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American National Biography has 521 biographies in Black History. To search or browse them, check the box for the Black History special collection. (1)
American Memory: 17 African-American History collections at the Library of Congress
Glaude, Eddie S., Jr.
In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Synthesizes ideas from philosophy, literature, history, and religion to promote a new philosophical framework for African Americans in the twenty-first century.
B832 .G53 2007
Olupona, Jacob K., and Regina Gemignani, eds.
African Immigrant Religions in America.
New York: New York University Press, 2007.
Explores the significance of religion in the lives of African immigrants in the United States.
BR563.N4 A368 2007
Smith, R. Drew and Frederick C. Harris, eds.
Black Churches and Local Politics:
Clergy Influence, Organizational Partnerships, and Civic Empowerment.
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Uses case studies to examine how African-American churches and religious leaders have engaged in and influenced local politics in major cities across the United States, including Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
BR563.N4 B569 2005
Young, Henry.
Major Black Religious Leaders: 1755-1940.
Nashville: Abingdon, 1977.
Discusses the lives and contributions of black religious leaders who helped to shape religion in America and worked for an end to religious discrimination.
BR 563.N4 Y68
Blight, David W.
A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom: Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Orlando: Harcourt, 2007.
Chronicles the lives of Wallace Turnage and John Washington, and how they escaped from slavery.
E450.W325 B58 2007
Reid, Richard.
Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina’s Soldiers in the Civil War Era.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Follows the lives and experiences of former slaves who escaped from their white owners in North Carolina and served in the Union army during the Civil War.
E540.N3 R45 2008
Grimes, Nikki.
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope.
Illustrated by Bryan Collier. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Describes the life and accomplishments of Barack Obama, from his childhood in Hawaii to his emergence as an important political figure and a candidate for president of the United States.
Juvenile Collection: E901.1.O23 G75 2008
Thomas, Garen Eileen.
Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama.
New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
Examines the personal and political lives of the man who would become the first African American president of the United States.
E901.1.O23 T46 2008
Jacobson, Steve.
Carrying Jackie’s Torch: the Players Who Integrated Baseball - and
America.
Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2007.
Chronicles the struggles and accomplishments of twenty black athletes--from Monte Irvin and Ed Charles to Henry Aaron and Lou Brock--who followed Jackie Robinson into the major and minor leagues between 1947 and 1968.
GV865.A1 J34 2007
Abbott, Lynn and Doug Seroff.
Ragged but Right: Black Traveling Shows, "Coon
Songs," and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz.
Jackson: University Press of
Mississippi, 2007.
Investigates the artistic contributions of black entrepreneurs, musicians, performers, and writers during the Ragtime Era, and discusses how creativity was able to flourish in spite of racism and segregation.
ML3479 .A23 2007
Bishop, Rudine Sims.
Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2007.
Surveys African American children’s literature from its origins to the present, exploring the social, political, and cultural forces that contributed to its development.
PS153.N5 B526 2007
Clark, Keith, ed.
Contemporary Black Men’s Fiction and Drama.
Urbana: University of
Illinois Press, 2001.
Explores the works of male African-American novelists and playwrights from the 1970s to the present, examining how these works have influenced Black literature and helped to shape black male identity.
PS153.N5 C645 2001
Foster, Frances Smith.
Written by Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Examines the works of such writers as Phillis Wheatley, Harriet Jacobs, and Jarena Lee, discussing how these and other African American women authors adapted existing literary conventions to suit their own purposes.
PS 153.N5 F68 1993
Wintz, Cary, ed.
Harlem Speaks: a Living History of the Harlem Renaissance.
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2007.
Highlights the social and cultural achievements of the Harlem Renaissance, paying tribute to African Americans who made important contributions in poetry, music, art, and politics.
PS153.N5 H267 2006
Harris-Lopez, Trudler.
Saints, Sinners, Saviors: Strong Black Women in African American literature.
New York: Palgrave, 2001.
Surveys the works of such authors as Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines, and Toni Cade Bambera, describing how the portrayal of strong Black women can paradoxically be “violating and destructive.”
PS153.N5 H29 2001
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and Gene Andrew Jarrett, eds.
The New Negro: Readings on Race, Representation, and African American Culture, 1892-1938.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007.
Collects over one hundred essays published between 1892 and 1938 from such writers as W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright, that examine the issues of race and representation in African American culture.
PS153.N5 N49 2007
Gates, Henry L., ed.
Reading Black, Reading Feminist: a Critical Anthology.
New York: Meridian, 1990.
Contains twenty-six critical essays that explore the lives and works of prominent black female authors, including Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and Alice Walker.
PS153.N5 R38 1990
Casement, Rose.
Black History in the Pages of Children’s Literature.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Provides an overview of African-American history from the pre-colonial era to the present, and offers an annotated bibliography of selected works of children’s literature with an emphasis on their social, cultural, and historical relevance.
PS173.N4 C37 2008
Bloom, Harold, ed.
African-American Poets: Phillis Wheatley through Melvin B. Tolson.
Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2003.
Examines the early history of African American poetry from colonial times through the Harlem Renaissance, with a focus on the works of such poets as Phillis Wheatley and Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
PS310.N4 A69 2003
Angelou, Maya.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome.
New York: Bantam Books, 1998.
A collection of autobiographical essays by the award-winning poet and writer discusses such subjects as marriage, motherhood, black history, and the value of art.
PS3551.N464 E94 1998
Baldwin, James.
Go Tell it on the Mountain.
New York: Dial Press, 1963. Semiautobiographical novel describes two days and one night in the life of the Grimes family.
PS3552.A45 G6 1963
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More information on American National Biography:
This electronic resource contains full text of prominent Americans presently deceased. This is a continuation of the print source Dictionary of American Biography. (Reference Collection: E 176. D56) Entries include an extensive biography with cross references, photographs and a bibliography. This database is accessible from the Averett Library web page and remotely with a library login and password. A list of entries of prominent African Americans includes:
George Washington Carver
Charles Drew
Joe Louis
Elijah Muhammad
Billie Holiday
James Baldwin
Thurgood Marshall
Ernie Nevers
Ronald McNair
Barbara Jordan
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