Black History Month

Biographies

Bolden, Tonya
George Washington Carver (2008)
J B CARVER

Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Duke Ellington (1998)
J B ELLINGTON

Winter, Jonah
Dizzy (2006)
J B GILLESPIE

Feinstein, Stephen
Savion Glover (2009)
J B GLOVER

Grimes, Nikki
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope (2008)
J B OBAMA

Burleigh, Robert
Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson—Against the Odds (2007)
J B  ROBINSON

Slade, Suzanne
Sojourner Truth: Preacher for Freedom and Equality (2008)
J B TRUTH

Shone, Rob
Harriet Tubman: The Life of an African American Abolitionist (2005)
J B TUBMAN

Picture Books

Broyles, Anne
Priscilla and the Hollyhocks (2008)
J BROYLES

Carbone, Elisa
Night Running (2008)
J CARBONE

Collier, Bryan
Uptown (2000)
J COLLIER

Cooper, Floyd
Willie and the All-Stars (2008)
J New Book COOPER

Garland, Sherry
The Buffalo Soldier (2006)
J GARLAND

Macken, JoAnn Early
Sing-Along Song (2004)
J MACKEN

Morrow, Barbara Olenyik
A Good Night for Freedom (2004)
J MORROW

McKissack, Patricia
Goin’ Someplace Special (2001)
J MCKISSACK

Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Boycott Blues (2008)
J New Book PINKNEY

Scillian, Devin
Pappy ‘s Hankerchief (2007)
J SCILLIAN

Weatherford, Carole Boston
Champions on the Bench (2007)
J WEATHERFORD

Fiction

Applegate, Katherine
Home of the Brave (2007)
J APPLEGATE

Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963 (1997)
J CURTIS

Burg, Shana
A Thousannd Never Evers (2008)
J New Book BURG

Fogelin, Adrian
Crossing Jordan (2000)
J FOGELIN

Gourley, Ribbin
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edma Lewis (2009)
J New Book GOURLEY

McKissack, Patricia C.
Abby Takes a Stand (2005)
J MCKISSACK

Moses, Shelia
I, Dred Scott (2005)
J MOSES

Porter, Connie
Meet Addy, An American Girl (1993)
J Pap Series American

Deutsch, Stacia
King’s Courage, Blast to the Past #4 (2006)
J Pap Series Blast

Non-Fiction

Sharp, Pearl S.
The Slave Trade and the Middle Passage (2007)
J 306.362 SHA

Parks, Rosa with Gregory J. Reed
Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue With Today’s Youth (1996)
J 323 PA

Freedman, Russell
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (2006)
J 323.1196 FRE

McWhorter, Diane
A Dream of Freedom: Civil Rights Movements from 1965 to 1968 (2004)
J 323.1196 MCW

Somervill, Barbara
Brown V. Board of Education: The Battle For Equal Education (2005)
J 344.73 SOM

Rochelle, Belinda
Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art (2001)
J 811.008 WOR

Johnson, Dinah
Hair Dance! (2007)
J 811.54 JOH

Bolden, Tonya
Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black In America (2001)
J 973.0496 BO

Boyle, David
African Americans (2003)
J 973.0496 BOY

Masoff, Joy
The African American Story: The Events That Shaped Our Nation and the People Who Changed Our Lives (2007)
J 973.0496 MAS

McKissack, Patricia C.
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts (1996)
J 973.0496 MC

Nelson, Scott Reynolds
Ain’t Nothing But A Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry (2008)
J 973.0496 NEL

Sanders, Nancy I.
D is for Drinking Gourd: An African American Alphabet (2007)
J 973.0496 SAN

Adler, David A.
Heroes For Civil Rights (2008)
J B 323.092 ADL

Jones, Lynda
Five Brilliant Scientists (2000)
J B 509.2 JO

Greenfield, Eloise
How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea (2003)
J B 920 GR