Black History Biographies
Resources for award-winning and reviewer-recommended biographies of Black leaders & innovators throughout history.
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![Black History Biographies](/images/divisions/8268_8.png.pagespeed.ce.yea84VAKEx.png)
- 2,619 Resources including
- 333 Videos
- 163 Book Readings
- 243 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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![March Book One](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1603093001.jpg)
![Becoming Muhammad Ali](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316498165.jpg)
![March Book Three](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1603094024.jpg)
![March Book Two](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1603094008.jpg)
![Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0316213888.jpg)
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
40 Resources13 Awards
![Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076368046X.jpg)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
40 Resources12 Awards
![Before She Was Harriet](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823420477.jpg)
![Place to Land, A](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0823443310.jpg)
![Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks](/media/bookimages/covers/67464_hi.jpg)
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera
40 Resources9 Awards
![Oldest Student, The: How Mary Walker Learned to Read](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1524768294.jpg)
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
40 Resources9 Awards
![Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0374313229.jpg)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
38 Resources11 Awards
![Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1580892973.jpg)
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
38 Resources11 Awards
![Nina: A Story of Nina Simone](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1524737283.jpg)
![Martin Rising: Requiem for a King](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0545702534.jpg)
![Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1452103143.jpg)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
36 Resources11 Awards
![Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom](/media/bookimages/covers/67460_hi.jpg)
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Michele Wood
34 Resources7 Awards
![Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0439352436.jpg)
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis
33 Resources7 Awards
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0786808322.jpg)
![Trombone Shorty](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1419714651.jpg)
![Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1250137527.jpg)
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
33 Resources9 Awards
![Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1561458252.jpg)
![Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/148147684X.jpg)
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
31 Resources5 Awards
![Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031610731X.jpg)
![Splash of Red, A: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0375867120.jpg)
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
29 Resources9 Awards
![Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch, The](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/080285379X.jpg)
![Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace](/media/bookimages/covers/67286_hi.jpg)
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley Bryan
29 Resources12 Awards
![Because Claudette](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0593326407.jpg)
![Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0786801786.jpg)
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
28 Resources4 Awards
![Wreath for Emmett Till, A](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0618397523.jpg)
![Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1534462678.jpg)
![R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1534452281.jpg)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
28 Resources5 Awards
![Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423106350.jpg)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
27 Resources6 Awards
![Henry's Freedom Box](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/043977733X.jpg)
![Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1481443496.jpg)
![Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler](/media/bookimages/covers/80165_hi.jpg)
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
by Ibi Zoboi
27 Resources11 Awards
![Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0786851759.jpg)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
26 Resources5 Awards
![Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1400052173.jpg)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
26 Resources1 Awards
![Little Melba and Her Big Trombone](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1600608981.jpg)