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By Bates, Gerri2005., Greenwood Press Call No: 813.54 WALKER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,Summary Note: Provides a biographical profile of author Alice Walker, looks at her work within a larger literary context, and features critical analyses of eight novels published by Walker between 1970 and 2004.
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-- Madam C. J. Walker.[2017]., Blue River Press Call No: B WAL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Madam C. J. Walker was born on a southern plantation; the first in her family bo be born free. Her parents, former slaves, could not afford to send her to school. That didn't stop her from becoming America's first female self-made millionaire"--Back cover.
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-- Barefootingc2006., Crown Publishers Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Publisher description More... Summary Note: Unita Blackwell reflects on her rise from poverty to power after she joined the civil rights movement, becoming a freedom fighter and social activist and eventually her town's mayor.
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2021., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--Provided by the publisher.
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2021., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: HI-INT B MAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball"--Provided by the publisher.
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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Raintree Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: African American biographies (Chicago, Ill.)Summary Note: Recounts the life of the famous blues singer who flourished during the 1920s.
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c2003, University Press of America Call No: 811 .52099287 0896073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a critical assessment of the creative achievements of five African-American women poets of the Harlem Renaissance, including Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, Helen Johnson, Gwen Bennett, and Angelina Grimke, and includes discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God."
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[2020]., Beacon Press Call No: U S HISTORY NF BER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Revisioning American history.Summary Note: "A Black Women's History of the United States is a critical survey of black women's complicated legacy in America, as it takes into account their exploitation and victimization as well as their undeniable and substantial contributions to the country since its inception"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Bloomsbury Publishing Call No: 305.48 Hil Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Presents a narrative in verse of the history of black women facing chains and incarceration, from the life of Harriet Tubman up to the tragic suicide of Sandra Bland in prison in 2015, highlighting the unique experience black women have faced in America throughout its history, from slavery to the Jim Crow era and up to the modern Black Lives Matter movement.
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Juvenile Call No: 305 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Published in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, discover over fifty remarkable African American women whose unique skills and contributions paved the way for the next generation of young people. Perfect for fans of Rad Women Worldwide, Women in Science, and Girls Think of Everything. Harriet Tubman guided the way. Rosa Parks sat for equality. Aretha Franklin sang from the soul. Serena Williams bested the competition. Michelle Obama transformed the White House. Black women everywhere have changed the world! Published in partnership with curators from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, this illustrated biography compilation captures the iconic moments of fifty African American women whose heroism and bravery rewrote the American story for the better. They were fearless. They were bold. They were game changers.
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-- Brave, black, first :[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day." --
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2022., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Till-Mobley Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A non-fiction picture book telling the story of Emmet Till, an African American boy brutally lynched and killed in 1955, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who took her pain and sorrow over the murder of her son and made it into a rallying cry for the Civil Rights Movement at the time. Champions and celebrates Mamie's fearlessness and bravery in not letting her son's death be forgotten.
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2022., Primary, Roaring Brook Press Call No: PICTURE NF JOY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The story of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement"--Provided by publisher.
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c2009., Juvenile, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This extraordinary union of poetry and monumental artwork captures the movement for civil rights in the United States, and honors it most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.
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c2009., Juvenile, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: B KIN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2009., Amistad/Katherine Tegen Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated biography of Coretta Scott King, describing her childhood in the segregated South, her marriage to Martin Luther King, Jr., and her civil rights work.
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2008., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Company Call No: B KIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History maker biographies
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2020., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: SUPERNATURAL F IRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and head west to California to find her mother. But nothing is easy when you're a girl trained in putting down the restless dead, and Jane soon finds herself on a dark path of blood and violence that threatens to consume her. But she won't be in it alone. Katherine Deveraux never expected to be allied with Jane McKeene. But after the hell she has endured, she knows friends are hard to come by, and that Jane needs her too, whether Jane wants to admit it or not. Watching Jane's back, however, is more than she bargained for, and it's up to Katherine to keep hope alive, even as she begins to fear that there is no happily ever after for girls like her.
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-- Do not know much about Rosa Parksc2005., Juvenile, HarperCollins Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Don't know much aboutSummary Note: Presents a brief biography of Rosa Parks, an African- American woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1960s led to a bus boycott that lasted over a year and the introduction of Martin Luther King, Jr. as head of the Civil Rights movement.
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c2013., Chicago Review Press Call No: HI-INT 940.53 MUL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the stories of African American women and their contributions to the war effort during World War II, contributions usually overlooked at the time due to the color of their skin--women like Hazel Dixon Payne, the only woman who served on the Alaska-Canadian Highway, or like Betty Murphy Phillips, the only female, African American war correspondent overseas.
