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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Henry Louis Gates, Jr Henry Louis Gates, Jr Meg Greene "This full-length biography explores the multifaceted--and altogether fascinating--life, opinions, and accomplishments of African American scholar and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr"-- OL16498845W
Cornel West Cornel West Jack Morrison,John Morrison Profiles Cornel West, a scholar in African-American Studies who has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, and written many books including "Race Matters." OL19670426W
Daniel Alexander Payne Daniel Alexander Payne Nelson T. Strobert This is a biography of Daniel Alexander Payne, a free person of color in nineteenth century Charleston, South Carolina. He was an educator, pastor, abolitionist, poet, historiographer, hymn writer, e… OL20955149W
The making of a Black scholar The making of a Black scholar Horace A. Porter "This is a memoir of a young black man moving from rural Georgia to life as a student and teacher in the Ivy League as well as a history of the changes in American education that developed in respons… OL4639460W
W.E.B. DuBois W.E.B. DuBois Mark Stafford,John Davenport Examines the life of the black scholar and leader who devoted himself to gaining equality for his people. OL4778518W
Henry Louis Gates, Jr Henry Louis Gates, Jr Marylou Morano Kjelle A biography of the noted literary historian, critic, author, and scholar who taught at many leading universities before becoming head of the African American Studies department at Harvard. OL5709369W