Tag search:AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY

My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles: The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion

by Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Refugees, Africa, *Africa, Chess, Champions, RED DOT, Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, *Nigeria, AFRICAN AMERICAN — 2 more, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Middle School
Status
Available

Biographies for 8th Grade History:Twenty Remarkable Men and Women

Paperback, 2009
Tags
(920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Biography, 8th grade History, Waldorf, Simón Bolivar, Marie Curie, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Mao Zedong, Nelson Mandela, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr — 40 more, César Chávez, Wangari Maathai, Harriet Tubman, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Spanish Studies, African Biography, *China, Scientists, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, India-Biography, *Shelved in Waldorf Section, Martin Luther King Jr., Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), *India, John Harrison, Eli Whitney, Sequoyah, Benito Juarez, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton (1821-1912), Janusz Korcsak, *Poland, *USA, *France, *Mexico, *England, *South America, *Kenya, *South Africa, Nien Cheng, Jomo Kenyatta, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Disability, visual disabilities, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7234
Status
Available

George Washington Carver: The Peanut Wizard

by Laura Driscoll
Paperback, 2003
Tags
CARVER, George Washington-Carver, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, PEANUTS, Scientists, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Smart About History
Barcode
5476
Status
Available

Who Was Jesse Owens?

by James Buckley Jr.
Paperback, 2015
Tags
OWENS-JESSE 1913-1980-BIOGRAPHY, Track and Field, Athletes, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Sports_Biography, OLYMPICS-BIOGRAPHY, Jesse Owens, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Sports, Olympics, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 14 more, Small Green Dot, Racism, Segregation, Berlin, Civil Rights, American History, World War II, Series, Black History Month, Summer Olympics, Running, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Pentathlon, Greek Games
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (104)
Barcode
5437
Status
Available

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?

by Bonnie Bader
Paperback, 2008
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Activists, Civil Rights, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Equality, American History, Assassination — 3 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, Martin Luther King Jr., Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (29)
Barcode
5431
Status
Available

Hank Aaron (Baseball Superstars (Paperback))

by J Poolos
Paperback, 2008
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Hank Aaron 1934-, Baseball, Sports, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, Athletes
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Baseball Superstars
Barcode
5593
Status
Available

Dare to Dream: Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights Movement (Rainbow Biography)

by Angela Shelf Medearis
Paperback, 1999
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, Women, Women's History, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King 1927-2006, American History, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr — 1 more, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5522
Status
Available

Mahalia Jackson : young gospel singer

by Montrew Dunham
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Jackson-Mahalia, Singers, Gospel Singers, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Historical Fiction, Women's History, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, Civil Rights, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot — 1 more, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5512
Status
Available

Crispus Attucks: Black Leader of Colonial Patriots (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Dharathula H. Millender
Paperback, 1986
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, American History, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Attucks-Crispus d. 1770, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Boston Massacre, *Massachusetts, Patriots, Historical Fiction, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 1 more, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
5461
Status
Available

Who Was Louis Armstrong?

by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Paperback, 2004
Tags
ARMSTRONG-LOUIS 1901-1971-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Jazz Musicians-Biography, Harlem Renaissance, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Music, Jazz, Musicians, *New Orleans, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot — 1 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Who Was ...? (Who HQ) (15)
Barcode
5413
Status
Available

Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books)

by Nikki Grimes
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
COLEMAN-BESSIE-1896-1926-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, Pilots, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Poetry, AIRPLANES, 8th grade curriculum: Aviation, Aviation, Civil Rights, Women's History — 2 more, Equality, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5481
Status
Available

Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Montrew Dunham
Paperback, 1995
Tags
HUGHES-LANGSTON, POETS-AFRICAN AMERICAN-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Poets, Harlem Renaissance, AFRICAN AMERICAN_POETRY, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
5511
Status
Available

Thurgood Marshall (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Montrew Dunham
Paperback, 1998
Tags
MARSHALL-THURGOOD 1908-1993, JUDGES, Supreme Court, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Historical Fiction, American History, Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
5535
Status
Available

Thurgood Marshall: Supreme Court Justice (Black Americans of Achievement (Hardcover))

by Lisa Aldred
Paperback, 2005
Tags
MARSHALL-THURGOOD 1908-1993, JUDGES, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court Justice, Civil Rights, Harlem Renaissance, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Black Americans of Achievement
Barcode
5792
Status
Available

Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa

by Andrea Pinkney
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Musicians, SINGERS-BIOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Musicians-Biography, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, Women's History, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, (921) BIOGRAPHY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5498
Status
Available

DUKE ELLINGTON: Bandleader and Composer. Introductory Essay by Coretta Scott King

by Ron Frankl
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
ELLINGTON-DUKE 1899-1974-BIOGRAPHY, MUSICIANS-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Jazz Musicians-Biography, Harlem Renaissance, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Composers
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Black Americans of Achievement
Barcode
5673
Status
Available

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

by Andea Davis Pinkney
Paperback, 1999
Tags
ELLINGTON-DUKE 1899-1974-BIOGRAPHY, Jazz Musicians-Biography, Composers, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Caldecott Honor, Musicians, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Harlem Renaissance, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5494
Status
Available

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition

by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
MATHEMATICIANS-BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, WOMEN_BIOGRAPHY, NASA, Civil Rights, Computers, Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP — 5 more, MATHEMATICIANS, Women's History, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Equality, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5392
Status
Available

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by Christine King Farris
Paperback, 2006
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Civil Rights, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Picture Book Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Activists, Equality, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Martin Luther King Jr. — 1 more, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5526
Status
Available

Biographies for 8th Grade History:Twenty Remarkable Men and Women

Paperback, 2009
Tags
(920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, Biography, 8th grade History, Waldorf, Simón Bolivar, Marie Curie, Gandhi, Helen Keller, Mao Zedong, Nelson Mandela, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr — 40 more, César Chávez, Wangari Maathai, Harriet Tubman, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels, Spanish Studies, African Biography, *China, Scientists, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, India-Biography, *Shelved in Waldorf Section, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, Martin Luther King Jr., Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), *India, John Harrison, Eli Whitney, Sequoyah, Benito Juarez, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Clara Barton (1821-1912), Janusz Korcsak, *Poland, *USA, *France, *Mexico, *England, *South America, *Kenya, *South Africa, Nien Cheng, Jomo Kenyatta, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA, Disability, visual disabilities, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE
Collections
*Waldorf Selections, LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
2117
Status
Available

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream (Childhood of Famous Americans)

by Dharathula H. Millender
Paperback, 1986
Tags
MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, (921) BIOGRAPHY, *African American, Black History, Civil Rights, US History, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, Assassination, Historical Fiction, American History, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 3 more, Small Green Dot, Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr.
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Childhood of Famous Americans II
Barcode
5524
Status
Available

Martin Luther King Jr. (Judge for Yourself)

by Christine Hatt
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Biography, Civil Rights, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, (921) BIOGRAPHY, MLK_Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King Jr., (920) BIOGRAPHY_GROUP, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN_HISTORY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5762
Status
Available

George Washington Carver (On My Own Biographies)

by Andy Carter
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, George Washington-Carver, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Scientists, Botany, Plants, GRADE 5 Curriculum: BOTANY, Black History Month, Small Green Dot, Short Biography (Small Green Dot) — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
On My Own Biography
Barcode
5475
Status
Available

Sojourner Truth: From Slave to Activist for Freedom (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards))

by Mary G. Butler
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
(921) BIOGRAPHY, 19th Century, abolitionist movement, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, History, Human Rights, American History, *African American, US History, Sojourner Truth, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17) — 3 more, 8th grade: Library on Wheels, GRADE 8 Curriculum: NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY, Black History Month
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Library of American Lives
Barcode
6285
Status
Available

Scholastic Reader Level 4: Great Black Heroes: Five Brilliant Scientists: Five Brilliant Scientists (level 4)

by Lynda Jones
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), Scientists, Science, Ernest Just, George Washington-Carver, Shirley Jackson, Susan McKinney Steward, Percy Julian, Biography, AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY — 3 more, Lavender Dot, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3240
Status
Available

Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers (Scholastic Reader, Level 4)

by Wade Hudson
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Short Chapter Books (Lavender Dot), AFRICAN AMERICAN_BIOGRAPHY, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Biography, Explorers, Mae Jemison, Matthew Henson, James Beckwourth, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Esteban Dorantes, Lavender Dot — 2 more, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/READERS [R]
Barcode
3237
Status
Available
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