African American authors
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African American authors
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African American authors
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Incoming Resources
- The 100th day of school, by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Joan Holub
- The Sunday outing, by Gloria Jean Pinkney ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- William and the good old days, by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- Shortcut, by Donald Crews
- You don't know us negroes and other essays, Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr
- Her stories, African American folktales, and true tales, told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
- Monster, Walter Dean Myers ; illustrations by Christopher Myers
- Flying, Donald Crews
- The block, poems, by Langston Hughes ; collage by Romare Bearden ; selected by Lowery S. Sims and Daisy Murray Voigt ; introduction by Bill Cosby
- Black writers of the founding era 1760-1800, James G. Baster, editor with Nicole Seary ; foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed
- Collected essays, James Baldwin
- How we do it, Black writers on craft, practice, and skill, edited by Jericho Brown ; presented by the Hurston/Wright Foundation
- The ox of the wonderful horns, and other African folktales, Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- The journal of Joshua Loper, a Black cowboy, by Walter Dean Myers
- What will Mommy do when I'm at school?, written and illustrated by Dolores Johnson
- The interruption of everything, Terry McMillan
- John Henry, by Julius Lester ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Malcolm X, a fire burning brightly, by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Working cotton, by Sherley Anne Williams ; illustrated by Carole Byard
- Seven spools of thread, a Kwanzaa story, by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
- Black cowboy, wild horses, a true story, Julius Lester ; Jerry Pinkney
- The girl who wore snakes, story by Angela Johnson ; paintings by James E. Ransome
- C.L.O.U.D.S., by Pat Cummings
- Alvin Ailey, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Max found two sticks, by Brian Pinkney
- In the beginning, creation stories from around the world, told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser
- For the love of the game, Michael Jordan and me, by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
- We had a picnic this Sunday past, Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Diane Greenseid
- Family, a novel, J. California Cooper
- Two and too much, by Mildred Pitts Walter ; illustrated by Pat Cummings
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- Jojo's flying side kick, Brian Pinkney
- Boyz n the void, a mixtape to my brother, G'Ra Asim
- The wedding, by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by David Soman
- Harlem, a poem, by Walter Dean Myers ; pictures by Christopher Myers
- You don't know us negroes, and other essays, Zora Neale Hurston ; edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates Jr
- Better than I know myself, Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant
- Fearless Jones, a novel, Walter Mosley
- Duke Ellington, the piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Nappy hair, by Carolivia Herron ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda
- When I am old with you, by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by David Soman
- Freedom's gifts, a Juneteenth story, by Valerie Wesley ; illustrated by Sharon Wilson
- Carol of the brown king, nativity poems, by Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Turtle knows your name, retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
- Something beautiful, Sharon Dennis Wyeth ; illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
- Sail away, Donald Crews
- The jump at the sun treasury, an African American picture book collection
- Aunt Flossie's hats (and crab cakes later), by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard ; paintings by James Ransome
- That bird has my wings, the autobiography of an innocent man on death row, Jarvis Jay Masters
- Honey, I love, and other love poems, by Eloise Greenfield ; pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon
Outgoing Resources
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