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plymouth district library African American History Picture Books
 
For Readers in Kindergarten - 4th Grade
Biographies
 
History, Stories & Poems

Phillis's Big Test
Catherine Clinton
Youth Biograhy WHEATLEY

1700s

Amistad Rising:
A Story of Freedom

by Veronica Chambers
Youth Fiction CHAMBERS

Phyllis Wheatley: Slave and Poet
by Robin S. Doak
Youth Biography WHEATLEY

Phyllis Wheatley
The Black Regiment of the
American Revoloution

by Linda Crotta Brennan
Youth Nonfiction J973.3 B

York's Adventures with
Lewis and Clark

by Rhoda Blumberg
Youth Biography YORK

1800s

I am Sacajawea, I am York:
Our Journey West with
Lewis and Clark

by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Youth Nonfiction J798.02 M

Harreit Tubman: Hero of the Underground Railroad
by Lori Mortensen

Harriet Tubman:
A Woman of Courage

by Renee Skelton
Youth Biography TUBMAN

Harriet Tubman

1800s

An Apple for Harriet Tubman
by Glenette Tilley Turner
New Picture Books TUR

When Harriet Met Sojourner
(The lives of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth up to when they met in Boston, 1864)
by Catherine Clinton
Youth Nonfiction J973.7115 C

Frederick Douglass: Writer, Speaker, Opponent of Slavery
by Suzanne Slade
Youth Biography DOUGLASS
Rosetta Douglass
Rosetta, Rosetta, Sit By Me!
(Frederick Douglass's daughter was the first African-American child at her school.)
by Linda Walvoord
Youth Biograhpy DOUGLASS

Seven Miles to Freedom:
The Robert Small Story

(Sailor, Civil War Hero, and Legislator)
Youth Biography SMALLS

Robert Smalls
Hold the Flag High
(Civil War battle of Morris Island &
the bravery of Sgt. William H. Carney.)

Catherine Clinton
Youth Nonfiction J 973.7 C
A Man for All Seasons: the Life of George Washington Carver
by Stephen Krensky
Youth Biography CARVER
George Washington Carver
Ain't Nothin' But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
by Scott Reynolds Nelson
Youth Nonfiction J398.22 Joh
Demanding Justice: A Story about Mary Ann Shad Cary
(Educator, newspaper editor & lawyer.)
by Jeri Ferris
Youth Biography CARY
priscilla and the hollyhocks

Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
by Ann Broyles
Picture Books BRO

Major Taylor - Champion Cyclist
by Lisa Glin-Ronson
Youth Biography TAYLOR

1900s

Madame C.J. Walker &
the New Cosmetics

by Katherine Krohn
Youth Nonfiction J338.76 K
The Last Black King
of the Kentucky Derby

by Crystal Hubbard
Youth Biography WINKFIELD
Madam CJ Walker
Harlem Renaissance
by Dana Meachen Rau
Youth Nonfiction J973.04 R

Joe Louis: American Fighter
by David Adler
Youth Biography LOUIS

windflyers

Wind Flyers
by Angela Johnson
Picture Books JOH

Dizzy
by Jonah Winter
Youth Biography GILLESPIE

Jazz

Jazz on a Saturday Night
by Leo Dillon
Youth Nonfiction J781.65 D

Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson
by Robert Burleigh
Youth Biography ROBINSON

1940s
Freedom Train
by Evelyn Coleman
New Youth Fiction COLEMAN
Rosa
(a biography of Rosa Parks)
by Nikki Giovanni
Youth Biography PARKS
Martin Luther King Jr
March on!: the day my brother Martin changed the world
by Christine King Farris
Youth Nonfiction J323.092 F

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by David Adler
Youth Biography KING

1960s
As good as anybody
(Martin Luther King Jr.
and Abraham Joshua Heschel's
amazing march toward freedom)

by Richard Michelson
Youth Nonfiction J323.093 H

Malcolm X
by Theresa Crushshon
Youth Biography X

This is the dream
This is the dream
by Diane Z. Shore
Picture Books SHO

Mohammad Ali: Champion of the World
by Jonah White
Youth Biography ALI

1970s

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Youth Nonfiction J811 B

Young Pele: Soccer's First Star
by Lesa Ransome
Youth Biography PELE  
1980s
The Chicken Chasing Queen
of Lamar County

by Janice Harrington
Picture Books HAR
Mae Jemison: Space Pioneer
by Robert Kraske
Youth Biography JEMISON
1990s

Let It Shine
(Ten women who fought for freedom)
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
YOuth Nonfiction J332.092P

Barack Obama:
Working to Make a Difference

by Marlene Targ Brill
Youth Biography OBAMA
2000s
Talking to Faith Ringgold
by Faith Ringgold
Youth Nonfiction J759.13 R


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