Black
History Month (February)
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African American
Breakthroughs: 500 Years of Black Firsts |
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Edited by Jay P. Pederson and Carney
Smith |
U-X-L, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN: 978-0810394964 |
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no: R 973.0496073 Af832 |
See location in Online Catalog |
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researching African American achievements will find in this
resource details on hundreds of "firsts." The volume is arranged
in subject categories, and entries summarize events and include
succinct biographies of many pioneers in African American
history. Illustrations, a timeline of firsts and a thorough
subject index are also included. |
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America is Me: 170 Fresh
Questions and Answers on Black American History |
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By Kennell Jackson |
HarperCollins, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN: 978-0060170363 |
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no: R 973.0496 J135a |
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Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this reference
addresses the most asked and least understood questions about
Black history, ranging through such topics as African culture,
slavery and the Black resistance, important Black inventors, the
origins of jazz and rap music and more. Features timelines and a
bibliography for further reading. |
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The Black 100: A Ranking of
the Most Influential African-Americans, Past and Present |
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By Columbus Salley |
Carol Pub. Group, Secaucus, NJ, 1993
ISBN: 978-0806512990 |
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no: R 973.0496073 Sa34b 1993 |
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and educator, Dr. Columbus Salley, has selected the one hundred
most influential African-Americans of all time and ranked them
according to their contributions to the struggle for equality.
This is a listing of those who have had the greatest impact on
the progress toward complete participation in our society. For
each of the one hundred, Dr. Salley provides a biographical
sketch and an account of the reasons why each individual is
ranked where he or she is. |
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Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of
Extraordinary Achievement |
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Edited by Jessie Carney Smith |
Visible Ink, Detroit, MI, 1994
ISBN: 978-0810394902 |
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no: R 909.0496 B561 |
See location in Online Catalog |
| A record
of African American achievement that has stories of
barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields-arts, entertainment,
business, civil rights, education, government, inventing,
journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. |
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The Blacks in America,
1492-1977 |
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Edited by Irving J. Sloan |
Oceana Pub., Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1977
ISBN: 978-0379005240 |
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no: R 973.04 Et38 v.2 |
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A chronology of blacks in America with such additional lists of
information as major Afro-American organizations and
publications, libraries with black history and literature
collections, and a statistical abstract of Afro-American
economic and social status. |
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Timelines of African-American
History: 500 Years of Black Achievement |
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By Tom Cowan and Jack Maguire |
Berkley Pub. Group, New York,
NY, 1994
ISBN: 978-0399521270 |
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no: R 973.0496 COW |
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| A
year-by-year chronology of African-American history, from the
15th century to the present. More than 1,500 entries highlight
important people and events from the world of politics,
business, religion, sports, the arts, and other fields. Also
includes concise biographies, excerpts from great speeches, and
more. |
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Women in the Civil Rights
Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1941-1965 |
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Edited by Vicki L. Crawford, Jacqueline Anne Rouse, and Barbara
Woods |
Carlson Pub, Brooklyn,
NY, 1990
ISBN: 978-0926019225 |
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no: R 973.0496 W842 |
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A collection of
scholarly essays that highlight individual achievements and
experiences of African-Americans during the Civil Rights
Movement. |
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Contemporary Black Biography:
Profiles From the International Black Community |
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Edited by Michael L. LaBlanc |
Gale Research Inc., Detroit, MI,
1992
ISBN: 978-0810355460 |
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no: R 973.0496 C767 |
See location in Online Catalog |
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volume features 71 biographies in two-to-four-page-long,
representing a wide variety of fields, occupations, and careers.
The personalities profiled here range from Rosa Parks to rap
singer Queen Latifah, from Thurgood Marshall to comedian and
actor Sinbad. |
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The Dream: Martin Luther
King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation |
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Written by Drew D. Hansen |
HarperCollins, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN: 978-0060084769 |
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no: B KIN |
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book is about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legendary "I Have a
Dream" speech. Opening with an account of the August day in 1963
that saw 250,000 Americans converge at the March on Washington,
The Dream delves into the history of King's speech and explores
King's compositional strategies and techniques, examining it on
various levels: as a political treatise, a work of poetry, and
as a sermon full of biblical language and imagery. |
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Rosa Parks |
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Written by Douglas Brinkley |
Penguin Group, New York, NY, 2000
ISBN: 978-0670891603 |
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no: B PAR |
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| Rosa
Parks, an African American seamstress in 1955 Alabama, had no
idea she was changing history when, work-weary, she refused to
surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus.
Today, she is immortalized for the defiance that sent her to
jail and triggered a bus boycott that catapulted Martin Luther
King, Jr., into the national spotlight. |
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Paul Robeson: The Life and
Times of a Free Black Man |
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Written by Virginia Hamilton |
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York,
NY, 1974
ISBN: 978-0060221881 |
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no: B ROB |
See location in Online Catalog |
| This is
a biography of the world famous actor and singer who lost much
of his popularity when he became a champion of communism. |
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I Never Had It Made: An
Autobiography |
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Written by Jackie Robinson |
The Ecco Press, Hopewell, NJ, 1995
ISBN: 978-0880014199 |
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no: B ROB |
See location in Online Catalog |
| From the
early influences of family and friends, to his time at UCLA, to
the army where he challenged racism and Jim Crow laws, Jackie
Robinson traces his life to playing in the black leagues,
frustrated by the abuses and restrictions of second-class status
in professional baseball. |
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Sojourner Truth: A Life, a
Symbol |
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Written by Nell Irvin Painter |
W. W. Norton & Company, New York,
NY, 1996
ISBN: 978-0393027396 |
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no: B TRU |
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Sojourner Truth was an ex-slave and an abolitionist, a figure of
imposing physique, a preacher and a singer who dazzled listeners
with her wit and originality. |
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Denmark Vesey |
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Written by David Robertson |
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 2000
ISBN: 978-0679442882 |
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no: B VES |
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| On July
2, 1822, Denmark Vesey and five of his coconspirators were
hanged in a desolate marsh outside Charleston, South Carolina.
They had been betrayed by black informers who revealed Vesey's
attempt to launch the largest slave rebellion in the history of
the United States. In this biography, David Robertson brings to
life the extraordinary man who, though he had lived and
prospered for more than twenty years as a freed black, was
willing to risk everything to liberate his people. |
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Booker T. Washington : The
Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 |
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Written by Louis R. Harlan |
Oxford University Press, New York,
NY, 1986
ISBN: 978-0195032024 |
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no: B WAS |
See location in Online Catalog |
| Booker
T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time,
and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals
Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his
public demeanor, he was a ruthless power broker whose nod or
frown could determine the careers of blacks in politics,
education, and business. |
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Director |
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4 little girls
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Lee, Spike |
Video,
Non-Fic
976 FOU |
Online Catalog |
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The Black West
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Zagone, Robert N. |
Video,
Non-Fic
978 BLA |
Online Catalog |
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The buffalo
soldiers |
Armstrong, Bill |
Video,
Non-Fic
357 BUF |
Online Catalog |
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Eyes on the prize |
Vecchione, Judith |
Video,
Non-Fic
323 EYE |
Online Catalog |
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Freedom bags
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Nelson, Stanley |
Video,
Non-Fic
305 FRE |
Online Catalog |
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The history of
great black baseball players |
Morgan, Bud |
Video,
Non-Fic
796 HIS |
Online Catalog |
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History of the
Negro soldier |
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Video,
Non-Fic
355 HIS |
Online Catalog |
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I have a dream
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Video,
Non-Fic
323 I |
Online Catalog |
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In remembrance of
Martin |
Kearns, Idanha |
Video,
Non-Fic
B KIN |
Online Catalog |
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The Jackie
Robinson story |
Green, Alfred E |
DVD, Ent
Ent JAC |
Online Catalog |
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Malcolm X: El
Hajj Malik |
King, Woodie |
Video,
Non-Fic
B X |
Online Catalog |
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The promised land
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Coulthard, Edmund |
Video,
Non-Fic
973 PRO |
Online Catalog |
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The real Malcolm
X: an intimate portrait of the man |
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Video,
Non-Fic
B X |
Online Catalog |
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The speeches of
Martin Luther King |
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Video, Non-Fic
808 SPE |
Online Catalog |
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That’s Black
entertainment |
Greaves, William |
Video,
Non-Fic
791 THA |
Online Catalog |
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Thurgood
Marshall: portrait of an American hero |
Sharpe, Wayne C. |
Video,
Non-Fic
B MAR |
Online Catalog |
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Two dollars and a
dream |
Nelson, Stanley |
Video,
Non-Fic
338 TWO |
Online Catalog |
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EBSCO Publications -
MasterFILE Premier |
Ebsco MasterFILE Premier is designed
specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary
database provides full text for more than 1,730 general
reference publications with full text information dating as far
back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general
interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text
reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source
documents, and an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps and
flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
This database is available as part of the
TexShare Databases which are commercial database
subscriptions that are paid for by the Texas State Library and
Archives Commission (TSLAC) for use by registered patrons of
Texas public libraries.
Please ask your librarian for a login and password. |
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A keyword subject search
yields: |
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60,263 Full-text References for "African
Americans" |
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30,007 Full-text References for "Civil
Rights” |
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