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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

187

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.

189

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.

193

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

197

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

266

Pauli, Hertha E. Her name was Sojourner Truth. New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts [1962] 250 p. E185.97.T89

Bibliography: p. 242-244.

An abolitionist and lecturer until her death in 1883.

267

Pennington, 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

268

Preston, Edward. Martin Luther King: fighter for freedom. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1968] 142 p. illus., ports. (Doubleday signal books) E185.97.K5P7

269

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.

270

Reddick, Lawrence D. Crusader without violence; a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. New York, Harper [1959] 243 p. illus. E185.97.K5R4

271

Reisner, Robert G. Bird: the legend of Charlie Parker, New York, Citadel Press [1962] 256 p. ports. ML419.P4R4

Discography: p. 241-256.

272

Robeson, Eslanda G. Paul Robeson, Negro. New York, Harper, 1930. 178 p. ports. E185.97.R65

273

Robeson, Paul. Here I stand. New York, Othello Associates [1958] 128 p. E185.97.R62

274

Robinson, James H. Road without turning, the story of Reverend James H. Robinson; an autobiography. New York, Farrar, Straus [1950] 312 p. BX9225.R715A3

The founder of "Crossroads Africa" and religious leader of today.

275

Robinson, 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

276

Robinson, 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

277

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278

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279

Rowland, 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.W46R6

Egbert Austin Williams was a comedian loved by theatergoers of the last generation.

280

Rudwick, Elliott M. W. E. B. DuBois; a study in minority group leadership. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1960] 382 p. E185.97.D73R8

Bibliography: p. 350-368.

281

Rudwick, 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 1968

Atheneum paperbacks.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes": p. 319-376.

282

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Long-time columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier, a Negro newspaper.

283

Schuyler, Philippa D. Adventures in black and white. Foreword by Deems Taylor. New York, R. Speller [1960] 302 p. illus. ML417.S42A3

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.

284

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The story of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

285

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286

Somerville, 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

287

Spencer, 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

288

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

Bibliography: p. 247-264.

The Planter was a Confederate gunboat seized and turned over to the Union by Smalls, a slave crewman.

289

Steward, 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

290

Still, James. Early recollections and life of Dr. James Still. [Philadelphia] Printed for the author by J. B. Lippincott, 1877. 274 p. port. E185.97.S85

James Still was the brother of William Still, the author of The Underground Railroad.

291

Tarry, Ellen. The third door; the autobiography of an American Negro woman. New York, D. McKay Co. [1955] 304 p. E185.97.T37A3

292

Tarry, Ellen. Young Jim; the early years of James Weldon Johnson. New York, Dodd, Mead [1967] 230 p. facsims., ports. PS3519.O2625Z89

293

Tatum, E. Ray. Conquest or failure? Biography of J. Frank Norris. Dallas, Baptist Historical Foundation [1966] 295 p. illus., ports. BX6495.N59T3

Bibliographical footnotes.

294

Terrell, Mary C. A colored woman in a white world. Washington, Ransdell [c1940] 436 p. port. E185.97.T47

295

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

296

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.

297

Thomas, Will. The seeking. New York, A. A. Wyn [1953] 290 p. E185.97.T52A3

Autobiographical; the author is a journalist and writer from Vermont.

297a

Thompson, Era B. American daughter. Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1946] 300 p. E185.97.T53

Autobiographical.

298

Thompson, 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

299

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.

300

Ward, 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 1968

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

Webb, Constance. Richard Wright; a biography. New York, Putnam [1968] 443 p. illus. PS3545.R815Z9

Bibliography: p. 423-429.

303

Wesley, Charles H. Richard Allen, apostle of freedom. Washington, Associated Publishers [c1935] 300 p. port. BX8449.A6W4

Bibliography: p. 277-285.

The first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

304

White, Walter F. A man called White, the autobiography of Walter White. New York, Viking Press, 1948. 382 p. E185.97.W6A3

Writer and former director of the NAACP.

305

Wright, 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

306

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

Episcopal Church.

307

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.

308

Young, Andrew S. N. Sonny Liston, the champ nobody wanted. Chicago, Johnson Pub. Co. [1963] 224 p. illus. GV1132.L5Y6