde, Laurent De
B M7455d
Bur, New
* Moore, Bebe
Title:
Sweet Summer
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Campbell, Bebe Moore
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B C1874s (Adult Pbk at OMG)
Loc:
Bur, OMG
* Morgan, Kathryn L.
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Children of strangers : the
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B M8487c
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* Morgan, Joan
Title:
When chicken-heads come home
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B M84877mj
Loc:
Bur, New
Morton, Jelly Roll
Title:
Dead Man Blues
Author:
Pastras, Phil
Call:
B M8893p
Loc:
Bur
* Moss, Thylias
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Tale of a Sky-blue Dress
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Moss, Thylias
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B M9134m
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Mungin, Lawrence
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The good Black (Lawrence D.
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B M9667b
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* Murray, Pauli
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Pauli Murray : the
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B M9837p
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Bur, OMG
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Proud shoes : the story of
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Murray, Pauli, 1910B M9837ps
Bur
Naylor, Gloria
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Loc:
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Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Huey
The Huey P. Newton Reader
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X305.896 N563h
Bur
Huey: Spirit of the Panther
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B N5635h
Bur, Nor, OMG
* Nichols, Nichelle
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Beyond Uhura
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Every Good-Bye Ain’t Gone
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B N7384e
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Obama, Barack
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B O1244d
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Obama:From Promise to Power
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B O1244m
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Dreams from My Father
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B O1244b
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
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B O1244ba
Bur, New, Nor
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Living the Dream: My Life and
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B O423o
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Rosa Parks
Paul Robeson
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Owens, Jesse
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Sydney Poitier
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Prince
Jackie Robinson
Colin Powell
Tupac Shakur
P-S
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Maybe I’ll pitch forever
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Parks, Rosa
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Bur, New, Nor, OMG
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Satchel Paige’s America
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B P1424f
Bur, New, OMG
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Trespassing: Sojourn in the
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* Parker, John P.
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Loc:
Bur, New
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A Hungry Heart
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B P2523pa
Loc:
Bur, New
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Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography
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Parks, Gordon
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B P2523p2
Location: New, Nor
She Would Not be Moved
Kohl, Herbert
B P2527k
Bur
* Pendergrass, Teddy
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The Afro-American press and
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Penn, I. Garland (Irvine
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XB P4125p
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* Petersen, Frank E.
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Into the tiger's jaw :
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Oscar Peterson: The Will to
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Bur, OMG
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A Jazz Odyssey
Peterson, Oscar
B P4855op
Bur
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Bursting bonds : enlarged
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XB P5948b
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Pippin, Horace
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Horace Pippin: A Negro Painter
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Bur
Title:
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Horace Pippin: The Artist as a
Black American
Rodman, Selden
A759.13 P665r
Bur
* Poitier, Sidney
Title:
The Measure of A Man
Author:
Poitier, Sidney
Call:
B P7573p
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* Powell Jr., Adam Clayton
Title:
King of the Cats
Author:
Haygood, Wil
Call:
B P8821hay
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr:
The Political Biography of
An American Dilemma
Hamilton, Charles V.
B P8821ha
New
Adam by Adam: The Autobiography
of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Powell, Adam Clayton
B A8821ad
New
* Powell, Colin
Title:
Colin Powell :
soldier/statesmanstatesman/soldier
Author:
Means, Howard
Call:
B M8821m
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
My American journey
Powell, Colin
B P88227p
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Title:
Sacred honor : Colin Powell
the inside account of his
life and triumphs
Roth, David
B P88227ro
Bur, Nor, POP
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Solder: The Life of Colin
Powell
DeYoung, Karen
B P88227d
Bur, Nor
Powell, Bud
Title:
Dance of the Infidels
Author:
Paudras, Francis
Call:
A788.66092 P882p
Loc:
Bur
* Pride, Charlie
Title:
Pride : the Charley Pride story
Author:
Pride, Charley
Call:
B P9477p
Loc:
Bur
Prince
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc;
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Prince a Life in Music
Carcieri, Matthew
B P9543c
Bur
Dancemusicsexromance: Prince
The First Decade
Nilsen, Per
B P9543n
Bur
* Pryor, Richard
Title:
Richard Pryor : This Cat's
Got 9 lives
Author:
Robbins, Fred.
Call:
B P97377r
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Pryor Convictions
Pryor, Richard
B P97377p
Bur, New, Nor
Randolph, A. Philip
Title:
A. Philip Randolph, A
Biographical Portrait
Author:
Anderson, Jervis
Call:
Loc:
XB R1922a
Bur
* Rashad, Ahmad
Title:
Rashad : Vikes, mikes, and
something o the backside
Author:
Rashad, Ahmad
Call:
XB R2245r
Loc:
Bur, New
Redding, Otis
Title:
Otis : the Otis Redding story
Author:
Freeman, Scott
Call:
B R3138f
Loc:
New
* Reese, Della
Title:
Angels along the way : my
life with help from above
Author:
Reese, Della
Call:
B R3294r
Loc:
Bur, Nor, Pop, OMG
Rice, Condoleezza
Title:
Condi : the Condoleezza Rice
Story
Author:
Felix, Antonia
Call:
XB R49545f
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
The Confidante
Kessler, Glenn
B R49545k
Bur
* Rice, Sarah
Title:
He included me : the
autobiography of Sarah Rice
Author:
Rice, Sarah, 1909Call:
XB R4977h
Loc:
Bur
* Robeson
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Paul
Here I stand
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
X301.451 R653h
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Paul Robeson : artist and
citizen
Stewart, Jeffrey C.
B R6536p
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Paul Robeson, All-American
Gilliam, Dorothy Butler,
B R6533g
Bur
Title:
Paul Robeson, the Great
Forerunner
Editors of Freedomways
B R6533p
Bur, Nor
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
The Whole World in His
Hands : a Pictorial History
of Paul Robeson
Robeson, Susan, 1953B R6536ro
Bur, New
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Paul Robeson: The American
Othello
Hoyt, Edwin P.
XB R6533h
Bur
Title:
Author:
The Undiscovered Paul Robeson
Robeson Jr., Paul
Call:
Loc:
XB R6536r
Bur, New
Robinson,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
David
The force : David Robinson
Savage Jim
XB R6592s
Bur
* Robinson, Dorothy Redus
Title:
The Bell Rings at Four
Author:
Robinson, Dorothy Redus
Call:
XB R6593b
Loc:
Bur
* Robinson, Frank
Title:
My life is baseball
Author:
Robinson, Frank
Call:
XB R6597r 1968ed.
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Frank : the first year
Robinson, Frank
XB R6597ro
Bur, Nor
Robinson, Frazier “Slow”
Title:
Catching Dreams : my life in
the Negro Baseball Leagues
Author:
Robinson, Frazier "Slow"
Call:
A796.3570922 R659c
Loc:
Bur
Robinson, Jackie
Title:
Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports
And the American Dream.
Author:
Dorinson, Joseph
Call:
B R6622jrr
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Wait Till Next Year
Rowan, Carl T.
B R6622rct
Bur
Robinson,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
John
The Brown Condor
Simmons, Thomas E.
XB R6623s
Bur
Robinson,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Ruby Doris Smith
Soon We Will Not Cry
Fleming, Cynthia Griggs
X323.092 F597s
Bur
* Robinson, Smokey
Title:
Smokey: Inside My Life
Author:
Robinson, Smokey
Call:
B R6645r
Loc:
Bur, Nor
* Robinson, Sugar Ray
Title:
Pound for Pound
Author:
Boyd, Herb
Call:
B R6637b
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Rollins, Sonny
Title:
Open Sky: Sonny Rollins and
His World of Improvisation
Author:
Nisenson, Eric
Call:
B R7547nis
Loc:
Bur
*Ross, Diana
Title:
Diana Ross, The American
Dream Girl
Author:
Adrahtas, Tom
Call:
Loc:
B R82333a
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Diana Ross
Brown, Geoff, 1946qB R82333b
Bur
Title:
Secrets of a sparrow :
memoirs
Ross, Diana
B R82333r
Bur, New, Nor, OMG
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Call her Miss Ross : The
Unauthorized Biography of
Diana Ross
Taraborrelli, J. Randy
B R82333t
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Diana
Taraborrelli, J. Randy
qB R82333t2
Bur, New
* Rowan, Carl T.
Title:
Breaking barriers : a memoir
by journalist Carl T. Rowan
Author:
Rowan, Carl Thomas.
Call:
070.92 R877b
Loc:
New, POP
* Russell, Bill
Title:
Second wind : the memoirs of
an opiniated man
Author:
Russell, Bill
Call:
B R9614r
Loc:
Bur
Schuyler,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Philippa
Composition in Black and White
Talalay, Kathryn
XB S3978t
Bur
* Shabazz, Betty
Title:
Betty Shabazz : a
sisterfriends’tribute in
words and pictures
Author:
Shabazz, Betty
Call:
B S5243b
Loc:
Bur
* Sharpton, Al
Title:
Go and tell Pharaoh : the
autobiography of the
Reverend Al Sharpton
Author:
Sharpton, Al.
Call:
B S5328s
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* Short, Bobby
Title:
Black and White Baby
Author:
Short, Bobby
Call:
B S55964s
Loc:
Bur
* Shabazz, Ilyasah
Title:
Growing Up X
Author:
Shabazz, Ilyasah
Call:
B 52433m
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor, Pop L.T.
Shuttlesworth, Rev. Fred
Title:
A Fire You Can’t Put Out
Author:
Manis, Andrew M.
Call:
X323.092/M278f
Loc:
Bur
Shakur, Afeni
Title:
Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a
Revolutionary
Author:
Guy, Jasmine
Call:
B S5278g
Loc:
Bur
* Simmons, Earl
Title:
E.A.R.L. the Autobiography
of DMX
Author:
Simmons, Earl
Call:
B S5922d
Loc:
Bur, New
Shakur, Assata
Title:
Assata: An Autobiography
Author:
Shakur, Assata
Call:
B S5272sa
Loc:
New
* Simmons, Joseph “Reverend Run”
Title:
It’s Like That
Author:
Simmons, Joseph
Call:
B S5925s
Loc:
Bur, New
Shakur, Tupac
Title:
Back in the Day: My Life and
Times With Tupac Shakur
Author:
Bastfield, Darin Keith
Call:
B S5277b
Location: Nor
* Simone,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Nina
I Put A Spell On You
Simone, Nina
B S5985s
Bur, Nor
*Sinbad
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Sinbad’s guide to life :
because I know eveything
Sinbad
B S6152s
Bur, New, Nor
Smith, Bessie
Title:
Bessie
Author:
Albertson, Chris
Call:
B S6433a
Loc:
Bur
* Smith, Emmitt
Title:
The Emmitt zone
Author:
Smith, Emmitt
Call:
XB R2245r
Loc:
Bur
Smith, Will
Title:
Will Power:A Biography of Will
Smith
Author:
Berenson, Jan
Call:
B S6637b
Location: Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Will Smith: King of Cool
Robb, Brian J.
B S6637ro
Bur
* Snoop Dogg
Title:
Tha Doggfather: The Times,
Trials and Hardcore Truths of
Snoop Dogg
Author:
Snoop Dogg
Call:
B S6737s
Location: Nor
Spain, Johnny
Title:
Black power, white blood :
the life and times of Johnny
Spain
Author:
Andrews, Lori
Call:
B S7335a
Loc:
Bur
* Spector, Ronnie
Title:
Be my baby : how I survived
mascara, miniskirts, and
madness or My life as a
fabulous Ronette
Author:
Spector, Ronnie
Call:
B S7417s
Loc:
Bur
* Staples, Brent
Title:
Parallel time : growing up
in Black and white
Author:
Staples, Brent A., 1951Call:
B S794p
Loc:
Bur
* Stewart, Shelley
Title:
The road south : a memoir
Author:
Stewart, Shelley
Call:
B S8518ss
Loc:
Bur
* Stingley, Darryl
Title:
Darryl Stingley : happy to
be alive
Author:
Stingley, Darryl
Call:
XB S85945s
Loc:
Bur
* Strawberry, Darryl
Title:
Darryl
Author:
Strawberry, Darryl
Call:
Loc:
B S9136s
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Recovering Life
Strawberry, Daryl
A796.357 S913cs
Bur
Strayhorn, Billy
Title:
Lush Life
Author:
Hajdu, David
Call:
B S9138h
Loc:
New, Nor
Booker T.
Washington
Phillis
Wheatley
Malcolm X
* Summer, Donna
Title:
Donna Summer: An Unauthorized
Biography
Author:
Haskings, James
Call:
B S9555h
Loc:
New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Ordinary Girl, A Memoir
Summer, Donna
B S9555s
Bur
Tiger Woods
Madame C.J.
Walker
Sojourner Truth
Oprah Winfrey
Harriet Tubman
T-Z
* Tate, Celestine
Title:
Some Crawl and Never Walk
Author:
Tate, Celestine
Call:
B T2162t
Loc:
Bur
* Taulbert, Clifton
Title:
The last train north
Author:
Taulbert, Clfton L.
Call:
B T2255L
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Once upon a time when we
were colored
Taulbert, Clifton L.
B T2255o
Bur, New
Watching our crops come in
Clifton L. Taulbert
Taulbert, Clifton L.
B T2255t
Bur
* Taylor, Susie King
Title:
A Black woman's Civil War
memoirs : reminiscences of
my life in camp with the
33rd U.S. Colored Troops,
late 1st South Carolina
Volunteers
Author:
Taylor, Susie King
Call:
XB T2463b
Loc:
Bur
Tharpe, Rosetta
Title:
Shout, Sister, Shout: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll
Trailblazer Sister Rosett Tharpe
Author:
Wald, Gayle F.
Call:
Loc:
B T36788w
Bur
Thomas, Alma W.
Title:
Alma Thomas
Author:
Various Authors
Call:
Aq759.13 T454a
Loc:
Bur, New
Thomas, Clarence
Title:
Silent Justice
Author:
Greenya, John
Call:
B T45526g
Loc:
Bur
* Thomas, Duane
Title:
Duane Thomas and the Fall of
America’s Team
Author:
Thomas, Duane
Call:
XB T45524t
Loc:
Bur
* Thomas, James
Title:
From Tennessee Slave to St.
Louis Entrepreneur
Author:
Thomas, James
Call:
XB T4581f
Loc:
Bur
* Thornton, Yvonne
Title:
The Ditchdigger’s Daughters
Author:
Thornton, Yvonne
Call:
B T5138c
Loc:
Bur, New
* Thurman, Howard
Title:
With Head and Heart
Author:
Thurman, Howard
Call:
B T5395w
Loc:
Bur
Toomer, Jean
Title:
Jean Toomer: A Critical
Evaluation
Author:
O’Daniel, Therman B.
Call:
X813 T672xj
Loc:
Bur
Toussaint, Pierre
Title:
Pierre Toussaint
Author:
Jones, Arthur
Call:
B T7348jo
Loc:
Bur
Truth, Sojourner
Title:
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Author:
Gilbert, Olive.
Call:
XB T8747g
Bur:
Bur, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Sojourner Truth: A Life,
A Symbol
Painter, Neil Irvin
XB T8747p2
Bur, New, Nor
Tubman, Harriet
Title:
Bound for the Promised Land
Author:
Larson, Kate Clifford
Call:
XB T8855La
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
A Life
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Harriet Tubman: Imagining
Lowry, Beverly
XB T8855Lo
Bur, Nor, OMG
Harriet Tubman: The Road
To Freedom
Clinton, Catherine
Call:
Loc:
XB T8855cL
Bur, Nor
* Turner,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Tina
I, Tina
Turner, Tina
B T9535t
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Tina: The Tina Turner Story
Wynn, Ron
B T9535w
Bur, New
Tyson, Mike
Title:
Blood Season
Author:
Berger, Phil
Call:
B T9877b
Loc:
Bur, Nor, OLD
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
A Savage Business
Hoffer, Richard
B T9877ho
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Bad Intentions
Heller, Peter
B T9877h
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Fire and Fear
Torres,Jose
B T9877t
Bur
* Upchurch, Carl
Title:
Convicted in the
womb : one man's Journey from
Prisoner to peacemaker
Author:
Upchurch, Carl.
Call:
Loc:
B U654u
Bur
Vandross, Luther
Title:
Luther: the Life and Longing
of Luther Vandross
Author:
Seymour, Craig
Call:
B V2468s
Loc:
Bur
Vaughan, Sarah
Title:
Sassy: The Life of Sarah
Vaughan
Author:
Gourse, Leslie
Call:
B V3695g
Loc:
Bur
Vesey, Denmark
Title:
Black rebellion : a life of
Denmark Vesey
Author:
Robertson, David, 1947Call:
XB V5764r
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
* Wade-Gayles, Gloria
Title:
Pushed Back to Strength
Author:
Wade-Gayles, Gloria
Call:
B W1212p
Loc:
Bur, POP
Walker, A’Lelia (daugher of C.J.Walker)
Title:
Rough Amusements
Author:
Neihart, Ben
Call:
B W1771n
Loc:
Bur,New
* Walker,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Alice
Alice Walker: A Life
White, Evelyn C.
B W1772w
Loc:
Bur,Nor,Old
Title:
The Same River Twice:
Honoring The Difficult
Walker, Alice
B W1772s
Bur,New, Nor, POP(L.T.), OMG
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Walker, Madame C. J.
Title:
Her Dream of Dreams
Author:
Lowry, Beverly
Call:
B W1777L
Loc:
Bur, Nor,New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
On Her Own Ground: The Life
And Times of Madam C. J.
Walker
Bundles, A’Lelia
XB W1777b2
Bur, New, Nor, OLD
* Walker,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Rebecca
Black, White and Jewish
Walker, Rebecca
B W1838rw
Bur,Nor
Walker, T-Bone
Title:
Stormy Monday
Author:
Dance, Helen Oakley
Call:
B W1854d
Loc:
Bur
Waller, Fats
Title:
Fats Waller
Author:
Waller, Maurice
Call:
B W1982waL
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Stride, The Music of
Fats Waller
Machliln, Paul S.
A781.57 W198m
Bur
Waller, John Lewis
Title:
A Black odyssey : John
Lewis Waller and the prom
ise of American life, 18781900
Author:
Woods, Randall Bennett
Call:
XB W1986w
Loc;
Bur
Ward, Clara
Title:
How I Got Over
Author:
Ward-Royster, Willa
Call:
B W2575w
Loc:
Bur
* Washington, Booker T.
Title:
Booker T. Washington: the
making of a Black leader
Author:
Harlan, Louis R.
Call:
XB W3175h
Loc:
Bur, Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Booker T. Washington
Mathews, Basil
XB W3175m
Bur
Title:
Up from slavery: an
autobiography
Washington, Booker T.
XB W3175Wa
All Departments and Branches
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Washington, Dinah
Title:
Queen of the Blues : a
biography of Dinah
Washington
Author:
Haskins, Jim
Call:
B W3178h
Loc:
Bur, New
* Washington-Williams, Essie Mae
Title:
Dear Senator: A Memoir by
the Daughter of Strom Thurmond
Author:
Washington-Williams, Essie
Mae
Call:
B W3195w
Loc:
Bur,Nor
* Waters, Ethel
Title:
His Eye is on the Sparrow:
an Autobiography
Author:
Waters, Ethel
Call:
B W3293w
Loc:
Bur,Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
To Me It’s Wonderful
Waters, Ethel
B B3293w2
New
Waters, Muddy
Title:
Can’t Be Satisfied: the Life
And Times of Muddy Waters
Author:
Gordon, Robert
Call:
B W3315g
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Bossmen: Bill Monroe and
Muddy Waters
Rooney, James
A784.092 R777b
Bur
* Watkins, Mel
Title:
Dancing with Strangers
Author:
Watkins, Mel
Call:
B W3358wm
Loc:
Bur
Wheatley,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Phillis
Phillis Wheatley
Jenson, Marilyn
XB W5576j
Bur, New
White, Charles
Title:
Reaches of the Heart
Author:
White, Frances Barrett
Call:
A760.092 W583w
Loc:
Bur
* White, Walter Francis
Title:
A Man Called White
Author:
White, Walter Francis
Call:
XB W5891w
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
A Gentle Knight
Cannon, Poppy (Wife)
XB W5891c
Bur
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Fatheralong
Wideman, Johh
B W6396f
Bur
* Wilkins, Roger
Title:
A man's life : an
autobiography
Author:
Wilkins, Roger W., 1932Call:
XB W6856m
Loc:
Bur
* Wilkins, Roy
Title:
Standing fast : the
autobiography of Roy Wilkins
Author:
Wilkins, Roy, 1901Call:
B W6857s
Loc:
Bur
Williams, Cathy
Title:
Cathy Williams: From Slave to
Female Buffalo Soldier
Author:
Tucker, Phillip Thomas
Call:
XB W722t
Loc:
Bur, New
* Wickham, DeWayne
Title:
Woodholme : a Black man's
story of growing up alone
Author:
Wickham, DeWayne.
Call:
B W8891w
Loc:
Bur
* Williams, Doug
Title:
Quarterblack : autobiography
of Doug Williams the first
Black Super Bowl quarterback
Author:
Williams, Doug.
Call:
XB W72252w
Loc:
Bur
* Wideman, John Edgar
Title:
Hoop Roots
Author:
Wideman, John
Call:
B W6396h
* Williams, Evelyn
Title:
Inadmissible Evidence
Author:
Williams, Evelyn
Call:
B W7228w
Loc:
Bur
Williams, George Washington
Title:
George Washington Williams,
a biography
Author:
Franklin, John Hope
Call:
XB W7233f
Loc:
Bur
* Williams, Gregory Howard
Title:
Life on the Color Line: The
True Story of a White Boy
Who Discovered He was Black
Author:
Willliams, Gregory Howard
Call:
305.896073
Loc:
Pop
Williams, James
Title:
Life of James Willimas, better Known as Professor Jim
Author:
Proctor, C. H.
Call:
XB W72422p
Loc:
Bur
Loc:
Nor, New
*Winans, CeCe
Title:
On A Positive Note:
Author:
Winans, CeCe
Call:
B W7585w
Location: New, Nor
* Winfield, Dave
Title:
Winfield : a player’s life
Author:
Winfield, Dave
Call:
B W7682w
Loc:
Bur
Winfrey, Oprah
Title:
Oprah
Author:
Waldron, Robert
Call:
B W7686w
Loc:
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Oprah Winfrey, A Biography
Garson, Helen S
B W7686o
Bur
* Williams, Stanley Tookie
Title:
Blue Rage, Black Redemption
Author:
Williams, Stanley Tookie
Call:
C W7266w
Loc: Bur, OMG
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Oprah Winfrey: The Real Story
Mair, George
B W7688m
Nor
Williams,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Mary Lou
Morning Glory
Dahl, Linda
XB W7254d
Bur
Winkfield, Jimmy
Title:
Black Maestro
Author:
Drape, Joe
Call:
B W7745d
Loc:
Bur
Williams,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Wendy
Wendy’s Got the Heat
Williams, Wendy
B W7286w
Wonder, Stevie
Title:
The Sound of Stevie Wonder
Author:
Perone, James, E.
Call:
B W8688p
Loc:
Bur
Woods, Tiger
Title:
Chasing Tiger : the Tiger
Woods reader
Author:
Glenn Stout. ed.
Call:
A796.352 W897c
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor
Title:
Tiger: A Biography of Tiger
Woods
Author:
Strege, John
Call:
B W9874s
Location: Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Tiger Woods : a pictorial
biography
Gola, Hank
B W8974g
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Chasing Tiger
Sampson, Curt.
A796.352 W897sa
Bur, Nor
* Woods, Victor
Title:
A Breed Apart
Author:
Woods, Victor
Call:
305.896 W897b
Loc:
Pop
Work, Monroe Nathan
Title:
Recorder of the Black
experience : a biography of
Monroe Nathan Work
Author:
McMurry, Linda O.
Call:
XB W9264m
Loc:
Bur
* Wright,
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Richard
Richard Wright; A Biography
Webb, Constance
B W9528we
Nor
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Richard Wright : the life
and times
Rowley, Hazel
B W9528r
Bur, New
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Black Boy
Wright, Richard
B W9528w
Bur, New, Nor, POP
Title:
American Hunger
(A Continuation of Black
Boy)
Wright, Richard
B W9528w2
Bur, Nor, OLD
Author:
Call:
Loc:
* X, Malcolm
Title:
The assassination of
Malcolm X
Author:
Breitman, George.
Call:
X364.152 B835a
Loc:
Bur, Nor, New
Title:
The autobiography of
Malcolm X
Author:
X, Malcolm,
Call:
XB X1a
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor, Old
Title:
Author:
Call:
Malcolm X:By Any Means Necessary
Myers, Walter Dean
XB X1me
Loc:
Bur, New, Nor,Old, Pop
Title:
Malcolm X : the great
photographs
Davis, Thulani.
XqB X1d
Bur, New
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
Seventh child : a family
memoir of Malcolm X
Collins, Rodnell P., 1945XB X1co
Bur
The victims of democracy :
Malcolm X and the Black
revolution
Wolfenstein, E. Victor.
X323.1196073 W855v
Bur
* Young, Andrew
Title:
Andrew Young
Author:
Gardner, Carl
Call:
B Y6812g
Loc:
Bur
Title:
Author:
Call:
Loc:
A way out of no way : the
spiritual memoirs of Andrew
Young.
Young, Andrew, 1932B Y6812w
Bur
Young, Lester
Title:
Lester Leaps In
Author:
Daniels, Douglas Henry
Call:
B Y7354d
Loc:
Bur
Young Jr., Whitney M.
Title:
Whitney M. Young Jr. and the
Struggle for Civil Rights
Author:
Weiss, Nancy J.
Call:
B Y7822w
Loc:
Bur
Subject Guide to Biographies
ABOLITIONISM / SLAVERY NARRATIVES
Brown, William Wells
Douglass, Frederick
Equiano
Frank, Free
Henson, Josiah
Hodges, William Augustus
Hooks, Julia Ann
Hughes, Louis
Jacobs, Harriet
McCline, John
Kingsley, Anna
Parker, John P.
Taylor, Susie King
Thomas, James
Toussaint, Pierre
Truth, Sojourner
Tubman, Harriet
Vessay, Denmark
ART/PHOTOGRAPHY/FASHION DESIGN
Basquiat, Jean-Michael
Bearden, Romare
DeCarva, Roy
Delaney, Beauford
Douglas, Aaron
Edmondson, William
Feelings, Tom
Hankins, Anthony Mark
Holder, Geoffrey
Johnson, William H.
Parks, Gordon
Pippin, Horace
Thomas, Alma
White, Charles
ATHLETICS / SPORTS
Aaron, Hank
Abdul-Jabar, Kareem
Ali, Laila
Ali, Muhammad
Allen, Dick
Ashe, Arthur
Barkley, Charles
Beamon, Bob
Blake, James
Blue, Vida
Bol, Manute
Bonds, Barry
Brown, Jim
Brown, Larry
Carew, Rod
Chamberlain, Wilt
Davis, Eric
Dorsett, Tony
Foreman, George
Frazier, Joe
Gibson, Bob
Gibson, Josh
Gooden, Dwight
Gregg, Eric
Henderson, Rickey
Holmes, Larry
Howard, Elston
Iverson, Allen
Jackson, Reggie
Jackson, Tom
James, Lebron
Johnson, Earvin “Magic”
Johnson, Jack
Johnson, Rafer
Jones, Deacon
Jones, Marion
Jordan, Michael
Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
King, Don
Lemon, Meadowlark
Leonard, Sugar Ray
Lewis, Carl
Lewis, Reggie
Liston, Sonny
Louden, Nicole
Louis, Joe
Mays, Willie
McLendon, John B.
Olajuwon, Hakeem
Owens, Jesse
Paige, Leroy Satchel
Rashad, Ahmad
Robinson, David
Robinson, Frank
Robinson, Frazier
Robinson, Jackie
Robinson, Sugar Ray
Russell, Bill
Smith, Emmitt
Stingley, Darryl
Strawberry, Darryl
Thomas, Duane
Tyson, Mike
Wideman, John Edgar
Williams, Doug
Winfield, Dave
Winkfield, Jimmy
Woods, Tiger
BLACK NATIONALISM
Cuffe, Paul
Farrakhan, Louis
Garvey, Marcus
BLUES AND JAZZ
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
Armstrong, Louis
Basie, Count
Bechet, Sidney
Bernhardt, Clyde E.B.
Bigard, Barney
Brown, Clifford
Brown, Ruth
Calloway, Cab
Cole, Nat King
Coltrane, John
Davis Jr., Miles Dewey
Ellington, Edward Kennedy “Duke”
Europe, James Reese
Fitzgerald, Ella
Gillespie, Dizzy
Hampton, Lionel
Handy, W. C.
Holiday, Billie
Hooker, Earl
Hooker, John Lee
Horne, Lena
Hunter, Alberta
Jacobs, Walter
James, Etta
Jenkins, Edmund Thornton
Johnson, Robert
Jones, Lois Mailou
Joplin, Scott
Joseph, Pleasant
King, B.B.
Lewis, George
Love, Preston
Marsalis, Wynton
Mills, Florence
Mingus, Charles
Monk, Thelonius
Morton, Jelly Roll
Peterson, Oscar
Powell, Bud
Rollins, Sonny
Short, Bobby
Shorter, Wayne
Simone, Nina
Smith, Bessie
Strayhorn, Billie
Vaughan, Sarah
Walker, T-Bone
Waller, Fats
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Muddy
Williams, Mary Lou
Young, Lester
BUSINESS/ FINANCE
(see also ENTREPRENEURSHIP)
Gardner, Chris
Gaston, A. G.
CIVIL RIGHTS
Abernathy, Ralph David
Baker, Ella
Barnett, Ida B. Wells
Carmichael, Stokley
Chestnut Jr., J.L.
Clark, Septima
Clayton, Xernona
Davis, Angela
Dickerson, Earl B.
Du Bois, Shirley Graham
Du Bois, W.E.B.
Evers, Charles
Evers, Medgar
Evers-Williams, Myrlie
Farmer, James L.
Garrison, Memphis Tennessee
Gray, Fred
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Hastie, William
Height, Dorothy
Holland, Endisha Ida Mae
Hopkins, Evans D.
Houston, Charles Hamilton
Jackson, Jesse
Jordan, Vernon
King, Coretta Scott
King Jr., Martin Luther
Mitchell Jr., Clarence
Newton, Huey
Parks, Rosa
Pickens, William
Powell Jr., Adam Clayton
Randolph, A. Philip
Robinson, Ruby Doris Smith
Sharpton, Al
Shuttlesworth, Rev. Fred
Upchurch, Carl
Washington, Booker T.
White, Walter
Wilkins, Roy
Works, Monroe Nathan
X, Malcolm
Young Jr., Whitney M.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Anderson, Marian
Dett, R. Nathaniel
Robeson, Paul
Schuyler, Philippa
CRIME AND CRIMINAL
Barnes, Leroy Nicky
Bartlett, Elaine
Goines, Donald
Hamilton, Arthur
Johnson, Calvin
DRAMA, COMEDY, DANCE
Ailey, Alvin
Bailey, Pearl
Baker, Josephine
Berry, Bertice
Blake, Eubie
Cosby, Bill
Gregory, Dick
Guillaume, Robert
Jamison, Judith
Jones, Bill T.
Mac, Bernie
Sinbad
EDUCATION/SOCIAL ACTIVISM/STUDENTS
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Bond, Horace Mann
Cleaver, Eldridge
Cooper, Anna Julia
Forbes, Flores A.
Gates Jr., Henry Louis
Hillard, David
Hunter, Jane Edna
Jennings, Cedric
King, Charles H.
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara
Mays, Benjamin
Murray, Pauli
Newton, Huey
Robinson, Dorothy Redus
Shakur, Afeni
Shakur, Assata
Spain, Johnny
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Amos, Wally
Walker, Madame C.J.
EXPLORER
Henson, Matthew
FILM, RADIO AND TELEVISION
Belafonte, Harry
Berry, Halle
Carroll, Diahann
Clash, Kevin
Cohen, Janet Langhart
Dandridge, Dorothy
Davis, Ossie
Davis Jr., Sammy
Fetchit, Stephen (Lincoln Perry)
Goldberg, Whoopie
Hall, Arsenio
Jackson, Hal
Jones, Star
King, Dexter
Lee, Canada
Lee, Spike
Mac, Bernie
McDaniel, Hattie
Micheaux, Oscar
Nichols, Nichelle
Poitier, Sidney
Pryor, Richard
Reese, Della
Smith, Will
Williams, Montel
Winfrey, Oprah
GOVERNMENT/POLITICS and ACTIVISM
Barry, Marion
Bradley, Tom
Brazile, Donna
Brown, Ron
Brown, Willie
Bunche, Ralph
Franks, Gary
Fulani, Lenora
Grillo,Evelio
House, Callie
Jordan, Barbara
Mfume, Kweisi
Obama, Barack
Powell, Colin
Rice, Condoleezza
Waller, John Lewis
Young, Andrew
LAW/JUDICIARY
Cochran, Johnnie
Hill, Anita
Marshall, Thurgood
Mathis, Judge Greg
Mungin, Lawrence
Parker, Gwendolyn
Thomas, Clarence
LITERATURE/POETRY/POPULAR WRITING
Angelou, Maya
Baldwin, James
Baraka, Amiri
Chesnutt, Charles W.
Derricotte, Toi
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice
Ellison, Ralph
Guy, Rosa
Harris, E. Lynn
Himes, Chester
Hooks, Bell
Hughes, Langston
Hurston, Zora Neale
Jordan, June
Kincaid, Jamaica
Lacy, Leslie Alexander
McKay, Claude
McMillan, Terry
Moore, Bebe
Moss, Thylias
Naylor, Gloria
Walker, Alice
Wheatley, Phyllis
Wright, Richard
MEDIA / JOURNALISM
Blair, Jayson
Broyard, Anatole
Gaines, Patrice
Golden, Marita
Johnson, Robert L.
Joyner, Tom
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne
Ladd, Jerrold
Mathabane, Mark
Morgan, Joan
Oliver, Kitty
Penn, I. Garland
Rowan, Carl T.
Staples, Brent
Stewart, Shelley
Watkins, Mel
Wilkins, Roger
Williams, George Washington
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE
Banneker, Benjamin
Broadbent, Patricia
Carson, Dr. Ben
Carver, George Washington
Drew, Charles
Elders, Dr. Joycelyn
Foster Jr., Dr. Henry
Griffin, Dr. Joseph
MEMOIRS / LIFE STORIES
Archer Jr., Chalmers (1940’s-)
Arnett, Marvin (1930’s-)
Bailey, Cornelia
Baxter, Freddie Mae (1930’s-)
Bolton, Ruthie
Bray, Rosemary L. (1960’s-)
Brooks, Sara (1920’s-)
Brown, Oscar
Danticat, Edwidge
Dickson, Amanda America (1849-1893)
Fisher, Antwone (1950’s-)
Hardaway, Lula (Mother of Stevie Wonder)
Heard, Regie
Jackson, Harrisene (1950’s-)
Khanga, Yelena (1920’s-)
Lane, Deforia (Cancer Survivor)
Lee, Helen Jackson (1940’s-)
Lynne, Gloria
Morgan, Kathryn L. (1910-)
Njeri, Itabari
Rice, Sarah (1920’s-)
Shabazz, Betty (Wife of Malcolm X)
Shabazz, Ilyasah (Daughter of Malcolm X)
Tate, Celestine (1960’s-)
Taubert, Clifton (1950’s-)
Thornton, Yvonne (1960’s-)
Wades-Gayles, Gloria
Walker, A’Lelia (Daughter of C.J.Walker)
Walker, Rebecca (1970’s-_
Wickham, DeWayne (1960’s-)
Wright, Richard
MILITARY/AVIATION
Baker, Vernon J.
Brown, Jessie Leroy
Carter, Edward A.
Davis Sr., Benjamin O.
Davis Jr., Benjamin O.
Flipper, Henry O.
James, Daniel
Julian, Colonel Hubert
Loving, Neal
McGee, Charles
Petersen, Frank E.
Robinson, John
Williams, Cathy
POPULAR MUSIC
Berry, Chuck
Biggie
Brown, James
Charles, Ray
Cole, Natalie
Cooke, Sam
DMC
Dupri, Jermaine
Fantasia
50 Cent
Franklin, Aretha
Gaye, Marvin
Green, Al
Hendrix, Jimi
Houston, Whitney
Jackson, La Toya
Jackson, Michael
Jam Master Jay
Jay-Z
Jones, Quincy
Khan, Chaka
Kitt, Eartha
LaBelle, Patty
Marley, Bob and Rita
Notorious B.I.G.
Pendergrass, Teddy
Pride, Charlie
Redding, Otis
Robinson, Smokey
Ross, Diana
Shakur, Tupac
Simmons, Earl (DMX)
Snoop Dogg
Spector, Ronne
Summer, Donna
Turner, Tina
Vandross, Luther
RELIGION/GOSPEL MUSIC
Betha, Mason (Ma$e)
Dennis, Erline
Father Divine
Houston, Cissy
Jackson, Mahalia
Johnson, Charlotte Russell
Jones, Bobby
Jubilee Singers
McClurkin, Donnie
Meeks, Catherine
Tharpe, Rosetta
Thurman, Howard
Ward, Clara
Winans, CeCe
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Names in the body of the bibliograhy with
an (*) preceding them are followed by at
least one Autobiography.
Last updated 12/18/07
Compiled by Stephen Kwasnik
Edited & formatted for web page by John
Soltis