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Accomplishments of famous Black Americans : emphasizing the African heritage of Black Americans / by Zenobia M. Johnson.

Book/Text

Wilkinsburg, Pa. : Hayes School Pub. Co., 1971.

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 84-206Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference
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Robert C. Weaver [microform] : from the Black cabinet to the President's cabinet / by alma René Williams.

Microform

1978.

1978

1 item

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FormatTextCall numberSc Micro F-10780 3 fichesItem locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The life and adventures of John Levy. Edited by his daughter, Miss Rachel Frances Levy.

Book/Text

Lawrence, [Mass.] Printed by R. Bower, 1871.

1871

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc Rare F 81-28Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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The Afro-American press and its editors / by I. Garland Penn.

Book/Text

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1981.

1981-1891

1 item

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From nowhere to somewhere [by] Jos. Harold Wiley, Kenneth Jeffries [and] Charles T. Brooker.

Book/Text

Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co. [1970]

1970

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-W (Wiley, J. From nowhere to somewhere)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Young and Black in America. Introductory notes by Julius Lester.

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1970]

1970

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Great Negroes, past and present, by Russell L. Adams. Illustrated by Eugene Winslow. Edited by David P. Ross, Jr. 3d ed.

Book/Text

Chicago, Afro-Am Pub. Co., 1969.

1969

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Odyssey: journey through Black America, by Earl and Miriam Selby.

Book/Text

New York, Putnam [1971]

1971

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A biographical history of Blacks in America since 1528, by Edgar A. Toppin.

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New York, McKay [1971]

1971

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Black leaders of the centuries. Edited by S. Okechukwu Mezu and Ram Desai.

Book/Text

Buffalo, N. Y., Black Academy Press [c1970]

1970

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Negro legislators of Texas and their descendants, by J. Mason Brewer. With introductions by Herbert P. Gambrell and Alwyn Barr.

Book/Text

Austin [Tex.] Jenkins Pub. Co., 1970.

1970-1935

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 976.4-B (Brewer, J. Negro legislators of Texas and their descendants. 1970)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Together; a reporter's journey into the new Black politics, by L. H. Whittemore.

Book/Text

New York, Morrow, 1971.

1971

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Blacktown, U. S.A., by Frank L. Keegan.

Book/Text

Boston, Little, Brown [1971]

1971

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Up from within; today's new Black leaders, by George R. Metcalf.

Book/Text

New York, McGraw-Hill [1971]

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 72-1039Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Great Negroes, past and present, by Russell L. Adams. Illustrated by Eugene Winslow. Edited by David P. Ross, Jr. 3d ed.

Book/Text

Chicago, Afro-Am Pub. Co., 1969.

1969

1 item

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Narratives of colored Americans, by Lindley Murray. Compiled by Alexander [sic] Mott and M. S. Wood.

Book/Text

Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1971.

1972-1877

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 72-2380Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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In black and white: Afro-Americans in print; a guide to Afro-Americans who have made contributions to the United States of America from 1619 to 1969.

Book/Text

Kalamazoo, Mich., Kalamazoo Library System, 1971.

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 72-2008Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Black defiance; Black profiles in courage. Edited by Jay David.

Book/Text

New York, Morrow, 1972.

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 72-2455Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Profiles in Black power.

Book/Text

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972.

1972

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-H (Haskins, J. Profiles in Black power)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Up from within; today's new Black leaders, by George R. Metcalf.

Book/Text

New York, McGraw-Hill [1971]

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-M (Metcalf, G. Up from within)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Famous American Negroes.

Book/Text

[n. p., 195-?]

1950-1959

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920-H (Hughes, L. Famous American Negroes. Bengali. 195-?)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Famous American Negroes.

Book/Text

Allahabad, Indian Press, [n.d.]

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920-H (Hughes, L. Famous American Negroes. [n.d.])Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Famous American Negroes.

Book/Text

Cairo : New Publications, 1961.

1961

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920-H (Hughes, L. Famous American Negroes. Arabic. 1961)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Famous American Negroes.

Book/Text

Krishnagar, Homshikha, 1958.

1958

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920-H (Hughes, L. Famous American Negroes. Bengali. 1958)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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A piece of the power; four Black mayors.

Book/Text

New York, Dial Press [1972]

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 923.273-H (Haskins, J. Piece of the power)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Changing of the guard; the new breed of Black politicians.

Book/Text

New York, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan [1972]

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 923.273-D (Duckett, A. Changing of the guard)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Corners of Black history.

Book/Text

New York, Vantage Press [1971]

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-L (Larrie, R. Corners of Black history)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black American scholars; a study of their beginnings.

Book/Text

Detroit, Mich., Balamp Pub. [1972]

1972

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 378.73-B (Bond, H. Black American scholars)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black faces in high places; Negroes in government, by Helen G. Edmonds.

Book/Text

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1971]

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 923.273-E (Edmonds, H. Black faces in high places)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 72-2120Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Booker T. Washington : the making of a Black leader, 1856-1901 / Louis R. Harlan.

Book/Text

New York : Oxford University Press, [1972]

1972

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc B-Washington, B. (Harlan, L. Booker T. Washington)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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They had a dream, by George Reasons and Sam Patrick.

Book/Text

Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times Syndicate [c1969-71]

1969-1971

3 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-R (Reasons, G. They had a dream) v. 3Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Young and Black in America. Introductory notes by Julius Lester.

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1970]

1970

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-A (Alexander-Minter, R. Young and Black in America)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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In the vanguard of a race / by L.H. Hammond.

Book/Text

New York : Published jointly by Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada [1922]

1922

3 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920-H (Hammond, L. In the vanguard of a race)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Look for me in the whirlwind; the collective autobiography of the New York 21, by Kuwasi Balagoon [and others] With an introd. by Haywood Burns.

Book/Text

New York, Random House [1971]

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.074-L (Look for me in the whirlwind)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Blacktown, U. S.A., by Frank L. Keegan.

Book/Text

Boston, Little, Brown [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-K (Keegan, F. Blacktown, U. S. A.)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Together; a reporter's journey into the new Black politics, by L. H. Whittemore.

Book/Text

New York, Morrow, 1971.

1971

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 322.4-W (Whittemore, L. H. Together)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Odyssey: journey through Black America, by Earl and Miriam Selby.

Book/Text

New York, Putnam [1971]

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 973.923-S (Selby, E. Odyssey)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Getting it together; Black businessmen in America [by] John Seder and Berkeley G. Burrell.

Book/Text

New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1971]

1971

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 923.8-SItem locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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FormatBook/TextCall numberJLD 71-345 (SASB)Item locationSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Famous American Negroes.

Book/Text

New York, Dodd, Mead [1969, c1954]

1969-1954

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberIEC 73-954Item locationSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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Index to short biographies: for elementary and junior high grades. Compiled by Ellen J. Stanius.

Book/Text

Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1971.

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 016.92-S (Stanius, E. Index to short biographies)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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A biographical history of Blacks in America since 1528, by Edgar A. Toppin.

Book/Text

New York, McKay [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 973-T (Toppin, E. Biographical history of Blacks in America ...)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Unsung Black Americans, by Edith G. Stull. Pictures by Ernest Crichlow.

Book/Text

New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-S (Stull, E. Unsung Black Americans)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black roots; an anthology, edited by Jay David and Catherine J. Greene. With an introd. by Charlemae Rollins.

Book/Text

New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. [1971]

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-A (Adler, B. Black roots)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Living Black in white America. Edited by Jay David and Elaine Crane. With a foreword by David L. Lewis.

Book/Text

New York, Morrow, 1971.

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-A (Adler, B. Living Black in white America)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Fannie Lou Hamer / Illustrated by Albert Williams.

Book/Text

New York : Crowell, [1972]

1972

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc B-Hamer (Jordan, J. Fannie Lou Hamer)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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In black and white: Afro-Americans in print; a guide to Afro-Americans who have made contributions to the United States of America from 1619 to 1969.

Book/Text

Kalamazoo, Mich., Kalamazoo Library System, 1971.

1971

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 016.92-S (Spradling, M. In black and white)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Biographical sketches.

Book/Text

[Washington, D. C., 1961?]

1961

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc 920.073-A (Assoc. for the Study of Negro Life and History. Biographical sketches)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Autobiography of a fugitive Negro / Samuel Ringgold Ward.

Book/Text

New York : Arno Press : New York Times, 1968.

1968-1855

3 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc C 94-62Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc B-Ward, S. (Ward, S. Autobiography of a fugitive Negro. 1968)Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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1,000 successful Blacks. By the editors of Ebony.

Book/Text

Chicago : Johnson Pub. Co., 1973.

1973

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc F 06-100Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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