BLACK HISTORY - Biographies

BIOGRAPHIES TO CELEBRATE, LEARN, HONOR BLACK HISTORY, BLACK AUTHORS, BLACK LIVES!!

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks By Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator) Cover Image

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419734113
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 7th, 2020
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) By Patricia Hruby Powell, Christian Robinson (Illustrator) Cover Image

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) (Hardcover)

By Patricia Hruby Powell, Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781452103143
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Published: Chronicle Books - January 14th, 2014
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations By Kelly Starling Lyons, Keith Mallett (Illustrator) Cover Image

Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations (Hardcover)

By Kelly Starling Lyons, Keith Mallett (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780525516095
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - August 6th, 2019
100 African Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series) By Chrisanne Beckner, Briana Arrington-Dengoue (Illustrator) Cover Image

100 African Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series) (Paperback)

By Chrisanne Beckner, Briana Arrington-Dengoue (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780912517186
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Published: Sourcebooks Explore - November 1st, 1995
My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement By Willie Mae Brown Cover Image

My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover)

By Willie Mae Brown
$16.99
ISBN: 9780374390235
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - January 3rd, 2023
Colin Powell: It Can Be Done! By Mike Strong Cover Image

Colin Powell: It Can Be Done! (Paperback)

By Mike Strong
$9.75
ISBN: 9780736895293
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Published: Red Bricklearning - January 1st, 2002
Who Was Jackie Robinson? (Who Was?) By Gail Herman, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator) Cover Image

Who Was Jackie Robinson? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Gail Herman, Who HQ, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780448455570
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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 23rd, 2010
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy By Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy (Hardcover)

By Kekla Magoon, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062912510
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Published: Quill Tree Books - January 5th, 2021
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir By Nikki Grimes Cover Image

Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Nikki Grimes
$12.99
ISBN: 9781635925623
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Published: Wordsong - March 1st, 2022
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice By Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illustrator) Cover Image

Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice (Hardcover)

By Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534462670
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - August 25th, 2020
Who Was Bob Marley? (Who Was?) By Katie Ellison, Who HQ, Gregory Copeland (Illustrator) Cover Image

Who Was Bob Marley? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Katie Ellison, Who HQ, Gregory Copeland (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780448489193
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Published: Penguin Workshop - June 6th, 2017
Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson? (Who Was?) By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, Manuel Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image

Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Who HQ, Manuel Gutierrez (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780399544361
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Published: Penguin Workshop - June 1st, 2021
Who Is RuPaul? (Who Was?) By Nico Medina, Who HQ, Andrew Thomson (Illustrator) Cover Image

Who Is RuPaul? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Nico Medina, Who HQ, Andrew Thomson (Illustrator)
$6.99
ISBN: 9780593222690
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Published: Penguin Workshop - May 11th, 2021
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was?) By Bonnie Bader, Who HQ, Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator) Cover Image

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? (Who Was?) (Paperback)

By Bonnie Bader, Who HQ, Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780448447230
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Published: Penguin Workshop - December 27th, 2007
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl By Tonya Bolden Cover Image

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl (Paperback)

By Tonya Bolden
$9.95
ISBN: 9781419716263
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - March 17th, 2015
The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World By The Staff of The Undefeated, Robert Ball (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up the World (Paperback)

By The Staff of The Undefeated, Robert Ball (Illustrator)
$11.99
ISBN: 9780358668053
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Published: Clarion Books - December 21st, 2021
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace By Ashley Bryan, Ashley Bryan (Illustrator) Cover Image

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace (Hardcover)

By Ashley Bryan, Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
$21.99
ISBN: 9781534404908
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Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 15th, 2019
Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs By Mary E. Lyons Cover Image

Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs (Mass Market)

By Mary E. Lyons
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780689878688
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - January 6th, 2009
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice By Bryan Stevenson Cover Image

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice (Paperback)

By Bryan Stevenson
$10.99
ISBN: 9780525580065
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Published: Ember - September 10th, 2019
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) By Kamala Harris Cover Image

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) (Paperback)

By Kamala Harris
$10.99
ISBN: 9780593113172
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Published: Penguin Books - October 13th, 2020
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success By Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins Cover Image

We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success (Hardcover)

By Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, George Jenkins
$16.99
ISBN: 9780525474074
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Published: Dutton Children's Books - April 21st, 2005
The Frederick Douglass You Never Knew By James Lincoln Collier Cover Image

The Frederick Douglass You Never Knew (Paperback)

By James Lincoln Collier
$6.95
ISBN: 9780516258379
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Published: Children's Press(CT) - March 1st, 2004
Warriors Don't Cry: Searing Memoir of Battle to Integrate Little Rock By Melba Pattillo Beals Cover Image

Warriors Don't Cry: Searing Memoir of Battle to Integrate Little Rock (Paperback)

By Melba Pattillo Beals
$18.00
ISBN: 9780671866396
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Published: Washington Square Press - February 1st, 1995
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) By Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) Cover Image

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) (Hardcover)

By Andrea Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781423142577
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - October 23rd, 2012
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator) Cover Image

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (Hardcover)

By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780761361695
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Published: Carolrhoda Lab (TM) - January 1st, 2012
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother By James McBride Cover Image

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Paperback)

By James McBride
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594481925
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 7th, 2006
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition By Margot Lee Shetterly Cover Image

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (Paperback)

By Margot Lee Shetterly
$8.99
ISBN: 9780062662378
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Published: HarperCollins - November 29th, 2016
Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur By Michael Eric Dyson Cover Image

Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur (Paperback)

By Michael Eric Dyson
$17.99
ISBN: 9780465017287
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Published: Civitas Books - September 5th, 2006
Between the World and Me By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image

Between the World and Me (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$26.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: One World - July 14th, 2015
Black Boy By Richard Wright, John Edgar Wideman (Foreword by), Malcolm Wright (Afterword by) Cover Image

Black Boy (Paperback)

By Richard Wright, John Edgar Wideman (Foreword by), Malcolm Wright (Afterword by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9780061130243
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - March 27th, 2007
Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir By Ursula Burns Cover Image

Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ursula Burns
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062879295
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Published: Amistad - June 15th, 2021
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake By Tiya Miles Cover Image

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (Paperback)

By Tiya Miles
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984855015
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 1st, 2022