Animal Life
in Africa
When Lion Could Fly
Nick Greaves
1993 Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8120-1625-4
Animal tales with accompanying factual information about the animal and
its habitat in Africa.
Anthology
of Literature
Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young
People
Charles Sullivan
1991 Harry N. Abrams, Inc,
ISBN# 0-8109-3170-2
Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American
experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.
Arts and
Crafts - African
African Art
Duncan Clarke
1995 Crescent Books
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 0-517-12080-1
This book shows the full range of African creativity from sophisticated
bronze sculpture to headdresses and from carved thrones to colorful textiles.
Eighty colored plates and informative text cover each region of Africa and
their many art forms.
African Arts and Cultures
Jacqueline Chanda
1993 Davis Publications, Inc.
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 87192-249-5
This richly documented text on African arts includes photographs with
accompanying explanations of the form, function and symbolic meaning of
the art work.
African Designs From Traditional Sources
Geoffrey Williams
1971 Dover Publications Inc.
Available from Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-22752-9
A collection of 200 African designs from textiles, ornaments, tools,
carvings, wall decorations and other art forms. Background information is
provided for each design.
African Punch-Out Masks
A.G. Smith and Josie Hazen
1994 Dover Publications Inc.
Available from Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-27933-2
Six color, full-size masks from Africa including a hyena mask from Mali
and a Bakuba dance mask from the Congo.
Coloring Book of Ancient Africa
1995 Bellerophon Books
Available from Bellerphon Books
ISBN# 0-88388-090-3
Black and white illustrations of art work from the ancient royal palaces
in Benin.
Royal Art of Benin, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 0-87099-702-5
This resource collection for educators includes two posters, twenty color
slides, background text, classroom activities and a bibliography on the
royal art of Benin.
Arts and
Crafts - African American
Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young
People
Charles Sullivan
1991 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8109-3170-2
Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American
experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.
Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection
of the National Museum of American Art
Regina Perry
1992 Smithsonian Institution
Available from Pomegranate
ISBN# 1-56640-072-4
This exhibition catalog from an exhibit at the National Museum of American
Art features the work of more than 100 African American artists from the
1800s to the present. Full-color reproductions of art work. A print collection
under same title is also available.
Athletes
Book of firsts: Sports heroes
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2055-X
Brief biographies of African-American sports heroes: Arthur Ashe, Chuck
Cooper, Althea Gibson, Jack Johnson, Jesse Owens, Frank Robinson and Bill
Russell.
Muhammad Ali
Arthur Diamond
1995 Lucent Books
ISBN# 1-56006-060-3
Explores the life of Muhammad Ali, the charismatic boxer with a conscience
who held the world heavyweight championship for an unprecedented three times.
Authors
Female Writers
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2063-0
A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers.
Langston Hughes
(Black Americans of Achievement)
Jack Rummel
1988 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 1-555-46595-1
Covers the life of Langston Hughes, the famous African-American poet.
His observations of racial discrimination in the United States prompted
him to write scorching poems with strong social overtones, earning him the
reputation of a literary rebel. Yet he persevered, to become the leading
poet of the black world. Introduced by Coretta Scott King and illustrated
with numerous photographs.
Aviation
Flying Free: America's First Black Aviators
Philip S. Hart and Reeve Lindbergh
1992 Lerner Publications Company
ISBN# 0-8225-1598-9
Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation
communities in Los Angeles and Chicago in the 1920s through World War II
to modern times.
Biography
African-American Inventors
(A Proud Heritage)
Patricia McKissack Fredrick McKissack
1994 The Millbrook Press
ISBN# 1-56294-468-1
African-Americans have produced inventions that made major contributions
to a range of fields, often in the face of enormous obstacles and often
with scant recognition.
African-American Scientists
(A Proud Heritage)
Patricia McKissack Fredrick McKissack
1994 Millbrook Press
ISBN# 1-56294-372-3
Examines the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from
colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker and George Washington
Carver.
Amos Fortune: Free Man
Elizabeth Yates
1950 Dutton Children's Books Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-525-25570-2
This is an intensely moving biography of Amos Fortune, born a prince
in Africa and abducted by slave traders at the age of fifteen. At the age
of sixty, he finally bought his freedom.
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Virginia Hamilton
1988 Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN# 0-394-98185-5
A biography of Anthony Burns, a slave who escaped to Boston in 1854,
was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor
between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the fugitive slave
acts.
Benjamin Davis, Jr.
Catherine Reef
1992 Twenty-first Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2137-x
Examines the life of Benjamin Davis, Jr., the first black man to graduate
from West Point in the twentieth century, who pursued his chosen course
of a military career despite the prejudice against him.
Black Fighting Men: A Proud History
(African-American Soldiers)
Catherine Reef
1994 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-3106-5
Despite prejudice and unfair treatment, African-Americans have been strong
defenders of the United States. They have fought in every major American
conflict, from the war of independence through the war in the Persian Gulf.
Biographies of fourteen African-American soldiers whose names deserve to
be known, from Crispus Attucks to Lonnie Davis, are included in this collection
of biographies of African American military men.
Book of Firsts: Leaders of America
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2065-7
A collection of short biographies of black leaders of America, including
Blanche Bruce, Benjamin Davis, Thurgood Marshall, and Colin Powell.
Book of Firsts: Sports Heroes
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2055-X
Brief biographies of African-American sports heroes: Arthur Ashe, Chuck
Cooper, Althea Gibson, Jack Johnson, Jesse Owens, Frank Robinson and Bill
Russell.
Civil Rights Leaders
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1993 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2051-7
Presents brief biographies of eight people involved in the civil rights
movement.
"Chappie" James
(African-American Soldiers)
Neil Super
1992 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2138-8
Follows the life of Daniel "Chappie" James, America's first
black four-star general. Illustrated with photographs. A chronology, an
index and a bibliography are included as research tools.
Female Leaders
(Profiles of great black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2057-6
A collection of biographies on the lives of eight black American women
who dedicated themselves to the struggle for freedom and equality.
Female Writers
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2063-0
A collection of short biographies of noted black female writers.
Jazz Stars
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2059-2
A collection of biographies on the lives of eight black men and women
whose artistry transformed popular music and made jazz one of America's
greatest cultural achievements.
Langston Hughes
(Black Americans of Achievement)
Jack Rummel
1988 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 1-555-46595-1
Covers the life of Langston Hughes, the famous African-American poet.
His observations of racial discrimination in the United States prompted
him to write scorching poems with strong social overtones, earning him the
reputation of a literary rebel. Yet he persevered, to become the leading
poet of the black world. Introduced by Coretta Scott King and illustrated
with numerous photographs.
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
Walter Myers
1993 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-48109-6
This biography of Malcolm X won the 1994 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
award. Also see the CD-ROM Smart Book under the same title.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man to Remember
Patricia McKissack
1984 Childrens Press
ISBN# 0-516-03206-2
A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated with photographs.
Muhammad Ali
Arthur Diamond
1995 Lucent Books
ISBN# 1-56006-060-3
Explores the life of Muhammad Ali, the charismatic boxer with a conscience
who held the world heavyweight championship for an unprecedented three times.
Performing Artists
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2069-X
A collection of biographies of various African-American performing artists.
Pioneers of Discovery
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2067-3
A collection of biographies that examines the lives of eight black Americans
who pursued careers in the fields of science and exploration. All these
men broke racial barriers in their trailblazing work and study.
Rosa Parks: My Story
Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins
1992 Dial Books
ISBN# 0-8037-0673-1
The story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white person
on a bus and the resulting revolution that would transform America.
Shapers of America
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1993 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2053-3
Presents brief biographies of eight African Americans who helped shape
America, including Richard Allen, Mary McLeod Bethune, Marcus Garvey and
Sojurner Truth.
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
1992 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-44690-8
Biography of Sojourner Truth, a former slave who became well-known as
an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.
Year They Walked, The
Beatrice Siegel
1992 Four Winds
ISBN# 0-02-782631-7
Examines the life of Rosa Parks, focusing on her role in the Montgomery
bus boycott.
Civil Rights
Movement
Civil Rights Leaders
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1993 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2051-7
Presents brief biographies of eight people involved in the civil rights
movement.
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their
Own Stories
Ellen Levine
1993 G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN# 0-399-21893-9
Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement
during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
Walter Myers
1993 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-48109-6
This biography of Malcolm X won the 1994 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
award. Also see the CD-ROM Smart Book under the same title.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man to Remember
Patricia McKissack
1984 Childrens Press
ISBN# 0-516-03206-2
A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated with photographs.
Rosa Parks: My Story
Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins
1992 Dial Books
ISBN# 0-8037-0673-1
The story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white person
on a bus and the resulting revolution that would transform America.
Vietnam War Soldiers
(African-American Soldiers)
Neil Super
1993 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2307-0
Focuses on the experiences of African-American soldiers in the Vietnam
War, experiences that reflected and amplified the struggle for civil rights
in America during this same period.
Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil
Rights
Belinda Rochelle
1993 Lodestar Books
ISBN# 0-525-67377-6
Describes the experiences of young blacks who were involved in significant
events in the civil rights movement, including Brown vs. Board of Education,
the Montgomery bus boycott, and the sit-in movement.
Year They Walked, The
Beatrice Siegel
1992 Four Winds
ISBN# 0-02-782631-7
Examines the life of Rosa Parks, focusing on her role in the Montgomery
bus boycott.
Civil War
With Every Drop of Blood
James Collier and Christopher Collier
1994 Delacorte Press
ISBN# 0-385-32028-0
While trying to transport food to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil
War, fourteen-year-old Johnny is captured by a black Union soldier. The
two form as unlikely alliance as the world around them falls apart and Johnny
begins to question the Confederate position.
Depression
- 1930s
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor
1989 Cornerstone Books
ISBN# 1-55736-140-1
The vivid story of a black family whose warm ties to each other and their
land give them strength to defy rural southern racism during the Depression.
Sounder
William Armstrong
1969 HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN# 0-06-020144-4
This Newbery Award winning classic is the story of a black sharecropper
in Louisiana during the depression whose life is changed forever when he
is caught stealing to feed his family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the
incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Audio version
also available.
Entertainers
Performing Artists
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2069-X
A collection of biographies of various African-American performing artists.
Family Life
African American family album, The
Dorothy Hoobler
1995 Oxford University Press
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-19-509460-3
The African American family album is a collection of the memories and
experiences of a people who were first Africans, then slaves, and finally
African Americans. Illustrated with archival family photographs.
Chevrolet Saturdays
Candy Boyd
1993 Macmillan
ISBN# 0-02-711765-0
When he enters fifth grade after his mother's remarriage, Joey has trouble
adjusting to his new teacher and to his new stepfather.
Circle of Gold
Candy Boyd
1984 Scholastic, Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-49426-0
Mattie is determined to get her mother a beautiful gold pin for Mother's
Day, even though she has not saved enough money and has just lost her job.
Cousins
Virginia Hamilton
1990 Philomel Books
ISBN# 0-399-22164-6
Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental
death of another relative.
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton
1982 Philomel Books
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-399-20894-1
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her
in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle.
Fiction
Chevrolet Saturdays
Candy Boyd
1993 Macmillan
ISBN# 0-02-711765-0
When he enters fifth grade after his mother's remarriage, Joey has trouble
adjusting to his new teacher and to his new stepfather.
Circle of Gold
Candy Boyd
1984 Scholastic, Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-49426-0
Mattie is determined to get her mother a beautiful gold pin for Mother's
Day, even though she has not saved enough money and has just lost her job.
Cousins
Virginia Hamilton
1990 Philomel Books
ISBN# 0-399-22164-6
Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental
death of another relative.
Fallen Angels
Walter Myers
1988 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-40942-5
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of high school, enlists in
the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty
in Vietnam.
Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School
Eleanora Tate
1992 Bantam Skylark Book
ISBN# 0-553-08384-8
Twelve-year-old Margie and her cousin enjoy the stories Margie's father
tells about people and events in their small Missouri town's past.
House of Dies Drear, The
Virginia Hamilton
1991 Cornerstone Books
ISBN# 1-55736-173-8
A Black professor and his family come north to live in a haunted, deserted
house that was once a station on the Underground Railroad. Mysterious sounds
and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family
believe they are in grave danger.
LeRoy and the Old Man
W.E. Butterworth
1980 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-42711-3
LeRoy witnesses a murder committed by one of Chicago's toughest gangs.
The gang is convinced that LeRoy informed on them and wants revenge. Leroy
flees to his grandfather's home and finds a way to deal with his problem.
Mayfield Crossing
Vaunda Nelson
1993 G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN# 0-399-22331-2
When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent
to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for
the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for drawing people together.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred Taylor
1989 Cornerstone Books
ISBN# 1-55736-140-1
The vivid story of a black family whose warm ties to each other and their
land give them strength to defy rural southern racism during the Depression.
Shimmershine Queens, The
Camille Yarbrough
1989 G. P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN# 0-399-21465-8
Two fifth graders try to uplift themselves and their classmates out of
a less than beautiful urban present by encouraging dreams and the desire
to achieve them.
Slave Ship, The
Emma Sterne
1953 Apple Paperback (Scholastic)
ISBN# 0-590-44360-7
A group of men, women and children are kidnapped from Africa and held
aboard a schooner until a boy finds the secret to free them.
Sounder
William Armstrong
1969 HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN# 0-06-020144-4
This Newbery Award winning classic is the story of a black sharecropper
in Louisiana during the depression whose life is changed forever when he
is caught stealing to feed his family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the
incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Audio version
also available.
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Virginia Hamilton
1982 Philomel Books
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-399-20894-1
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her
in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle.
When the Nightingale Sings
Joyce Carol Thomas
1992 HarperCollins Publishers
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-06-020294-7
Despite her mean-spirited foster mother's attempts to demean her, Marigold
finds the song within her during the search for a new lead gospel singer
for the Baptist Church.
With Every Drop of Blood
James Collier and Christopher Collier
1994 Delacorte Press
ISBN# 0-385-32028-0
While trying to transport food to Richmond, Virginia, during the Civil
War, fourteen-year-old Johnny is captured by a black Union soldier. The
two form as unlikely alliance as the world around them falls apart and Johnny
begins to question the Confederate position.
Folktales
- African
Bury My Bones But Keep My Words: African Tales for Retelling
Tony Fairman
1991 Henry Holt and Company
ISBN# 0-8050-2333-X
A collection of traditional African tales, including "The Man with
a Tree on His Head" from Botswana, "There's One Day for the Victim"
from Nigeria, and "Hare and the White Man" from South Africa.
Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales
Ashley Bryan
1993 Macmillan Publishing Company
ISBN# 0-689-31799-9
A collection of five traditional stories from Africa: "Ananse the
spider in search of a fool," "Frog and his two wives," "Elephant
and frog go courting," "Tortoise, hare, and the sweet potatoes,"
and "The ox of the wonderful horns."
Tokoloshi
Diana Pitcher
1981 Tricycle Press
Available from Tricycle Press
Presents retellings of seventeen African folktales, most of which are
Bantu tales of southern and central Africa set against a background of Zulu
family life and customs.
When Lion Could Fly
Nick Greaves
1993 Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8120-1625-4
Animal tales with accompanying factual information about the animal and
its habitat in Africa.
Folktales
- African American
People Could Fly, The: American Black Folktales
Virginia Hamilton
1985 Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN# 0-394-96925-1
This is a collection of Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy,
the supernatural, and the desire for freedom. Each folktale is followed
by a brief explanatory note. Book and cassette format available.
History
- African Americans
Africans in America
Ayanna Hart and Earl Spangler
1995 Lerner Publications Company
Available from Social Studies School Service
ISBN# 0-8225-1952-6
The history of Africans in America from the slave trade through the Civil
War and struggle for civil rights to the challenges African Americans face
today.
American Historical Images on File: The Black Experience
Carter Smith
1990 Facts On File
Available from Social Studies School Service
ISBN# 0-8160-2227-5
This resource collection of over 250 captioned pictures includes photographs
and drawings of the important people and events in African-American history
from slavery to the Civil Rights movement. The images with explanatory text
are printed on heavy stock and reproduction rights are included.
Timelines of African-American History: 500 Years of Black
Achievement
Tom Cowan and Jack Maguire
1994 Roundtable Press/Perigee Books
Available from Dale Seymour Publications
ISBN# 0-399-52127-5
From 1492 to the present, this reference includes information about exploration,
politics and civil rights, religion, education, business and employment,
the military, literature and journalism, science and technology, and important
statistics pertaining to the African American community.
Gangs
LeRoy and the Old Man
W.E. Butterworth
1980 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-42711-3
LeRoy witnesses a murder committed by one of Chicago's toughest gangs.
The gang is convinced that LeRoy informed on them and wants revenge. Leroy
flees to his grandfather's home and finds a way to deal with his problem.
Military
Benjamin Davis, Jr.
Catherine Reef
1992 Twenty-first Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2137-x
Examines the life of Benjamin Davis, Jr., the first black man to graduate
from West Point in the twentieth century, who pursued his chosen course
of a military career despite the prejudice against him.
Black Fighting Men: A Proud History
(African-American Soldiers)
Catherine Reef
1994 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-3106-5
Despite prejudice and unfair treatment, African-Americans have been strong
defenders of the United States. They have fought in every major American
conflict, from the war of independence through the war in the Persian Gulf.
Biographies of fourteen African-American soldiers whose names deserve to
be known, from Crispus Attucks to Lonnie Davis, are included in this collection
of biographies of African American military men.
"Chappie" James
(African-American Soldiers)
Neil Super
1992 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2138-8
Follows the life of Daniel "Chappie" James, America's first
black four-star general. Illustrated with photographs. A chronology, an
index and a bibliography are included as research tools.
Fallen Angels
Walter Myers
1988 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-40942-5
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of high school, enlists in
the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty
in Vietnam.
Flying Free: America's First Black Aviators
Philip S. Hart and Reeve Lindbergh
1992 Lerner Publications Company
ISBN# 0-8225-1598-9
Surveys the history of black aviators, from the early black aviation
communities in Los Angeles and Chicago in the 1920s through World War II
to modern times.
Vietnam War Soldiers
(African-American Soldiers)
Neil Super
1993 Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN# 0-8050-2307-0
Focuses on the experiences of African-American soldiers in the Vietnam
War, experiences that reflected and amplified the struggle for civil rights
in America during this same period.
Music
Jazz Stars
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2059-2
A collection of biographies on the lives of eight black men and women
whose artistry transformed popular music and made jazz one of America's
greatest cultural achievements.
When the Nightingale Sings
Joyce Carol Thomas
1992 HarperCollins Publishers
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-06-020294-7
Despite her mean-spirited foster mother's attempts to demean her, Marigold
finds the song within her during the search for a new lead gospel singer
for the Baptist Church.
Peoples
and Countries of Africa
Nigeria in Pictures
(Visual Geography Series)
Geography Department
1989 Lerner Publications
ISBN# 0-8225-1826-0
Introduces the land, history, government, people, and economy of Nigeria.
Illustrated with photographs.
Poetry
Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Langston Hughes
1994 Knopf
ISBN# 0-679-84421-X
A collection of 66 poems, selected by the author for young readers, including
lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
Political
Leaders
Book of Firsts: Leaders of America
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2065-7
A collection of short biographies of black leaders of America, including
Blanche Bruce, Benjamin Davis, Thurgood Marshall, and Colin Powell.
Female Leaders
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2057-6
A collection of biographies on the lives of eight black American women
who dedicated themselves to the struggle for freedom and equality.
Shapers of America
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1993 Chelsea House
ISBN# 0-7910-2053-3
Presents brief biographies of eight African Americans who helped shape
America, including Richard Allen, Mary McLeod Bethune, Marcus Garvey and
Sojurner Truth.
Race Relations
Mayfield Crossing
Vaunda Nelson
1993 G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN# 0-399-22331-2
When the school in Mayfield Crossing is closed, the students are sent
to larger schools, where the black children encounter racial prejudice for
the first time. Only baseball seems a possibility for drawing people together.
Sounder
William Armstrong
1969 HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN# 0-06-020144-4
This Newbery Award winning classic is the story of a black sharecropper
in Louisiana during the depression whose life is changed forever when he
is caught stealing to feed his family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the
incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Audio version
also available.
Rural Life
Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School
Eleanora Tate
1992 Bantam Skylark Book
ISBN# 0-553-08384-8
Twelve-year-old Margie and her cousin enjoy the stories Margie's father
tells about people and events in their small Missouri town's past.
Scientists
and Inventors
African-American Inventors
(A Proud Heritage)
Patricia McKissack Fredrick McKissack
1994 The Millbrook Press
ISBN# 1-56294-468-1
African-Americans have produced inventions that made major contributions
to a range of fields, often in the face of enormous obstacles and often
with scant recognition.
African-American Scientists
(A Proud Heritage)
Patricia McKissack Fredrick McKissack
1994 Millbrook Press
ISBN# 1-56294-372-3
Examines the lives and achievements of African-American scientists from
colonial days to the present, including Benjamin Banneker and George Washington
Carver.
Pioneers of Discovery
(Profiles of Great Black Americans)
Richard Rennert (Ed.)
1994 Chelsea House Publishers
ISBN# 0-7910-2067-3
A collection of biographies that examines the lives of eight black Americans
who pursued careers in the fields of science and exploration. All these
men broke racial barriers in their trailblazing work and study.
Slavery
Amos Fortune: Free Man
Elizabeth Yates
1950 Dutton Children's Books Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-525-25570-2
This is an intensely moving biography of Amos Fortune, born a prince
in Africa and abducted by slave traders at the age of fifteen. At the age
of sixty, he finally bought his freedom.
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Virginia Hamilton
1988 Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN# 0-394-98185-5
A biography of Anthony Burns, a slave who escaped to Boston in 1854,
was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor
between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the fugitive slave
acts.
Get On Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Jim Haskins
1993 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-45418-8
This history of the Underground Railroad describes the fugitive slave
laws and the long history of slave escapes with a focus on the route, the
conductors, an secret signals that were the route to freedom for southern
slaves.
House of Dies Drear, The
Virginia Hamilton
1991 Cornerstone Books
ISBN# 1-55736-173-8
A Black professor and his family come north to live in a haunted, deserted
house that was once a station on the Underground Railroad. Mysterious sounds
and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family
believe they are in grave danger.
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom
Virginia Hamilton
1993 Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN# 0-394-82873-9
Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad,
an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways. Each
chapter is a separate story of an event along the underground railroad.C
People in Bondage: African Slavery Since the 15th century
L.H. Ofosu-Appiah
1993 Runestone Press
ISBN# 0-8225-3150-x
A history of the enslavement of Africans by different countries and different
cultures.
Slave Dancer
Paula Fox
1973 Bradbury Press
ISBN# 0-02-735560-8
Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier, a slave in New Orleans, is given the
job of playing his fife to "dance" the slaves on the slave ships
to keep their muscles strong. His story of the four month voyage gives readers
an eye-opening account of the capture, transportation and barter of slaves.
Slave Ship, The
Emma Sterne
1953 Apple Paperback (Scholastic)
ISBN# 0-590-44360-7
A group of men, women and children are kidnapped from Africa and held
aboard a schooner until a boy finds the secret to free them.
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I A Woman?
Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
1992 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-44690-8
Biography of Sojourner Truth, a former slave who became well-known as
an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.
Spiritual
Life
Voodoo: Opposing Viewpoints
(Great Mysteries: Opposing Viewpoints)
Don Nardo and Erik Belgum
1991 Greenhaven Press, Inc.
ISBN# 0-89908-089-8
The word voodoo conjures up images of wild dancing around blazing fires,
cloth dolls stuck with pins, spells cast with herbs and prayers, and the
infamous zombies-the living dead. Do these sinister and magical manifestations
represent the truth about voodoo? Readers examine the evidence and come
to their own conclusions. | 
