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Booker T. Washington, educator of hand, head, and heart Booker T. Washington, educator of hand, head, and heart Shirley Graham Du Bois Biography of the renowned Negro educational leader and organizer of Tuskegee Institute who spent his life trying to improve the lot of his people. OL1067843W
Zeely Zeely Virginia Hamilton Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen. OL112131W
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Robert Goodwin The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe… OL12037108W
A picture book of Rosa Parks A picture book of Rosa Parks David A. Adler,Charles Turner A biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement. OL121639W
The Black man in slavery and freedom in colonial Brazil The Black man in slavery and freedom in colonial Brazil A. J. R. Russell-Wood xiii, 295 p., [8] p. of plates : 25 cm OL12324551W
As culturas negras no novo mundo As culturas negras no novo mundo Ramos, Arthur https://archive.org/details/asculturasnegrasnonovomundo OL1318803W
City boy City boy Jan Michael In the southern African country of Malawi, after the AIDS-related deaths of both of his parents, a boy leaves his affluent life in the city to live in a rural village, sharing a one-roomed hut with h… OL13368309W
Love prescription Love prescription Jeffrey Roger Gardere Clinical psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Gardere believes that it's war out there. And as a guest on major national TV shows, and as a therapist in private practice, "Dr. Jeff" is on the front lines. He hea… OL13696150W
The dark-thirty The dark-thirty Patricia McKissack 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. OL14860563W
Thurgood Marshall Thurgood Marshall James Haskins Examines the life and accomplishments of the first black judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court. OL14865468W
Seven spools of thread Seven spools of thread Angela Shelf Medearis When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includ… OL15680337W
Infinity Infinity Rachel Ward Adam, Sarah, and Mia are living together, struggling with the fame brought about by their knowing the dates when people will die, but ever since Mia swapped her number for another, her new power make… OL16239512W
Celebrating Kwanzaa Celebrating Kwanzaa Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Text and photographs depict how a Chicago family celebrates the African American holiday, Kwanzaa. OL16479676W
Layers of Blackness Layers of Blackness Deborah Gabriel This is the first book by an author in the UK to tackle the issue of colourism – the process of discrimination based on skin tone among people of the same ethnicity, which values light skin over dark… OL16815512W
Book of black heroes from A to Z Book of black heroes from A to Z Wade Hudson The Afro-bets kids introduce forty-nine black men and women who are heroes of their time. OL17729394W
Color Purple / Meridian / Third Life of Grange Copeland Color Purple / Meridian / Third Life of Grange Copeland Alice Walker Contains - [The Color Purple](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1815836W/Color_Purple) - Meridian - Third Life of Grange Copeland OL18025207W
I'm going to have a little house I'm going to have a little house Carolina Maria de Jesus "Never before published in English, Carolina's second diary, written in 1960-61, describes her life in the first year after the sudden (and, as it turned out, temporary) fame of Quarto de despejo (se… OL1810396W
Pass it on Pass it on Floyd Cooper,Wade Hudson An illustrated collection of poetry by such Afro-American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield, and Lucille Clifton. OL18318742W
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela Gini Holland A biography of the son of a Thembu chief who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa. OL1833752W
Stokely Carmichael Stokely Carmichael Jacqueline Johnson A biography of the man who made famous the words "Black Power" as he fought for the rights of black people in this country, and later settled in Africa where he organizes young Africans to work for t… OL1852948W
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