African Americans: Creating Voice from the Written Word: Biographies

Profiles of great black American female singers whose careers broke color barriers, such as Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price.

Biography of the most important African-American figure of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass.

First major biography of this pivotal character in American history, written by an acclaimed historian of the antebellum and Civil War eras.

The biography of a pioneering woman artist and the characters she created.

Phillis Wheatley's Poems on various subjects, religious and moral.

The life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

This first biography of Haley follows him from his childhood in relative privilege in deeply segregated small town Tennessee to fame and fortune in high powered New York City.

Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless.

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.

The legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.

The life and times of an American baseball legend.

The life of the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court.