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-- African American centuryc2000., Simon & Schuster Call No: B Edition: Free Press edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated, decade-by-decade collection of biological profiles of significant African-Americans, from W.E.B. DuBois to Tiger Woods.
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2022., Gallery Books Call No: 973.04 Eva Edition: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Contains a collection of essays about pop culture, police brutality, the treatment of African Americans and representation in the United States, by Omar Holmon and Will Evans, the co-creators of the "Black Nerd Problems" website.
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-- Harlem literary renaissanceBy Brown, Lois2006., Facts on File Call No: REF 973.915 BRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Summary Note: Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that cover a variety of topics related to the Harlem Renaissance, including writers, poets, critics, places, events, and more.
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-- Man Ray2003., Wonderland Press/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers Call No: 759.06 SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential seriesSummary Note: The biography of the Philadelphia born Dadaist-Surrealist photographer and painter.
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[2020]., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: B Gardener Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "How one "fallen woman" battled religious ideology, pseudoscience, and political resistance to women's right to vote. Exposed in Ohio newspapers for an affair with a married man, Alice Chenowyth refused to cower in shame. Instead she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York, pretended to be married to her lover, and became a wildly popular lecturer and author, brazenly opposed to sexist piety and propriety. The "Harriet Beecher Stowe of Fallen Women," she supported raising the age of sexual consent for girls (from twelve or younger), decried double standards of sexual morality, and debunked scientists' claims that women's brains were inferior. With liberal doses of feminine charm, Gardner networked tirelessly to persuade Woodrow Wilson and other male politicians to support the Nineteenth Amendment. Her effort, according to suffrage leader Carrie Pitt, was "the most potent factor" in its passage. As more women enter politics than ever before, Kimberly A. Hamlin recovers the wildly entertaining and illuminating life of a brilliant, effective woman-all but forgotten-who paved the way"--
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c2007., Twenty-First Century Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Summary Note: Presents a biography of the life and works of nineteenth-century author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau that chronicles his childhood, family, education, and achievements.
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2003., Enslow Call No: 921 THOREAU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historical American biographiesSummary Note: Describes the life of nineteenth-century American writer, philosopher, and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau.
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2002., Thunder's Mouth Press Call No: 973.92 MCD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: About the beat generation when everything seemed to happen and everyone who was anybody was in New York writing, reading, acting, painting, drinking, talking, playing.
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c2007., Modern Library Call No: 928 .1 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Modern Library classics
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By Hancock, Lee2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 MEDICI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance ruler, famous for his passion for art, poetry, philosophy, sculpture, and books.
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2005., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 GARVEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Black Americans of achievement.Summary Note: Examines the life of Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, discussing his youth in Jamaica, and looking at events that led him to lead the crusade to better the lives of black people by calling for a return to power in Africa.
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By Ford, Nick2005., Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. Call No: 921 MACHIAVELLI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers, scholars, and artists of the RenaissanceSummary Note: The biography of the Renaissance historian, musician, poet, and writer of The Prince.
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2019., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: B Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Highlights the life and legacy of Arturo Schomburg who worked during the Harlem Renaissance to raise awareness of Afro-Latin American and African American achievements and the contributions they made to society. Includes a timeline.
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c2005., Greenwood Press Call No: REF 973.923 BOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Shapers of the great American debates, Volume: v. 5Summary Note: Profiles the lives of individuals involved in the debate over President Lyndon Johnson's vision of the Great Society.
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2004., Puffin Books Call No: B DEP Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: 26 Fairmount Avenue bookSummary Note: Author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school in 1941 when he was a boy.
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2006., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 921 MORE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Makers of the Middle Ages and RenaissanceSummary Note: Presents a brief biography of Thomas Moore, philosopher, writer, and theologian of the Middle Ages, including information on his childhood, his family life, and his contributions to law and religious freedom.
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Juvenile Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An introduction to the life and career of educator and researcher William Edward Burghardt "W.E.B." Du Bois, discussing his childhood, education, fight for social justice and more.
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c2010., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 921 DU BOIS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an overview of the life of W. E. B. Du Bois, discussing his childhood, education, fight for social justice, challenges, and more.
