05—BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY—Individual

151
Allen, Walter C., and Brian A. L. Rust. King Joe Oliver. London, Sidgwick and Jackson [1958] 224 p. illus. ML419.O4A6 1958
Biography of a great jazz musician.
152
Anderson, Marian. My Lord, what a morning; an autobiography. New York, Viking Press, 1956. 312 p. illus. ML420.A6A3
153
Armstrong, Henry. Gloves, glory, and God; an autobiography. [Westwood, N.J.] F. H. Revell Co. [1956] 256 p. illus. GV1132.A7A3
154
Ashe, Arthur. Advantage Ashe, by Arthur Ashe, Jr., as told to Clifford George Gewecke, Jr. New York, Coward-McCann [1967] 192 p. illus. GV994.A7A3
The achievements to date of an outstanding tennis player.
155
Aunt Sally; or, The cross the way to freedom. A narrative of the slave-life and purchase of the mother of Rev. Isaac Williams, of Detroit, Michigan. Cincinnati, American Reform Tract and Book Society, 1862. 216 p. illus., ports. E444.W79
Slave life in North Carolina and Alabama.
156
Bailey, Pearl. The raw Pearl. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1968] 206 p. ports. ML420.B123A3
157
[Ball, Charles] Fifty years in chains; or, The life of an American slave. New York, H. Dayton, 1859. 430 p. E444.B184
Prepared by —— Fisher from the verbal narrative of Ball, a slave.
Earlier editions published under title: Slavery in the United States.
158
Bartlett, Irving H. Wendell Phillips, Brahmin radical. Boston, Beacon Press [1961] 438 p. E449.P5594
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 402-432).
An abolitionist leader.
159
Beckwourth, James P. The life and adventures of James P. Beckwourth [edited by] T. D. Bonner. New York, Arno Press, 1969. 537 p. illus. (The American Negro, his history and literature) F592.B388 1969
Reprint of the 1856 ed.
160
Bennett, Lerone. What manner of man; a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. With an introduction by Benjamin E. Mays. [3d rev. ed.] Chicago, Johnson Pub. Co., 1958. 251 p. illus., ports. E185.97.K5B4 1968
161
Bernard, Jacqueline. Journey toward freedom; the story of Sojourner Truth. New York, Norton [1967] xiv, 265 p. illus., ports. E185.97.T82
Bibliography: p. [255]-259.
Upon gaining her freedom in 1828, Sojourner Truth became a lecturer advocating immediate emancipation for her people and the right to vote for women.
162
Bibb, Henry. Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself. With an introduction by Lucius C. Matlack. New York, The author, 1949. 204 p. illus. E444.B58
163
Bleiweiss, Robert M., Jacqueline L. Harris, and Joseph R. Marfuggi. Marching to freedom; the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Middletown, Conn., American Education Publications [1968] 152 p. illus., ports. E185.97.K5B55
164
Bradford, Sarah E. H. Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people. Introduction by Butler A. Jones. New York, Corinth Books [1961] 149 p. illus. (The American experience series) [E444.T894] [TR: E444.T82B73 1993]
First ed. published in 1869 under title: Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman.
"Reprint of the expanded second edition of 1886."
165
Branch, Hettye W. The story of "80 John," a biography of one of the most respected Negro ranchmen in the Old West. New York, Greenwich Book Publishers [1960] 59 p. F392.M6B7
A brief story of Daniel Webster Wallace, a Negro rancher.
166
Brawley, Benjamin G. Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet of his people. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 159 p. port. PS1557.B7
"Appendix. The Praise of Dunbar": p. 127-140.
Bibliography: p. 141-151.
167
Broderick, Francis L. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro leader in a time of crisis. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1959. 259 p. illus. E185.97.D73B7
Bibliography: p. [233]-236.
168
Brown, Claude. Manchild in the promised land. New York, Macmillan [1965] 415 p. E185.97.B86A3
Autobiographical study of life in Harlem.
169
Brown, John. Slave life in Georgia: a narrative of the life, sufferings, and escape of John Brown, a fugitive slave, now in England. Edited by L. A. Chamerovzow. London [W. M. Watts] 1855. 250 p. port. E444.B87
170
Buckle, Richard, ed. Katherine Dunham, her dancers, singers, musicians. Illustrations by Roger Wood and other photographers. London, Ballet Publications [1949] xvi, 79 p. (chiefly illus.) GV1631.B8
English and French.
171
Buckler, Helen. Doctor Dan, pioneer in American surgery. Boston, Little, Brown [1954] 381 p. illus. R154.W5225B8
Daniel Hale Williams was the first surgeon to operate on the heart.
2d ed. published in 1968 under title: Daniel Hale Williams, Negro Surgeon.
172
Byrd, James W. J. Mason Brewer, Negro folklorist. Austin, Tex., Steck-Vaughn Co. [1967] 44 p. (Southwest writers series, no. 12) GR55.B7B9
Bibliography: p. 43-44.
173
Cade, John B. Holsey, the incomparable. New York, Pageant Press [1964] 221 p. BX8473.H58C3
Bibliography: p. 208-211.
Lucius Henry Holsey was a bishop in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
174
Campanella, Roy. It's good to be alive. Boston, Little, Brown [1959] 306 p. illus. GV865.C3A3
Life of one of the greatest baseball catchers.
175
Chesnutt, Helen M. Charles Waddell Chesnutt, pioneer of the color line. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1952] 324 p. port. PS1292.C6Z68
See Fiction section for his novels.
176
Christian, Malcolm H. My country and I; the interracial experiences of an American Negro. With essays on interracial understanding. New York, Exposition Press [1963] 96 p. E185.97.C5A3
177
Clark, Septima P., and LeGette Blythe. Echo in my soul. Foreword by Harry Golden. New York, Dutton, 1962. 243 p. illus. E185.97.C59A3
An autobiography of Septima Clark.
177a
Conrad, Earl. Harriet Tubman. Washington, Associated Publishers [1943] xiv, 248 p. E444.T896
"Documentation": p. 227-238.
178
Cotton, Ella E. A spark for my people; the sociological autobiography of a Negro teacher. New York, Exposition Press [1954] 288 p. LA2317.C64A3
179
Cronon, Edmund D. Black Moses; the story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1955. 278 p. illus. E185.97.G3C7
180
Cunningham, Virginia. Paul Laurence Dunbar and his song; illustrated with photographs. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1947. 283 p. illus. PS1557.C8
Bibliography: p. 267-283.
181
Daly, John J. A song in his heart. Introduction by Harry F. Byrd; illustrated by Marian L. Larer. Philadelphia, Winston [1951] 102 p. illus. ML410.B627D3
Songs: p. 71-102.
Biography of James A. Bland, composer of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny."
182
Dancy, John C. Sand against the wind; the memoirs of John C. Dancy. With a foreword by Frank Angelo. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1966. 249 p. illus., ports. E185.97.D22A3
The author was a political leader in Detroit.
183
Davis, Edwin A., and William R. Hogan. The barber of Natchez, wherein a slave is freed and rises to a very high standing; wherein the former slave writes a two-thousand-page journal about his town and himself; wherein the free Negro diarist is appraised in terms of his friends, his code, and his community's reaction to his wanton murder. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press [1954] 272 p. illus., facsim., port. E185.97.J697D3
A memoir of William Johnson.
184
Davis, Sammy, Jane Boyar, and Burt Boyar. Yes I can; [the story of Sammy Davis, Jr. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965] 612 p. ports. PN2287.D322A3
185
Douglass, Frederick. Life and times of Frederick Douglass: his early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history, written by himself. With a new introduction by Rayford W. Logan. New York, Collier Books [1962] 640 p. (Collier books, BS74) E449.D744 1962
Reprinted from the rev. ed. of My Bondage and My Freedom, published in 1892.
Includes bibliography.
186
Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself. Edited by Benjamin Quarles. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1960. xxvi, 163 p. map, port. (The John Harvard library) E449.D74905
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Douty, Esther M. Forten, the sailmaker; pioneer champion of Negro rights. Chicago, Rand McNally [1968] 208 p. illus., ports. E185.97.F717D6
Bibliography: p. 200-201.
James Forten, an inventor and sailmaker, fought for civil rights of the Negro in the eighteenth century. He was a prominent Philadelphia Negro leader.
188
DuBois, William E. B. The autobiography of W. E. B. DuBois; a soliloquy on viewing my life from the last decade of its first century. [New York] International Publishers [1968] 448 p. ports. E185.97.D73A3
A selected bibliography of the published writings of W. E. B. DuBois: p. 431-437.
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DuBois, William E. B. John Brown. Centennial ed. New York, International Publishers [1962] 414 p. illus. E451.D81 1962
First published in 1909.
Bibliography: p. [405]-408.
190
Dunham, Katherine. A touch of innocence. New York, Harcourt, Brace [1959] 312 p. GV1785.D82A3
A well-known dancer and choreographer relates her experiences.
191
Elliott, Lawrence. George Washington Carver: the man who overcame. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1966] 256 p. port. S417.C3E4
Bibliography: p. 255-256.
192
Emanuel, James A. Langston Hughes. New York, Twayne Publishers [1967] 192 p. (Twayne's United States authors series, TUSAS 123) PS3515.U274Z64
Bibliography: p. 184-188.
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English, James W. Handyman of the Lord: the life and ministry of the Rev. William Holmes Borders. New York, Meredith Press [1967] 177 p. BX6455.B63E5
194
Farr, Finis. Black champion; the life and times of Jack Johnson. New York, Scribner [1964] 245 p. ports. GV1132.J73F3
The first Negro heavyweight champion of the world.
195
Feldman, Eugene P. R. Black power in old Alabama; the life and stirring times of James T. Rapier, Afro-American Congressman from Alabama, 1839-1883. Illustrations by Margaret T. Burroughs [and] Jennie Washington. [Chicago] Museum of African American History [1968] 69 p. illus., map, port. E185.97.R3F4
Bibliographical references included in "Footnotes" (p. [70]-[72]).
Bibliography (annotated): p. [73]-[74].
196
Fisher, Miles M. The Master's slave, Elijah John Fisher; a biography, by his son, Miles Mark Fisher. With an introduction by the Rev. Lacey Kirk Williams, and an appreciation by the Hon. Martin B. Madden. Philadelphia, Judson Press [1922] 194 p. plates, ports. BX6455.F5F5
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Flipper, Henry O. The colored cadet at West Point. New York, Arno Press, 1969. 322 p. illus. (The American Negro, his history and literature.) U410.P1F6 1969
Reprint of the 1878 ed.
198
Flipper, Henry O. Negro frontiersman: the Western memoirs of Henry O. Flipper, first Negro graduate of West Point. Edited with an introduction by Theodore D. Harris. El Paso, Texas Western College Press, 1963. 54 p. ports. E185.97.F5 1963
"Sequel to ... The Colored Cadet at West Point ... published in 1878."
199
Foley, Albert S. Bishop Healy: beloved outcaste; the story of a great priest whose life has become a legend. New York, Farrar, Straus and Young [1954] 243 p. illus. BX4705.H37F6
The life of James Augustine Healy, a bishop in the Catholic Church.
200
Foner, Philip S. Frederick Douglass, a biography. New York, Citadel Press [1964] 444 p. port. E449.D755
"Reference notes": p. [377]-434.
201
Forman, James. Sammy Younge, Jr.: the first black college student to die in the black liberation movement. New York, Grove Press [1968] 282 p. illus., map, ports. E185.97.Y64F6
202
Garvey, Amy J. Garvey and Garveyism. [Kingston, Jamaica, c1963] 287 p. ports. E185.97.G3G3
Biography of Marcus Garvey.
203
Garvey, Marcus. Philosophy and opinions. New York, Arno Press, 1968. 102 p. (The American Negro, his history and literature) [E185.97.G3A25] [TR: E185.97.G3A249]
Reprint of 1923 ed. with a new introduction.
204
Gibson, Althea. I always wanted to be somebody. Edited by Ed Fitzgerald. New York, Harper [1958] 176 p. illus. GV994.G5A3
The story of the rise to fame of a Negro woman tennis star.
205
Gilbert, Olive. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. New York, Arno Press, 1968. 320 p. illus., facsims., ports. (The American Negro; his history and literature) E185.97.T882
First published in 1850.
Reprint of the 1878 ed.
"Book of life [by Frances W. Titus]": p. [127]-320.
Life of one of the few Negro women abolitionists.
206
Graham, Shirley. Paul Robeson, citizen of the world. Foreword by Carl Van Doren. New York, J. Messner [1946] 264 p. ports. E185.97.R64 [TR: Du Bois, Shirley Graham E185.97.R635 1971]
Bibliography: p. 259.
The story of an all-American football star who became an internationally famous singer and actor.
207
Graham, Shirley. Your most humble servant. New York, Messner [1949] 235 p. [QB36.B22G7] [TR: Du Bois, Shirley Graham QB36.B22D82]
"Notes on sources": p. 227-235.
The story of Benjamin Banneker, mathematician and astronomer, who helped L'Enfant plan the city of Washington.
208
Gregory, Dick. Nigger; an autobiography, by Dick Gregory with Robert Lipsyte. New York, Dutton, 1964. 224 p. illus., ports. PN2287.G68A3
209
Hammon, Briton. A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man ... servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; who returned to Boston, after having been absent almost thirteen years. Containing an account of the many hardships he underwent from the time he left his master's house, in the year 1747, to the time of his return to Boston.—How he was cast away in the capes of Florida; ... the horrid cruelty ... of the Indians in murdering the whole ship's crew; ... the manner of his being carried by them into captivity. Also, an account of his being confined four years and seven months in a close dungeon. Boston, Printed and sold by Green & Russell, 1760. 14 p. F314.H22
Probably the earliest imprint by an American Negro.
210
Handy, William C. Father of the blues; an autobiography of W. C. Handy, edited by Arna Bontemps, with a foreword by Abbe Niles. New York, Macmillan, 1941. xiv, 317 p. plate, port. ML410.H18B6
Includes music.
"Compositions, arrangements and books by W. C. Handy": p. 3O5-3O8.
211
Hardwick, Richard. Charles Richard Drew, pioneer in blood research. New York, Scribner [1967] 144 p. QP26.D7H3
212
Hare, Maud C. Norris Wright Cuney: a tribune of the Black people. Introduction by Robert C. Cotner. Austin, Tex., Steck-Vaughn [c1968] xv, 230 p. illus., ports. (Steck-Vaughn's Life and adventure series) E185.97.C97H3 1913a
A facsimile reproduction of the 1913 edition with new introduction.
The story of a prominent Texas politician in the 1870's.
213
Harrison, Deloris. We shall live in peace: the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited, and with commentary, by Deloris Harrison. Illustrated by Ernest Crichlow. New York, Hawthorn Books [1968] 64 p. illus. E185.97.K5H3
214
Hawkins, Hugh, ed. Booker T. Washington and his critics; the problem of Negro leadership. Boston, Heath [1962] 113 p. (Problems in American civilization) E185.97.W235
Includes bibliography.
215
Hawkins, William G. Lunsford Lane; or, Another helper from North Carolina. Boston, Crosby & Nichols, 1863. 305 p. port. E444.L26
Lane, an antislavery lecturer, spent 32 years in slavery. He served as "waiter and messenger" to two Governors of the State of North Carolina.
216
Hayden, William. Narrative of William Hayden, containing a faithful account of his travels for a number of years, whilst a slave, in the South. Cincinnati [Published for the author] 1846. 156 p. plates, port. E444.H41
217
Henson, Josiah. Father Henson's story of his own life. Introduction by Walter Fisher. New York, Corinth Books [1962] 212 p. illus. (The American experience series, AE18) E444.H523 1962
First published in 1858 under title: Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.
218
Henson, Matthew A. A Negro explorer at the North Pole. With a foreword by Robert E. Peary and an introduction by Booker T. Washington; with illustrations from photographs. New York, F. A. Stokes Co. [1912] xx, 200 p. illus., plates, ports. G670.1909.H5
Reprint issued by Arno Press, 1969.
219
Hickey, Neil, and Ed Edwin. Adam Clayton Powell and the politics of race. New York, Fleet Pub. Corp. [1965] 308 p. illus., ports. E748.P86H5
Bibliography: p. 299-300.
220
Holdredge, Helen O. Mammy Pleasant's partner. New York, Putnam [c1954] 300 p. illus. F869.S3B4 1954
The story of Thomas Frederick Bell in San Francisco.
221
Holt, Rackham. George Washington Carver, an American biography. Rev. ed. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1963] 360 p. illus. S417.C3H6 1963
222
Holt, Rackham. Mary McLeod Bethune; a biography. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1964. 306 p. illus., ports. E185.97.B34H6
An outstanding educator and political figure.
223
Horne, Lena, and Richard Schickel. Lena. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1965. 300 p. illus., ports. ML420.H65A35
224
Hoyt, Edwin P. Paul Robeson, the American Othello. Cleveland, World Pub. Co. [1967] 228 p. ML420.R73H7
Bibliographical footnotes.
225
Hughes, Langston. The big sea, an autobiography. New York, Hill and Wang [1963, c1940] 335 p. (American century series) PS3515.U274Z5 1963
"AC65."
226
Hughes, Langston. I wonder as I wander; an autobiographical journey. New York, Rinehart [1956] 405 p. PS3515.U274Z58
227
Hughes, William H., and Frederick D. Patterson, eds. Robert Russa Moton of Hampton and Tuskegee. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1956] 238 p. illus. E185.97.M92H8
"Volume of tributes to the life of Dr. Robert Russa Moton."
228
Huie, William B. Ruby McCollum; woman in the Suwannee jail. Rev. ed. [New York] New American Library [1964] 190 p. illus., port. (A Signet book) DLC-LL [TR: LAW]
229
Hunton, George K. All of which I saw, part of which I was; the autobiography of George K. Hunton as told to Gary MacEóin. Introduction by Roy Wilkins. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1967. 283 p. E185.61.H96
A crusader for racial justice.
230
Jackson, Mahalia. Movin' on up. With Evan McLeod Wylie. New York, Hawthorn Books [1966] 212 p. illus., ports. ML420.J17A3
Discography: p. [215], [218]-[219].
Probably the best known gospel singer.
230a
Jefferson, Isaac. Memoirs of a Monticello slave, as dictated to Charles Campbell in the 1840's by Isaac, one of Thomas Jefferson's slaves. Edited by Rayford W. Logan. Charlottesville, Published by the University of Virginia Press for the Tracy W. McGregor Library, 1951. 45 p. port. E444.J4
"Appeared simultaneously in the autumn 1951 William and Mary Quarterly."
"Bibliographical note": p. 37-38.
231
Johnson, James W. Along this way; the autobiography of James Weldon Johnson. New York, Viking Press, 1933. 418 p. plates, ports. [E185.97.J69] [TR: PS3519.O2625Z463 1933]
Life of a diplomat, poet, and anthologist.
232
Keckley, Elizabeth H. Behind the scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. New York, G. W. Carleton, 1868. xvi, 371 p. port. E457.15.K26
An unusual portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln by her dressmaker and "confidante" who served her while in the White House.
Reprint issued by Arno Press, 1968.
233
Kitt, Eartha. Thursday's child. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce [1956] 250 p. illus. ML420.K5A3
Autobiographical.
234
Kytle, Elizabeth L. Willie Mae. New York, Knopf, 1958. 243 p. E185.97.W62K9
Story of a Negro servant by one of her white employers.
235
Lee, Reba, pseud. I passed for white, by Reba Lee as told to Mary Hastings Bradley. New York, Longmans, Green, 1955. 274 p. E185.97.Z9L4
236
Lewis, Claude. Adam Clayton Powell. Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett Publications [1963] 127 p. (Gold medal books) E748.P86L4
"K1361."
237
Lichello, Robert. Pioneer in blood plasma: Dr. Charles Richard Drew. New York, J. Messner [1968] 190 p. R154.D75L5
Bibliography: p. 185.
237a
Little, Malcolm. The autobiography of Malcolm X. With the assistance of Alex Haley. Introduction by M. S. Handler. Epilogue by Alex Haley. New York, Grove Press [1965] xvi, 455 p. illus., ports. [E185.61.L58] [TR: E185.97.L5A3]
238
Lokos, Lionel. House divided; the life and legacy of Martin Luther King. New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1968] 567 p. E185.97.K5L6
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [505]-555).
239
Louis, Joe. The Joe Louis story. [Written with the editorial aid of Chester L. Washington and Haskell Cohen] New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1953] 197 p. illus. GV1132.L6A3 1953
First ed. published in 1947 under title: My Life Story.
240
Love, Nat. The life and adventures of Nat Love. New York, Arno Press, 1968. 162 p. illus., ports. (The American Negro, his history and literature) F594.L89 1968
Reprint of the 1907 ed., with new introduction by W. L. Katz.
A pioneer in the westward movement.
241
McFeely, William S. Yankee stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the freedmen. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1968. 351 p. port. (Yale publications in American studies, 15) E467.1.H8M3
Bibliography: p. [329]-346.
Oliver Otis Howard was one of the founders of Howard University.
242
Magdol, Edward. Owen Lovejoy, abolitionist in Congress. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1967] 493 p. facsims., map, port. E415.9.L89M3
Bibliography: p. [457]-468.
243
Magoun, F. Alexander. Amos Fortune's choice; the story of a Negro slave's struggle for self-fulfillment. Photographs by the author. Freeport, Me., Bond Wheelwright Co. [1964] 237 p. illus., facsims., maps. E185.97.F73M3
Bibliographical footnotes.
244
Malvin, John. North into freedom; the autobiography of John Malvin, free Negro, 1795-1880. Edited and with an introduction by Allan Peskin. Cleveland, Press of Western Reserve University, 1966. 87 p. E185.97.M26A3 1966
"A book from Cleveland State University."
Bibliographical references included in "Notes to the introduction" (p. 22-24).
245
Mann, Arthur W. The Jackie Robinson story. New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1951] 224 p. ports. (The Big league baseball library) GV865.R6M3 1951
246
Marrant, John. A narrative of the life of John Marrant, of New York, in North America: giving an account of his conversion when only fourteen years of age: his leaving his mother's house from religious motives ... and being at last taken by an Indian hunter among the Cherokees. Leeds, Printed by Davies, 1810. 24 p. E99.C5M35
Preface signed: W. Aldridge. London, July 19, 1786.
247
Marshall, Herbert, and Mildred Stock. Ira Aldridge, the Negro tragedian. London, Rockliff [1958] 355 p. illus. PN2598.A52M3
Includes bibliographies.
248
Martin Luther King, Jr.; man and teacher. [Baltimore, Printed by Vinmar Lithographing Co., 1968] 1 v. (unpaged) illus., ports. E185.97.K5M34
249
Mays, Willie. Born to play ball, by Willie Mays, as told to Charles Einstein. New York, Putnam [1955] 168 p. illus. GV865.M38A3
250
Mays, Willie. Willie Mays: My life in and out of baseball, as told to Charles Einstein. New York, Dutton, 1966. 320 p. illus., ports. GV865.M38A32
251
Melbourn, Julius. Life and opinions of Julius Melbourn; with sketches of the lives and characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and several other eminent American statesmen. Edited by a late member of Congress. Syracuse, Hall & Dickson, 1847. 239 p. port. E338.M51
252
Meltzer, Milton. Langston Hughes; a biography. New York, Crowell [1968] 281 p. PS3515.U274Z68 1968
Bibliography: p. 269-274.
253
Miller, Floyd. Ahdoolo: The biography of Matthew A. Henson. New York, Dutton, 1963. 221 p. illus. G635.H4M5 1963
254
Miller, Margery. Joe Louis: American. New York, Current Books, A. A. Wyn [1945] 181 p. plates, ports. GV1132.L6M5
255
Moore, Archie. The Archie Moore story. New York, McGraw-Hill [1960] 240 p. illus. GV1132.M75A3
256
Morrow, Everett F. Black man in the White House; a diary of the Eisenhower years by the administrative officer for special projects, the White House, 1955-1961. New York, Coward-McCann [1963] 308 p. E835.M58
257
Moton, Robert R. Finding a way out; an autobiography. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page, 1920. 295 p. E185.97.M9
While president of Tuskegee Institute, Moton raised the standard of its secondary academic work to that of an accredited college.
258
Mulzac, Hugh. A star to steer by; by Hugh Mulzac, as told to Louis Burnham and Norval Welch. New York, International Publishers [1963] 251 p. illus. E185.63.M8
Life of a member of the merchant marine.
259
Newman, Shirlee P. Marian Anderson: lady from Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Westminster Press [c1965] 175 p. ports. ML420.A6N5
Bibliography: p. 163-165.
260
Olsen, Otto H. Carpetbagger's crusade; the life of Albion Winegar Tourgée. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1965. xiv, 395 p. illus., facsims., ports. PS3088.O5
"Bibliography of Tourgée's writings": p. 355-362. "General bibliography": p. 363-382.
261
Ottley, Roi. The lonely warrior: the life and times of Robert S. Abbott. Chicago, H. Regnery Co., 1955. 381 p. illus. PN4874.A23O7
Bibliography: p. 369-370.
Abbott was editor for many years of the Chicago Defender, a major Negro newspaper.
262
Parker, Robert A. The incredible messiah; the deification of Father Divine. Boston, Little, Brown, 1937. 323 p. port. BX7350.P3
Bibliography: p. 321-323.
Self-named Father Divine, George Baker was the leader for many years of a religious sect.
263
Parks, Gordon. A choice of weapons. New York, Harper & Row [1966] 274 p. PS3566.A73C5
The story of a successful photographer-historian for Life magazine.
264
Parks, Lillian R. My thirty years backstairs at the White House [by] Lillian Rogers Parks in collaboration with Frances Spatz Leighton. New York, Fleet Pub. Corp. [1961] 346 p. E176.1.P37
265
Patterson, Floyd. Victory over myself. With Milton Gross. [New York] B. Geis Associates; distributed by Random House [1962] 244 p. illus. GV1132.P3A3
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An abolitionist and lecturer until her death in 1883.
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Quarles, Benjamin, comp. Frederick Douglass. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1968] 184 p. (Great lives observed) E449.Q18
A Spectrum book.
"Bibliographical note": p. 179-181. Bibliographical footnotes.
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Discography: p. 241-256.
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The founder of "Crossroads Africa" and religious leader of today.
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Egbert Austin Williams was a comedian loved by theatergoers of the last generation.
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Atheneum paperbacks.
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Long-time columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier, a Negro newspaper.
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An account of the author's travels in sixty countries. This child prodigy, musician, and composer, died in Vietnam while on a visit to entertain the troops.
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Sterling, Dorothy. Captain of the Planter; the story of Robert Smalls. Illustrated by Ernest Crichlow. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1958. 264 p. illus. E185.97.S6S8
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The Planter was a Confederate gunboat seized and turned over to the Union by Smalls, a slave crewman.
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James Still was the brother of William Still, the author of The Underground Railroad.
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Bibliographical footnotes.
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Thomas, Jesse O. My story in black and white; the autobiography of Jesse O. Thomas. Foreword by Whitney M. Young, Jr. New York, Exposition Press [1967] 300 p. (An Exposition-banner book) E185.97.T49A3
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Thomas, Piri. Down these mean streets. New York, Knopf, 1967. 333 p. F128.9.P8T5
Autobiographical account of life among the Puerto Ricans and Negroes in New York City.
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Autobiographical; the author is a journalist and writer from Vermont.
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Autobiographical.
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Thornbrough, Emma L., comp. Booker T. Washington. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [c1969] 184 p. (Great lives observed) E185.97.W277
A Spectrum book.
"Bibliographical note": p. 178-182.
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Reprint of the 1855 ed.
301
Washington, Booker T. Up from slavery; an autobiography. New York, Doubleday, Page, 1901. 330 p. port. E185.97.W3
Originally published in the Outlook.
An illustrated edition with an introduction by Langston Hughes was published by Dodd, Mead, New York, in 1965.
302
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Bibliography: p. 423-429.
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The first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
304
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Writer and former director of the NAACP.
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Wright, Richard R. 87 years behind the black curtain; an autobiography. Philadelphia, Rare Book Co., 1965. 351 p. [BX8449.W7A3]
Richard Robert Wright was a leader in the African Methodist
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Yates, Elizabeth. Howard Thurman, portrait of a practical dreamer. New York, John Day Co. [1964] 249 p. port. BX6455.T5Y3
"Chronological bibliography of works by Howard Thurman": p. 241-242.
A Negro philosopher, author, and religious leader.
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