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Black History Month: Biographies for Younger Readers

A selection of biographies about African-Americans for younger readers.

Johnson County Library

15 items

  • Coretta

    the Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

    King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006,
    BookNew York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — E BIO KING C. King 01/2024
  • BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2024] — E BIO LEWIS J. ClineRan 01/2024
  • Justice Rising

    12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement

    Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961-
    BookNew York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — E 323.092 RussellB 12/2022
  • Invincible

    Fathers and Mothers of Black America

    Hudson, Wade,
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023] — E 973.0496 Hudson 09/2023
  • Unstoppable

    How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington

    Long, Michael G.,
    BookNew York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2023] — E BIO RUSTIN B. Long 05/2023
  • BookNew York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]. — E BIO KING M. Meltzer 12/2015
  • Little Leaders

    Bold Women in Black History

    Harrison, Vashti,
    BookNew York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — J 920.7208 Harrison 11/2017
  • William Still and His Freedom Stories

    the Father of the Underground Railroad

    Tate, Don,
    BookAtlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., 2020. — E 973.7115 Tate
  • Midnight Teacher

    Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

    Halfmann, Janet,
    BookNew York : Lee & Low Books, 2018. — E BIO GRANDERS L. Halfmann
  • BookNew York : Lee & Low Books, 2018. — E BIO LEWIS W. Hubbard 10/2018
  • This Is the Rope

    a Story From the Great Migration

    Woodson, Jacqueline
    BookNew York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013] — E FIC Woodson Jacqueli 09/2013
  • BookNew York : Cavendish Square, 2020. — E BIO COLVIN C. Small 09/2020