African American women -- Biography
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African American women -- Biography
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- All that she carried, the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake, Tiya Miles
- The other side of yet, finding light in the midst of darkness, Michelle D. Hord
- Ida B. the queen, the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells, Michelle Duster and Hannah Giorgis
- Wonderful hair, the beauty of Annie Malone, by Eve Nadel Catarevas ; illustrated by Felicia Marshall
- My life, my love, my legacy, Coretta Scott King ; as told to the Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds
- The girl with a mind for math, the story of Raye Montague, written by Julia Finley Mosca ; illustrated by Daniel Rieley
- She persisted: Oprah Winfrey, written by ReneĢe Watson ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Holding her own, the exceptional life of Jackie Ormes, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Shannon Wright
- Michelle Howard, Four-star Admiral, by Kate Moening
- The beauty in breaking, a memoir, Michele Harper
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Bessie Stringfield, tales of the talented tenth, words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill
- Tough love, my story of the things worth fighting for, Susan Rice
- My name is Truth, the life of Sojourner Truth, by Ann Turner ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Harriet Tubman, secret agent, how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War, Thomas B. Allen ; featuring illustrations by Carla Bauer
- Bound for the Promised Land, Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero, Kate Clifford Larson
- Katherine Johnson, by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Just as I am, a memoir, Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; foreword by Viola Davis
- When they call you a terrorist, a Black Lives Matter memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele with a foreword by Angela Davis
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Harriet Tubman, NEST Family Entertainment and Rich Animation Studios ; produced & directed by Richard Rich ; screenplay, Brian Nissen
- She persisted: Marian Anderson, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Before she was Harriet, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James E. Ransome
- Althea Gibson, the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl, written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- She persisted: Ella Fitzgerald, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint ; introduction by Chelsea Clinton
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Finding me, Viola Davis
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the..., Margot Lee Shetterly
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- Moses, when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Mrs. Lincoln's dressmaker, the unlikely friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln, by Lynda Jones
- Never caught, the Washingtons' relentless pursuit of their runaway slave, Ona Judge, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- The grace of silence, Michele Norris
- When they call you a terrorist, a story of Black Lives Matter and the power to change the world, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele ; adapted with Benee Knauer
- All that she carried, the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake, Tiya Miles
- She persisted, 13 American women who changed the world, written by Chelsea Clinton ; illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- She persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner, written by Rita Williams-Garcia ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint,
- Little Rosetta and the talking guitar, the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll, written and illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
- Sojourner Truth, from slave to activist for freedom, Mary G. Butler
- Black is the body, stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine, Emily Bernard
- Run the show like CEO Oprah Winfrey, written by Caroline Moss ; illustrated by Sinem Erkas
- When they call you a terrorist, a Black Lives Matter memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
- It is well with my soul, the extraordinary life of a 106-year-old woman, Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson with Patricia Mulcahy
- Leaving Breezy street, a memoir, Brenda Myers-Powell, with April Reynolds
- A history of me, written by Adrea Theodore ; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
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