Black History Month
Featured Titles
Gain a deeper appreciation for African American heritage with these titles from Gale. You can order them by calling us toll-free at 1-800-877-GALE.
Blackbirch Press | Charles Scribner's Sons | Gale | Greenhaven Press | KidHaven Press | Lucent Books | Macmillan Reference USA | Primary Source Media | Sleeping Bear Press | Thorndike Press | Thorndike Young Adult | Twayne Publishers
Blackbirch Press®:
World Peace Makers/Pacificadores Mundiales (Bilingual): Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Charles Scribner's Sons®:
Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students
African-American Writers, 2nd Edition
The African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience – Also available in eBook format.
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From Gale®:
The African American Almanac. Edition 9.
African American Firsts in Science and Technology
African American Reference Library (U·X·L)
African American Biography (U·X·L)
Biography Resource Center: African Americans
Black Writers
Contemporary Black Biography
Harlem Renaissance (U·X·L)
Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion
Information Plus Reference Series
Notable Black American Men
Notable Black American Scientists
Notable Black American Women – Book III
The Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature
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From Greenhaven Press:®
American Social Movements: Civil Rights
At Issue in History - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Carter G. Woodson Award winner
Contemporary Issues Companion – Race and Ethnicity
Current Controversies – Racism
Great Speeches in History: Slavery
History Firsthand – Early Black Reformers – Carter G. Woodson Award winner
History Firsthand: Slavery
Opposing Viewpoints Series: Race Relations
Opposing Viewpoints in World History: Slavery
Profiles in History: Black Abolitionists
Profiles in History: Black Women Activists
Profiles in History: Leaders of the Civil Rights Movemen
People Who Made History: Frederick Douglass
People Who Made History: Malcolm X
People Who Made History: Nelson Mandela
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From KidHaven PressTM:
Daily Life: Slaves on a Southern Plantation
Daily Life: The Underground Railroad
Stars of Sport – Barry Bonds
Stars of Sport – Kobe Bryant
Stars of Sport – Shaquille O'Neal
Stars of Sport – Tiger Woods
Stars of Sport – Venus Williams
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From Lucent Books®:
Great Escapes – Escapes from Slavery
Indigenous Peoples of Africa series
Lucent Library of Black History
People in the News – Barack Obama
People in the News – Usher
People in the News – Beyonce
People in the News – Jamie Foxx
A Travel Guide To...The Harlem Jazz Era
World History Series – The Abolition of American Slavery
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From Macmillan Reference USATM:
African American History and Culture: A Student's Guide
Civil Rights in the United States
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
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From Primary Source MediaTM:
American Journey: The African-American Experience
Anti-Slavery Propaganda Collection, Oberlin College, 1835-1863
Documentary Archives: Multicultural America on CD-ROM
Slave Trade Papers
The Sabin Collection: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America –
Slavery
Slavery, Source Material and Critical Literature
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From Sleeping Bear Press
Friend on Freedom River
Let Them Play
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From Thorndike Press,® Publishers of Large Print Titles:
Between Heaven and Ground Zero, by Leslie Haskin
Chasing Destiny, by Eric Jerome Dickey
Crossing Jhordan's River, by Kendra Norman-Bellamy
Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earings, by Tyler Perry
Flame, by Stephanie Perry Moore
Grown Folks Business, by Victoria Christopher Murray
How to be Blessed and Highly Favored, by Michelle McKinney Hammond
I Say a Little Prayer, by E. Lynn Harris
Mama Made the Difference, by T.D. Jakes
Nowhere is a Place, by Bernice L. McFadden
The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner, by Andrea Smith
When Somebody Loves You Back, by Mary B. Morrison
Who Does She Think She Is?, by Benilde Little
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Thorndike Young Adult, Publishers of Large Print Titles:
Bad Boy, by Walter Dean Myers
Brother Hood, by Janet McDonald
Bucking the Sarge, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Chill Wind, by Janet McDonald
Copper Sun, by Sharon M. Draper
Cousins, by Virginia Hamilton
Darkness Before Dawn, by Sharon M. Draper
The Dream Bearer, by Walter Dean Myers
The First Part Last, by Angela Johnson
Forged By Fire, by Sharon M. Draper
Heaven, by Angela Johnson
Looking for Red, by Angela Johnson
M.C. Higgins, The Great, by Virginia Hamilton
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
Shooter, by Walter Dean Myers
Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon M. Draper
Twists and Turns, by Janet McDonald
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From Twayne PublishersTM
Evolution of Modern Business Series – History of Black Business in America
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