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by

Mara, Wil.

Publication Date:

2002

Call Number:

J 921 TUBMAN

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Book

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2.

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Bessie Coleman : daring stunt pilot

by

Robbins, Trina.

Publication Date:

2007

Call Number:

J 921 COLEMAN

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Book

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Little leaders : bold women in black history

by

Harrison, Vashti author, illustrator.

Publication Date:

2017

Call Number:

J 920 HAR

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Book

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1st ed.

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Changing the equation : 50+ US Black women in STEM

by

Bolden, Tonya author.

Publication Date:

2020

Call Number:

J 920 BOL

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Book

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Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan

Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan

by

Hayes, Elaine M. author.

Publication Date:

2017

Call Number:

921 VAUGHAN

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Book

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First edition.

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Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy

by

Copeland, Misty author.

Publication Date:

2021

Call Number:

J 920 COP

Format:

Book

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First Aladdin hardcover edition.

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Who is Oprah Winfrey?

by

Kramer, Barbara author.

Publication Date:

2019

Call Number:

J 921 WINFREY

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Book

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Ice breaker : how Mabel Fairbanks changed figure skating

by

Viña, Rose, author.

Publication Date:

2019

Call Number:

J 921 FAIRBANKS

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Book

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Unbossed : how Black girls are leading the way

by

Adams, Khristi Lauren author.

Publication Date:

2022

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920.009296 ADA

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Book

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Florence Griffith Joyner

by

Williams-Garcia, Rita author.

Publication Date:

2021

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J 921 GRIFFITHJOYNER

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Game changers : the story of Venus and Serena Williams

Game changers : the story of Venus and Serena Williams

by

Cline-Ransome, Lesa author.

Publication Date:

2018

Call Number:

J 920 CLI

Format:

Book

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A crown of stories : the life and language of beloved writer Toni Morrison

by

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

Publication Date:

2024

Call Number:

J 921 MORRISON

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African Americans -- Biography.

(21)

Women -- Biography.

(21)

(17)

Slaves -- United States -- Biography.

(8)

Illustrated works

(7)

African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.

(5)

Illustrated works.

(5)

African American mathematicians -- Biography.

(4)

(4)

(4)

Underground Railroad.

(4)

Winfrey, Oprah.

(4)

African American actresses -- Biography.

(3)

African American television personalities -- Biography.

(3)

African American women journalists -- Biography.

(3)

African American women tennis players -- Biography.

(3)

Ballerinas -- United States -- Biography.

(3)

Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005.

(3)

Civil rights workers -- Biography.

(3)

(3)

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913

(3)

Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913.

(3)

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

(3)

Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography.

(3)

African American legislators -- Biography.

(2)

African American poets -- Biography.

(2)

African American women legislators -- Biography.

(2)

African American women political activists -- Biography.

(2)

African American women social reformers -- Biography.

(2)

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.

(2)

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

(2)

Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

Enslaved women -- Biography.

(2)

(2)

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998.

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Large print editions.

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Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

Race relations.

(2)

Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

Spoken compact disc collection.

(2)

Teachers -- Biography.

(2)

Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

United States -- Race relations.

(2)

United States. Congress. House -- Biography.

(2)

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

(2)

Washington, Martha, 1731-1802.

(2)

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.

(2)

Williams, Serena, 1981-

(2)

Women legislators -- United States -- Biography.

(2)

Women singers -- Biography.

(2)

Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Abrams, Stacey -- Biography.

(1)

Abrams, Stacey.

(1)

Actors -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

(1)

Actresses -- Biography.

(1)

African American abolitionists -- Biography.

(1)

African American artists -- Biography.

(1)

African American ballerinas -- Biography.

(1)

African American children -- Biography.

(1)

African American civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- Biography.

(1)

African American civil rights workers -- Biography.

(1)

African American dancers -- Biography.

(1)

African American figure skaters.

(1)

African American girls -- Biography.

(1)

African American girls -- Education.

(1)

African American girls -- Religious life.

(1)

African American lawyers -- Biography.

(1)

African American legislators -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

African American lesbians -- Biography.

(1)

African American midwives -- Biography.

(1)

African American motorcyclists -- Biography.

(1)

African American novelists.

(1)

African American politicians -- Biography.

(1)

African American singers -- Biography.

(1)

African American women -- Family relationships.

(1)

African American women -- Religious life.

(1)

African American women -- Social conditions.

(1)

African American women athletes -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

African American women authors -- 20th century -- Biography.

(1)

African American women authors -- Biography.

(1)

African American women comedians -- Biography.

(1)

African American women educators -- Biography.

(1)

African American women lawyers -- Biography.

(1)

African American women poets -- Biography.

(1)

African American women political activists -- Voting.

(1)

African American women politicians -- Biography.

(1)

African American women singers -- Biography.

(1)

African Americans -- History.

(1)

African Americans -- Segregation -- History.

(1)

African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

(1)

African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.

(1)

Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

American wit and humor.

(1)

Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993.

(1)

(1)

Antislavery movements.

(1)

Apgar, Virginia, 1909-1974.

(1)

Artists -- Biography.

(1)

Ashley (Enslaved person in South Carolina)

(1)

Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

(1)

(1)

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

(1)

Autobiographies.

(1)

Ballerinas -- Biography.

(1)

Ballet dancers -- Biography.

(1)

Ballet dancers.

(1)

Baseball -- History.

(1)

Bereavement -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

(1)

Biles, Simone, 1997-

(1)

Biographical comics

(1)

Bly, Nellie, 1864-1922.

(1)

(1)

Brunson, Quinta.

(1)

Busby, Jill Louise.

(1)

Centenarians -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Christian life.

(1)

Christian women -- Conduct of life.

(1)

Civil rights workers.

(1)

(1)

Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010.

(1)

Coleman, Bessie, 1892-1926

(1)

Collins, Janet, 1917-2003.

(1)

Colvin, Claudette, 1939-

(1)

Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.

(1)

Deafblind women -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Discrimination in sports.

(1)

Dressmakers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Enslaved persons

(1)

Enslaved persons -- Biography.

(1)

Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.

(1)

Enslaved women -- South Carolina -- Biography.

(1)

Enslaved women -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.

(1)

Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Ex-gay people -- Biography.

(1)

Fairbanks, Mabel, 1916-2001.

(1)

First ladies -- Biography.

(1)

(1)

Franklin, Aretha.

(1)

Freed persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Frontier and pioneer life.

(1)

Gender identity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

(1)

Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.

(1)

Gilmore, Georgia, 1920-1990.

(1)

Gorman, Amanda, 1998-

(1)

Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901.

(1)

Gymnasts -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Harris, Kamala, 1964-

(1)

(1)

Hispanic American judges -- Biography.

(1)

Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

(1)

Hord, Michelle D.

(1)

(1)

Hurston, Zora Neale.

(1)

Jazz singers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Journalists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

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(1)

Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907.

(1)

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.

(1)

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.

(1)

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Family.

(1)

Langley Research Center -- History.

(1)

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(1)

Leadership in girls.

(1)

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(1)

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(1)

Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982.

(1)

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(1)

Lynching -- United States -- History.

(1)

Manley, Effa, 1897-1981.

(1)

Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891.

(1)

Middleton, Ruth Jones, 1903-1942 -- Family.

(1)

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(1)

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(1)

Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.

(1)

Morrison, Toni.

(1)

Mothers and daughters -- United States.

(1)

Mothers and daughters.

(1)

Motorcyclists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Negro leagues -- History.

(1)

Newark Eagles (Baseball team).

(1)

Nichols, Nichelle.

(1)

Novelists, American.

(1)

Obama, Michelle, 1964-

(1)

Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

(1)

Osage Indians -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

(1)

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(1)

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005.

(1)

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(1)

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(1)

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(1)

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