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NEW African American biographies in Sherrill Library
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Scientists
Sisters in Science: Conversations With Black Women Scientists About Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science by
18 prominent black women scientists talk about what inspired and daunted them in their desire to become scientists.
Call Number: Q141 .S556 2006
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century by
This unique resource chronicles the lives of 100 remarkable men and women. Each biography tells of the scientist's struggles, which often included overcoming prejudice, as they pursued their goals.
Call Number: EBOOK
Atheletes
Your public library is a great source of biographies on sports figures.
Silent Gesture : The Autobiography of Tommie Smith by Call Number: E-BOOK$40 Million Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete by
Call Number: GV583 .R46 2006
Black Leaders
DuBois and His Rivals by Pre-eminent Black scholar and principle founder of the NAACP, DuBois's pluralist approach found rivals in both Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey.
Call Number: E-BOOK
Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision by
This prize-winning book chronicles Ella Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher, from her early experiences in depression-era Harlem to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Call Number: E-BOOK and print at Sherrill Library - E185.97.B214 R36 2003 Lesley Sherrill stacks
The Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and Race in America by
Obama’s nomination was nearly derailed by his relationship with Jeremiah Wright, the outspoken former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of Chicago.
Call Number: E908.3 W35 2009 Lesley Sherrill stacksThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by
Beacon Press, 2013 - F334.M753 P3883 2013b
Entertainers
Your public library is a great source of biographies on entertainers.
Blues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday by
Call Number: ML3521 .D355 1998Sidney Poitier: man, actor, icon by
Call Number: EBOOK
Collections
Bearing Witness: Selections From African-American Autobiography in the Twentieth Century by This collection from the rich literature of African American autobiography documents the experience of being black in America, from slavery to present day, in the words of Frederick Douglass, Toni Morrison, and 40 other contributors.
Call Number: E185.96 .B35 1991
NEW - Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A Biographical Dictionary by Call Number: E-BOOKABC-CLIO, 2003.
Educators
Up From History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by
African American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), who organized the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, AL, was a sought-after speaker, an adviser to several Presidents, and a voracious reader and writer.
Call Number: E185.97.W4 N67 2009
To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells by
Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women’s rights advocate, and journalist.
Call Number: E185.97.W55 B39 2009 - Sherrill Library 2nd fl.
Nathan B. Young and The Struggle over Black Higher Education by
Examines Nathan Young's 20-year academic career, during which he attempted to uphold W. E. B. Du Bois's vision of liberal arts education for blacks while balancing it with the agricultural/vocational education advocated by Booker T. Washington.
Call Number: EBOOK
Slave Narratives
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Call Number: E444.J17 A3 2000 - Lesley Sherrill Main Stacks
See more Slave Narratives on the Primary Sources tab.
Unchained Memories: Readings From the Slave Narratives [DVD]Call Number: DVD at Sherrill Circulation Desk