151Allen, Walter C., and Brian A. L. Rust. King Joe Oliver. London, Sidgwick and Jackson [1958] 224 p. illus. ML419.O4A6 1958Biography of a great jazz musician.
152Anderson, Marian. My Lord, what a morning; an autobiography. New York, Viking Press, 1956. 312 p. illus. ML420.A6A3
153Armstrong, Henry. Gloves, glory, and God; an autobiography. [Westwood, N.J.] F. H. Revell Co. [1956] 256 p. illus. GV1132.A7A3
154Ashe, Arthur. Advantage Ashe, by Arthur Ashe, Jr., as told to Clifford George Gewecke, Jr. New York, Coward-McCann [1967] 192 p. illus. GV994.A7A3The achievements to date of an outstanding tennis player.
155Aunt 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.W79Slave life in North Carolina and Alabama.
156Bailey, 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.B184Prepared by —— Fisher from the verbal narrative of Ball, a slave.Earlier editions published under title: Slavery in the United States.
158Bartlett, Irving H. Wendell Phillips, Brahmin radical. Boston, Beacon Press [1961] 438 p. E449.P5594Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 402-432).An abolitionist leader.
159Beckwourth, 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 1969Reprint of the 1856 ed.
160Bennett, 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
161Bernard, Jacqueline. Journey toward freedom; the story of Sojourner Truth. New York, Norton [1967] xiv, 265 p. illus., ports. E185.97.T82Bibliography: 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.
162Bibb, 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
163Bleiweiss, 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
164Bradford, 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."
165Branch, 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.M6B7A brief story of Daniel Webster Wallace, a Negro rancher.
166Brawley, 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.
167Broderick, Francis L. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro leader in a time of crisis. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1959. 259 p. illus. E185.97.D73B7Bibliography: p. [233]-236.
168Brown, Claude. Manchild in the promised land. New York, Macmillan [1965] 415 p. E185.97.B86A3Autobiographical study of life in Harlem.
169Brown, 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
170Buckle, 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.B8English and French.
171Buckler, Helen. Doctor Dan, pioneer in American surgery. Boston, Little, Brown [1954] 381 p. illus. R154.W5225B8Daniel Hale Williams was the first surgeon to operate on the heart.2d ed. published in 1968 under title: Daniel Hale Williams, Negro Surgeon.
172Byrd, James W. J. Mason Brewer, Negro folklorist. Austin, Tex., Steck-Vaughn Co. [1967] 44 p. (Southwest writers series, no. 12) GR55.B7B9Bibliography: p. 43-44.
173Cade, John B. Holsey, the incomparable. New York, Pageant Press [1964] 221 p. BX8473.H58C3Bibliography: p. 208-211.Lucius Henry Holsey was a bishop in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
174Campanella, Roy. It's good to be alive. Boston, Little, Brown [1959] 306 p. illus. GV865.C3A3Life of one of the greatest baseball catchers.
175Chesnutt, Helen M. Charles Waddell Chesnutt, pioneer of the color line. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1952] 324 p. port. PS1292.C6Z68See Fiction section for his novels.
176Christian, 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
177Clark, Septima P., and LeGette Blythe. Echo in my soul. Foreword by Harry Golden. New York, Dutton, 1962. 243 p. illus. E185.97.C59A3An autobiography of Septima Clark.
177aConrad, Earl. Harriet Tubman. Washington, Associated Publishers [1943] xiv, 248 p. E444.T896"Documentation": p. 227-238.
178Cotton, Ella E. A spark for my people; the sociological autobiography of a Negro teacher. New York, Exposition Press [1954] 288 p. LA2317.C64A3
179Cronon, 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
180Cunningham, Virginia. Paul Laurence Dunbar and his song; illustrated with photographs. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1947. 283 p. illus. PS1557.C8Bibliography: p. 267-283.
181Daly, John J. A song in his heart. Introduction by Harry F. Byrd; illustrated by Marian L. Larer. Philadelphia, Winston [1951] 102 p. illus. ML410.B627D3Songs: p. 71-102.Biography of James A. Bland, composer of "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny."
182Dancy, 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.D22A3The author was a political leader in Detroit.
183Davis, 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.J697D3A memoir of William Johnson.
184Davis, 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
185Douglass, 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 1962Reprinted from the rev. ed. of My Bondage and My Freedom, published in 1892.Includes bibliography.
186Douglass, 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
187Douty, Esther M. Forten, the sailmaker; pioneer champion of Negro rights. Chicago, Rand McNally [1968] 208 p. illus., ports. E185.97.F717D6Bibliography: 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.
188DuBois, 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.D73A3A selected bibliography of the published writings of W. E. B. DuBois: p. 431-437.
189DuBois, William E. B. John Brown. Centennial ed. New York, International Publishers [1962] 414 p. illus. E451.D81 1962First published in 1909.Bibliography: p. [405]-408.
190Dunham, Katherine. A touch of innocence. New York, Harcourt, Brace [1959] 312 p. GV1785.D82A3A well-known dancer and choreographer relates her experiences.
191Elliott, Lawrence. George Washington Carver: the man who overcame. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1966] 256 p. port. S417.C3E4Bibliography: p. 255-256.
192Emanuel, James A. Langston Hughes. New York, Twayne Publishers [1967] 192 p. (Twayne's United States authors series, TUSAS 123) PS3515.U274Z64Bibliography: p. 184-188.
193English, 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
194Farr, Finis. Black champion; the life and times of Jack Johnson. New York, Scribner [1964] 245 p. ports. GV1132.J73F3The first Negro heavyweight champion of the world.
195Feldman, 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.R3F4Bibliographical references included in "Footnotes" (p. [70]-[72]).Bibliography (annotated): p. [73]-[74].
196Fisher, 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
197Flipper, 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 1969Reprint of the 1878 ed.
198Flipper, 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."
199Foley, 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.H37F6The life of James Augustine Healy, a bishop in the Catholic Church.
200Foner, Philip S. Frederick Douglass, a biography. New York, Citadel Press [1964] 444 p. port. E449.D755"Reference notes": p. [377]-434.
201Forman, 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
202Garvey, Amy J. Garvey and Garveyism. [Kingston, Jamaica, c1963] 287 p. ports. E185.97.G3G3Biography of Marcus Garvey.
203Garvey, 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.
204Gibson, Althea. I always wanted to be somebody. Edited by Ed Fitzgerald. New York, Harper [1958] 176 p. illus. GV994.G5A3The story of the rise to fame of a Negro woman tennis star.
205Gilbert, Olive. Narrative of Sojourner Truth. New York, Arno Press, 1968. 320 p. illus., facsims., ports. (The American Negro; his history and literature) E185.97.T882First 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.
206Graham, 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.
207Graham, 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.
208Gregory, Dick. Nigger; an autobiography, by Dick Gregory with Robert Lipsyte. New York, Dutton, 1964. 224 p. illus., ports. PN2287.G68A3
209Hammon, 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.H22Probably the earliest imprint by an American Negro.
210Handy, 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.H18B6Includes music."Compositions, arrangements and books by W. C. Handy": p. 3O5-3O8.
211Hardwick, Richard. Charles Richard Drew, pioneer in blood research. New York, Scribner [1967] 144 p. QP26.D7H3
212Hare, 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 1913aA facsimile reproduction of the 1913 edition with new introduction.The story of a prominent Texas politician in the 1870's.
213Harrison, 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
214Hawkins, Hugh, ed. Booker T. Washington and his critics; the problem of Negro leadership. Boston, Heath [1962] 113 p. (Problems in American civilization) E185.97.W235Includes bibliography.
215Hawkins, William G. Lunsford Lane; or, Another helper from North Carolina. Boston, Crosby & Nichols, 1863. 305 p. port. E444.L26Lane, an antislavery lecturer, spent 32 years in slavery. He served as "waiter and messenger" to two Governors of the State of North Carolina.
216Hayden, 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
217Henson, 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 1962First published in 1858 under title: Truth Stranger than Fiction: Father Henson's Story of His Own Life.
218Henson, 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.H5Reprint issued by Arno Press, 1969.
219Hickey, Neil, and Ed Edwin. Adam Clayton Powell and the politics of race. New York, Fleet Pub. Corp. [1965] 308 p. illus., ports. E748.P86H5Bibliography: p. 299-300.
220Holdredge, Helen O. Mammy Pleasant's partner. New York, Putnam [c1954] 300 p. illus. F869.S3B4 1954The story of Thomas Frederick Bell in San Francisco.
221Holt, Rackham. George Washington Carver, an American biography. Rev. ed. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1963] 360 p. illus. S417.C3H6 1963
222Holt, Rackham. Mary McLeod Bethune; a biography. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1964. 306 p. illus., ports. E185.97.B34H6An outstanding educator and political figure.
223Horne, Lena, and Richard Schickel. Lena. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1965. 300 p. illus., ports. ML420.H65A35
224Hoyt, Edwin P. Paul Robeson, the American Othello. Cleveland, World Pub. Co. [1967] 228 p. ML420.R73H7Bibliographical footnotes.
225Hughes, Langston. The big sea, an autobiography. New York, Hill and Wang [1963, c1940] 335 p. (American century series) PS3515.U274Z5 1963"AC65."
226Hughes, Langston. I wonder as I wander; an autobiographical journey. New York, Rinehart [1956] 405 p. PS3515.U274Z58
227Hughes, 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."
228Huie, 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]
229Hunton, 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.H96A crusader for racial justice.
230Jackson, Mahalia. Movin' on up. With Evan McLeod Wylie. New York, Hawthorn Books [1966] 212 p. illus., ports. ML420.J17A3Discography: p. [215], [218]-[219].Probably the best known gospel singer.
230aJefferson, 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.
231Johnson, 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.
232Keckley, 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.K26An 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.
233Kitt, Eartha. Thursday's child. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce [1956] 250 p. illus. ML420.K5A3Autobiographical.
234Kytle, Elizabeth L. Willie Mae. New York, Knopf, 1958. 243 p. E185.97.W62K9Story of a Negro servant by one of her white employers.
235Lee, 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
236Lewis, Claude. Adam Clayton Powell. Greenwich, Conn., Fawcett Publications [1963] 127 p. (Gold medal books) E748.P86L4"K1361."
237Lichello, Robert. Pioneer in blood plasma: Dr. Charles Richard Drew. New York, J. Messner [1968] 190 p. R154.D75L5Bibliography: p. 185.
237aLittle, 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]
238Lokos, Lionel. House divided; the life and legacy of Martin Luther King. New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1968] 567 p. E185.97.K5L6Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [505]-555).
239Louis, 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 1953First ed. published in 1947 under title: My Life Story.
240Love, 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 1968Reprint of the 1907 ed., with new introduction by W. L. Katz.A pioneer in the westward movement.
241McFeely, 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.H8M3Bibliography: p. [329]-346.Oliver Otis Howard was one of the founders of Howard University.
242Magdol, Edward. Owen Lovejoy, abolitionist in Congress. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1967] 493 p. facsims., map, port. E415.9.L89M3Bibliography: p. [457]-468.
243Magoun, 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.F73M3Bibliographical footnotes.
244Malvin, 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).
245Mann, Arthur W. The Jackie Robinson story. New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1951] 224 p. ports. (The Big league baseball library) GV865.R6M3 1951
246Marrant, 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.C5M35Preface signed: W. Aldridge. London, July 19, 1786.
247Marshall, Herbert, and Mildred Stock. Ira Aldridge, the Negro tragedian. London, Rockliff [1958] 355 p. illus. PN2598.A52M3Includes bibliographies.
248Martin Luther King, Jr.; man and teacher. [Baltimore, Printed by Vinmar Lithographing Co., 1968] 1 v. (unpaged) illus., ports. E185.97.K5M34
249Mays, Willie. Born to play ball, by Willie Mays, as told to Charles Einstein. New York, Putnam [1955] 168 p. illus. GV865.M38A3
250Mays, 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
251Melbourn, 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
252Meltzer, Milton. Langston Hughes; a biography. New York, Crowell [1968] 281 p. PS3515.U274Z68 1968Bibliography: p. 269-274.
253Miller, Floyd. Ahdoolo: The biography of Matthew A. Henson. New York, Dutton, 1963. 221 p. illus. G635.H4M5 1963
254Miller, Margery. Joe Louis: American. New York, Current Books, A. A. Wyn [1945] 181 p. plates, ports. GV1132.L6M5
255Moore, Archie. The Archie Moore story. New York, McGraw-Hill [1960] 240 p. illus. GV1132.M75A3
256Morrow, 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
257Moton, Robert R. Finding a way out; an autobiography. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page, 1920. 295 p. E185.97.M9While president of Tuskegee Institute, Moton raised the standard of its secondary academic work to that of an accredited college.
258Mulzac, 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.M8Life of a member of the merchant marine.
259Newman, Shirlee P. Marian Anderson: lady from Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Westminster Press [c1965] 175 p. ports. ML420.A6N5Bibliography: p. 163-165.
260Olsen, 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.
261Ottley, Roi. The lonely warrior: the life and times of Robert S. Abbott. Chicago, H. Regnery Co., 1955. 381 p. illus. PN4874.A23O7Bibliography: p. 369-370.Abbott was editor for many years of the Chicago Defender, a major Negro newspaper.
262Parker, Robert A. The incredible messiah; the deification of Father Divine. Boston, Little, Brown, 1937. 323 p. port. BX7350.P3Bibliography: p. 321-323.Self-named Father Divine, George Baker was the leader for many years of a religious sect.
263Parks, Gordon. A choice of weapons. New York, Harper & Row [1966] 274 p. PS3566.A73C5The story of a successful photographer-historian for Life magazine.
264Parks, 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
265Patterson, Floyd. Victory over myself. With Milton Gross. [New York] B. Geis Associates; distributed by Random House [1962] 244 p. illus. GV1132.P3A3
266Pauli, Hertha E. Her name was Sojourner Truth. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1962] 250 p. E185.97.T89Bibliography: p. 242-244.An abolitionist and lecturer until her death in 1883.
267Pennington, James W. C. The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W. C. Pennington ... formerly a slave in the state of Maryland, United States. 3d ed. London, C. Gilpin, 1850. xix, 84 p. E444.P41
268Preston, Edward. Martin Luther King: fighter for freedom. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1968] 142 p. illus., ports. (Doubleday signal books) E185.97.K5P7
269Quarles, Benjamin, comp. Frederick Douglass. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1968] 184 p. (Great lives observed) E449.Q18A Spectrum book."Bibliographical note": p. 179-181. Bibliographical footnotes.
270Reddick, Lawrence D. Crusader without violence; a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, Harper [1959] 243 p. illus. E185.97.K5R4
271Reisner, Robert G. Bird: the legend of Charlie Parker, New York, Citadel Press [1962] 256 p. ports. ML419.P4R4Discography: p. 241-256.
272Robeson, Eslanda G. Paul Robeson, Negro. New York, Harper, 1930. 178 p. ports. E185.97.R65
273Robeson, Paul. Here I stand. New York, Othello Associates [1958] 128 p. E185.97.R62
274Robinson, James H. Road without turning, the story of Reverend James H. Robinson; an autobiography. New York, Farrar, Straus [1950] 312 p. BX9225.R715A3The founder of "Crossroads Africa" and religious leader of today.
275Robinson, John R. Jackie Robinson, my own story, as told to Wendell Smith; foreword by Branch Rickey. New York, Greenberg [1948] 170p. illus., ports. GV865.R6A3
276Robinson, John R., and Alfred Duckett. Breakthrough to the big league; the story of Jackie Robinson. New York, Harper & Row [1965] 178 p. ports. (A Breakthrough book) GV865.R6A27
277Roper, Moses. A narrative of the adventures and escape of Moses Roper, from American slavery; with a preface, by the Rev. T. Price. 4th ed. London, Harvey and Darton, 1840. 120 p. illus., port. E444.R785
278Rowan, Carl T. Wait till next year; the life story of Jackie Robinson, by Carl T. Rowan with Jackie Robinson. New York, Random House [1960] 339 p. illus. GV865.R6R64
279Rowland, Mabel, ed. Bert Williams, son of laughter; a symposium of tribute to the man and to his work, by his friends and associates, with a preface by David Belasco. New York, English Crafters [c1923] xvii, 218 p. illus., facsims., plates, ports. PN2287.W46R6Egbert Austin Williams was a comedian loved by theatergoers of the last generation.
280Rudwick, Elliott M. W. E. B. DuBois; a study in minority group leadership. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1960] 382 p. E185.97.D73R8Bibliography: p. 350-368.
281Rudwick, Elliott M. W. E. B. DuBois, propagandist of the Negro protest. With a new preface by Louis Harlan and an epilogue by the author. New York, Atheneum, 1968. 390 p. (Studies in American Negro life, NL6) E185.97.D73R8 1968Atheneum paperbacks.Bibliographical references included in "Notes": p. 319-376.
282Schuyler, George S. Black and conservative; the autobiography of George S. Schuyler. New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House [1966] 362 p. PN4874.S35A3Long-time columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier, a Negro newspaper.
283Schuyler, Philippa D. Adventures in black and white. Foreword by Deems Taylor. New York, R. Speller [1960] 302 p. illus. ML417.S42A3An 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.
284Singleton, George A. The autobiography of George A. Singleton. Boston, Forum Pub. Co. [1964] 272 p. illus., ports. [BX8449.S5A3]The story of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
285Smith, Amanda B. An autobiography; the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist; containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India and Africa, as an independent missionary. With an introduction by Bishop Thoburn. Chicago, Meyer, 1893. xvi, 506 p. plates, ports. BV3785.S56A3 1893
286Somerville, John A. Man of colour; an autobiography. With a foreword by P. M. Sherlock. Kingston, Jamaica, Pioneer Press [1951] 134 p. illus. E185.97.S65 1951
287Spencer, Samuel R. Booker T. Washington and the Negro's place in American life. Boston, Little, Brown [1955] 212 p. (The Library of American biography) E185.97.W272
288Sterling, 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.S6S8Bibliography: p. 247-264.The Planter was a Confederate gunboat seized and turned over to the Union by Smalls, a slave crewman.
289Steward, Austin. Twenty-two years a slave, and forty years a freeman; embracing a correspondence of several years, while president of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West. 3d ed. Rochester, N.Y., Allings & Cory, 1861. 360 p. plates, port. E444.S845
290Still, James. Early recollections and life of Dr. James Still. [Philadelphia] Printed for the author by J. B. Lippincott, 1877. 274 p. port. E185.97.S85James Still was the brother of William Still, the author of The Underground Railroad.
291Tarry, Ellen. The third door; the autobiography of an American Negro woman. New York, D. McKay Co. [1955] 304 p. E185.97.T37A3
292Tarry, Ellen. Young Jim; the early years of James Weldon Johnson. New York, Dodd, Mead [1967] 230 p. facsims., ports. PS3519.O2625Z89
293Tatum, E. Ray. Conquest or failure? Biography of J. Frank Norris. Dallas, Baptist Historical Foundation [1966] 295 p. illus., ports. BX6495.N59T3Bibliographical footnotes.
294Terrell, Mary C. A colored woman in a white world. Washington, Ransdell [c1940] 436 p. port. E185.97.T47
295Thomas, 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
296Thomas, Piri. Down these mean streets. New York, Knopf, 1967. 333 p. F128.9.P8T5Autobiographical account of life among the Puerto Ricans and Negroes in New York City.
297Thomas, Will. The seeking. New York, A. A. Wyn [1953] 290 p. E185.97.T52A3Autobiographical; the author is a journalist and writer from Vermont.
297aThompson, Era B. American daughter. Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1946] 300 p. E185.97.T53Autobiographical.
298Thompson, John. The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave; containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape. Worcester, J. Thompson, 1856. 143 p. E444.T47
299Thornbrough, Emma L., comp. Booker T. Washington. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [c1969] 184 p. (Great lives observed) E185.97.W277A Spectrum book."Bibliographical note": p. 178-182.
300Ward, Samuel R. Autobiography of a fugitive Negro: his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada, & England. New York, Arno Press, 1968. 412 p. port. (The American Negro: his history and literature) E449.W27 1968Reprint of the 1855 ed.
301Washington, Booker T. Up from slavery; an autobiography. New York, Doubleday, Page, 1901. 330 p. port. E185.97.W3Originally published in the Outlook.An illustrated edition with an introduction by Langston Hughes was published by Dodd, Mead, New York, in 1965.
302Webb, Constance. Richard Wright; a biography. New York, Putnam [1968] 443 p. illus. PS3545.R815Z9Bibliography: p. 423-429.
303Wesley, Charles H. Richard Allen, apostle of freedom. Washington, Associated Publishers [c1935] 300 p. port. BX8449.A6W4Bibliography: p. 277-285.The first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
304White, Walter F. A man called White, the autobiography of Walter White. New York, Viking Press, 1948. 382 p. E185.97.W6A3Writer and former director of the NAACP.
305Wright, Richard. Black boy; a record of childhood and youth. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. Introductory note by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Cleveland, World Pub. Co. [1950] 298 p. illus. (The Living library [L22]) PS3545.R815Z5 1950
306Wright, 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 MethodistEpiscopal Church.
307Yates, 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.
308Young, Andrew S. N. Sonny Liston, the champ nobody wanted. Chicago, Johnson Pub. Co. [1963] 224 p. illus. GV1132.L5Y6