PKMS Library Media Center

PKMS Library Media Center

Bibliography:
African American history, biography, culture, historical fiction
158.1
WIL
/ Williams, Terrie.
Stay strong : simple life lessons for teens /
New York : Scholastic, c2001.
PIC
304.8
SHA
/ Shange, Ntozake.
Ellington Was Not A Street /
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004.
305.8
CRO
/ Crowe, Chris.
Getting Away With Murder : the True Story of the Emmett Till Case /
New York : Phyllis Fogelman Books, c2003.
Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
305.8
TIM
/ Time-Life Books.
African Americans: voices of triumph : Perserverance /
Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1994.
Book traces the fundamental role that African Americans have played in the making of the American republic.
305.8
WRI
/ Wright, Simeon,
Simeon's story : an eyewitness account of the kidnapping of Emmett Till /
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2010.
Includes index.
Simeon Wright recounts his cousin Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, which became the catalyst for the civil rights movement. Examines the myths, lies, and misinformation pertaining to Till's death.
305
MYE
/ Myers, Walter Dean,
Now is your time! : the African-American struggle for freedom /
New York : HarperCollins, 1991.
A history of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality, beginning with the capture of Africans in 1619, continuing through the American Revolution, the Civil War, and into contemporary times.
306.3
LES
/ Lester, Julius.
From slave ship to freedom road /
New York : Dial Books, c1998.
Presents the author's meditations on twenty paintings by artist Rod Brown, designed to encourage reflection on the hardships faced by African-American slaves until their emancipation.
355
CLI
/ Clinton, Catherine,
The Black soldier : 1492 to the present /
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Chronicles the military accomplishments of African Americans who fought for the independence and preservation of the United States while struggling to be treated as equals and recognized for their valor and achievement.
396.35
NEL
/ Nelson, Kadir.
We Are the Ship : the story of Negro League Baseball /
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
398.2
LES
/ Lester, Julius.
John Henry /
Scholastic, c1994.
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
398.2
McK
/ McKissack, Pat,
The dark-thirty : Southern tales of the supernatural /
New York : Knopf, 1992.
A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.
398.2
RAW
/
Raw head, bloody bones : African-American tales of the supernatural /
New York : Scribner's, c1991.
15 black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries. Includes commentary on black folklore in the New World.
616.027
SKL
/ Skloot, Rebecca,
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
New York : Crown Publishers, c2010.
Depicts the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor Southern black woman, whose cells were taken from her body without her permission during the 1950s for medical research and continue to be alive and used more than sixty years after her death. Discusses the issues of owning our own bodies and why Henrietta's family was never informed about her "immortality" for more than twenty years after she died. Includes chapter notes, photographs, and an index.
641.59
AFR
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African American /
Philadelphia : Mason Crest, c2005.
Examines the cooking culture and food traditions of African Americans including recipes for such dishes as Fried Catfish, Sweet Potato Fries, and Peach Cobbler.
PIC
759.13
LAW
Crate PIC
/ Lawrence, Jacob,
The great migration : an American story /
New York : Museum of Modern Art ; [Washington, D.C.] : Phillips Collection, c1993.
A series of paintings chronicles the journey of African Americans who, like the artist's family, left the rural South in the early twentieth century to find a better life in the industrial North.
796.3
ROB
/ Robinson, Sharon.
Jackie's Nine : Jackie Robinson's values to live by : courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, persistence, commitment, excellence /
New York : Scholastic, c2001.
Baseball hero Jackie Robinson's daughter discusses nine values that her father held dear, shares memories from her life and her father's that illustrate those values, and profiles individuals whom she considers heroes, including Christopher Reeve and Oprah Winfrey.
811.54
WEA
/ Weatherford, Carole Boston,
Remember the bridge : poems of a people /
New York : Philomel Books, c2002.
A collection of African-American poems by Carole Weatherford celebrating the history and culture of a special people.
811.6
SMI
/ Smith, Hope Anita.
Keeping the Night Watch /
New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
Novel in poetry form.
A thirteen-year-old African American boy chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, abandonment, and fear.
811
DUN
/ Dunbar, Paul Laurence,
Little brown baby : poems for young people /
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940.
Twenty-five dialectal poems by a black poet express various observations of his childhood.
811
FEE
Crate PIC
/ Feelings, Tom,
Soul looks back in wonder /
New York : Dial Books, c1993.
Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and AskiaToure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage.
811
HUG
/ Hughes, Langston,
Langston Hughes /
New York : Sterling Pub., c2006.
Includes index.
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes, and contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.
811
MYE
/ Myers, Walter Dean,
Brown angels : an album of pictures and verse /
New York : HarperCollins, c1993.
A collection of poems, accompanied by photographs, about African-American children living around the turn of the century.
811
NEL
/ Nelson, Marilyn,
Carver, a life in poems /
Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, c2001.
811
W
/ Woodson, Jacqueline.
Locomotion /
New York : Putnam's, c2003.
Inspired by his teacher, eleven-year-old Lonnie begins to write about his life in a series of poems in which he discusses his feelings about his friends, his foster mom, his little sister Lili, and the death of his parents.
812
H
/ Hansberry, Lorraine,
A raisin in the sun /
New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
"Originally published in hardcover in somewhat different form by Random House, Inc., New York, in 1958"--T.p. verso.
A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a middle-class African American family living on Chicago's Southside in the 1950s.
818
GRI
/ Griffin, John Howard,
Black like me /
New York : Signet, [1996]
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
The author, a white man, recounts his experiences when he darkened his skin and traveled through the South as an African-American man.
920
DAV
/ Davis, Burke,
Black heroes of the American Revolution /
San Diego : Harcourt Brace, [1992], c1976.
"An Odyssey book."
An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence.
920
HAR
/ Hardy, Sheila.
Extraordinary people of the civil rights movement /
New York : Children's Press, 2007.
Profiles over sixty key figures and events associated with the civil rights movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968.
920
HAR
/ Hardy, P. Stephen.
Extraordinary people of the Harlem Renaissance /
New York : Children's Press, c2000.
Looks at the many artists, photographers, choreographers, musicians, composers, poets, writers, and other creative people who made Harlem such an amazing place in the 1920s and 1930s.
920
HAS
/ Haskins, James,
Against all opposition : black explorers in America /
New York : Walker, 2003, c1992.
Surveys the lives and adventures of African American explorers who helped discover new worlds.
E
920
HUD
/ Hudson, Wade.
Five brave explorers /
New York : Scholastic, c1995.
"Cartwheel books.".
E
920
JON
/ Jones, Lynda.
Five famous writers /
New York : Scholastic, c2001.
"Cartwheel books.".
E
920
JON
/ Jones, Lynda.
Five brilliant scientists /
New York : Scholastic, c2000.
Describes the early lives and notable achievements of five black scientists, Susan McKinney Steward, George Washington Carver, Ernest Everett Just, Percy Lavon Julian, and Shirley Ann Jackson.
920
PIN
/ Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
Hand In Hand : Ten Black Men Who Changed America /
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun, c2012.
920
STR
/ Strickland, Michael R.
African-American poets /
Springfield, NJ :Enslow Publishers, 1996.
Profiles the lives and work of ten African American poets: Phillis Wheatley, Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rita Dove, Eloise Greenfield, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Nikki Giovanni.
920
STR
/ Strickland, Michael R.
African-American poets /
Springfield, NJ :Enslow, 1996.
Profiles the lives and work of ten African American poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rita Dove, Eloise Greenfield, Langston Hughes, ImamuAmiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Nikki Giovanni.
921 ROBINSON
/ Dingle, Derek T.
First in the field : baseball hero Jackie Robinson /
New York : Hyperion Book for Children, c1998.
A biography which discusses the discrimination faced by Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend who became the first African American to play Major League baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
921
ANDERSON
PIC
/ Ryan, Pam Muñoz.
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson /
New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
921
ANGELOU
/ King, Sarah E.,
Maya Angelou : greeting the morning /
Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1994.
Examines the life of the African-Amerian poet, from her childhood in the segregated South to her rise to prominence as a writer.
921
ANGELOU
/ Lisandrelli, Elaine Slivinski.
Maya Angelou : more than a poet /
Springfield, N.J., U.S.A. :Enslow Publishers, c1996.
Portrays the life of this multi-faceted African-American poet, author, and educator.
921
ANGELOU
/ Angelou, Maya.
All God's children need traveling shoes /
New York : Vintage Books, 1991, c1986.
Relates the author's personal narrative of the time she spent in Ghana with other Black American expatriates.
921
ANGELOU
/ Angelou, Maya.
I know why the caged bird sings /
New York : Random House, [2002]
Originally published: c1969.
921
ASHE
/ Martin, Marvin.
Arthur Ashe : of tennis & the human spirit /
New York : Franklin Watts, c1999.
Discusses the personal life and sports career of the African-American tennis champion, Arthur Ashe, as well as his struggles with racism and AIDS.
921
BANNEKER
/ Litwin, Laura Baskes.
Benjamin Banneker : astronomer and mathematician /
Berkeley Heights, N.J. :Enslow, c1999.
A biography of the eighteenth-century African-American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.
921
BATES
/ Fradin, Judith Bloom.
The power of one : Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine /
New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
Presents a biography of Daisy Bates, examining her accomplishments as a civil rights activist, journalist, and organizer, and discussing her role as mentor to the nine African-American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.
921
BEALS
/ Beals, Melba.
Warriors don't cry : a searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High /
New York : Simon Pulse, 2002, c1995.
Beals chronicles her harrowing junior year at Central High where she underwent the segregationists' brutal organized campaign of terrorism which included telephone threats, vigilante stalkers, economic blackmailers, rogue police, and much more.
921
BRIDGES
/ Bridges, Ruby.
Through my eyes /
New York : Scholastic Press, 1999.
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
921
BRIDGES
Crate PIC
/ Coles, Robert.
The story of Ruby Bridges /
New York : Scholastic, c1995.
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
921
CARSON
/ Lewis, Gregg,
Gifted hands : the Ben Carson story /
Grand Rapids, Mich :Zonderkidz, c2009.
Previously published as Ben Carson.
A biography of the African American surgeon who overcame poverty and racism to become chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
921
CARSON
/ Lewis, Gregg.
Ben Carson /
Grand Rapids, Mich. :Zonderkidz, c2002.
921
CHR
/ Stout, Glenn,
On the court with-- Venus and Serena Williams /
Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
At head of title: Matt Christopher.
Traces the lives and tennis careers of sisters Serena and Venus Williams.
921
CRANDALL
/ Jurmain, Suzanne.
The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students /
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.
921
CURTIS
/ Levin, Judy.
Christopher Paul Curtis /
New York : Rosen Central, 2006.
Includes index.
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
This book discusses the life and work of Christopher Paul Curtis, author of "The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963," "Bud, Not Buddy," and "Bucking the Sarge."
921
DELANY
/ Delany, Sarah Louise,
Having our say : the Delany sisters' first 100 years /
New York : Kodansha International, 1993.
Chronicles the experiences of two African-American women growing up in North Carolina at the turn-of-the-century.
921
DOUGLASS
/ Bontemps, Arna,
Frederick Douglass: slave, fighter, freeman /
New York : Knopf, 1959.
A biography of the runaway slave who devoted his life to the abolition of slavery and the fight for black rights.
921
HALEY
/ Shirley, David,
Alex Haley, author /
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1993.
Discusses the life and times of the African American author who gained recognition for his book, "Roots."
921
HAMILTON
/ Marinelli, Deborah A.
Virginia Hamilton /
New York : Rosen Central, 2003.
Details the life of prominent, award-winning author, Virginia Hamilton, and discusses her work.
921
HUGHES
/ Leach, Laurie F.
Langston Hughes : a biography /
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Tells the life story of twentieth-century African-American poet Langston Hughes, describing his early struggles, his relationships, and his politics and providing a time line and primary and secondary bibliographies.
921
HUGHES
Crate PIC
/ Cooper, Floyd.
Coming home : from the life of Langston Hughes /
New York : Philomel Books, c1994.
921
HUGHES
/ Berry, S. L.
Langston Hughes /
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, 1993.
A biography of the poet who spent his career writing about the experiences of African-Americans, interspersed with examples of his work.
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921
HUGHES
/ McKissack, Pat,
Langston Hughes : great American poet /
Hillside, N.J., U.S.A :Enslow Publishers, c1992.
Includes index.
Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.
921
JEMISON
/ Yannuzzi, Della A.
Mae Jemison : a space biography /
Springfield, NJ :Enslow Publishers, 1998.
Traces the life of the first African-American woman to go into space, from her childhood in Chicago through her astronaut training and first spaceflight to life after working with NASA.
921
JORDAN
/ Patrick-Wexler, Diane.
Barbara Jordan /
Austin, Tex :RaintreeSteck-Vaughn Publishers, c1996.
921
LEONARD
/ Payment, Simone.
Buck Leonard /
New York : Rosen Central, 2002.
Offers a brief introduction to the life and career of African-American baseball player Buck Leonard.
921
LYONS
/ Bolden, Tonya.
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl /
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Maps on endpapers.
Presents the personal memoirs of MaritchaRemond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School.
921
MARSALIS
/ Freeman Ellis, Veronica.
Wynton Marsalis /
Austin, Tex. :RaintreeSteck-Vaughn, 1997.
Discusses the life and musical career of the African American trumpet player known for his performances of popular jazz and classical music.
921
MCBRIDE-JORDAN
/ McBride, James,
The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother /
New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
An African-American male tells of his mother, a white woman, who refused to admit her true identity.
921
MORRISON
/ Patrick-Wexler, Diane.
Toni Morrison /
Austin, Tex. :RaintreeSteck-Vaughn, c1997.
Discusses the personal life and literary achievements of the woman who, in 1993, became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
921
MORRISON
/ Kramer, Barbara.
Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author /
Springfield, NJ :Enslow Publishers, c1996.
Examines the life and work of the successful novelist, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
921
MYERS
/ Burshtein, Karen.
Walter Dean Myers /
New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004.
Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer.