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Individual biographies are arranged alphabetically under the person's name in the biography section of the library. To find a biography of a person using the online catalog, click on Search, then Browse and choose Subject from the drop-down menu. Type the person's name (last name first i.e. Doe, John) in the search box. To find a list of biographies, type in Afro-Americans biography as the subject. You may also do a keyword search, for example, type in Afro-Americans and scientists or Afro-Americans and sports. |
| African-American Biographies at Abington Free Library | ||
(last updated January 2008) |
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| COLLECTED BIOGRAPHIES - REFERENCE | |
| Call Number | Title |
R 200.92396 AAS |
African-American Religious Leaders, 2003. |
R 303.484 RUM |
African-American Social Leaders and Activists, 2003. |
R 305.896 AFR |
African American Encyclopedia, 2001, 10 volumes. |
R 305.896 AFR |
African American Lives, 2004. |
R 305.896 ALT |
Extraordinary African-Americans, 2001. |
R 305.896 NOT |
Notable Black American Women, 1992, 1996, 2 volumes. |
R 338.092396 KRA |
African-American Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, 2004. |
R 355.130973 HAN |
African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor, 2002. |
R 508.996073 WEB |
African American Firsts in Science & Technology, 1999. |
R 509.2 DIS |
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century, 1996. |
R 509.2273 SPA |
African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention, 2003. |
R 791.08996 OTF |
African Americans in the Performing Arts, 2003. |
R 796.08996 PAG |
Black Olympian Medalists, 1991. |
R 796.092396 AAS |
African-American Athletes, 2003. |
R 810.9 OXF |
Oxford Companion to African American Literature, 1997. |
R 810.996 BAD |
African-American Writers, 2004. |
R 960.03 AFR |
Africana, 2005, 5 volumes. |
| COLLECTED BIOGRAPHIES - NON FICTION | ||
| Call Number | Author | Title |
323.1 DUB |
Sina Dubovoy |
Civil Rights Leaders, 1997 |
704.0396073 LEW |
Samella S. Lewis |
African American Art and Artists, 1990 |
791.43 JON |
K. Maurice Jones |
Spike Lee and the African American Filmmakers, 1996 |
811.009896 AFR |
ed. by Harold Bloom |
African-American Poets, 2003 |
910.92 REE |
Catherine Reef |
Black Explorers, 1996 |
920 ABD |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Black Profiles in Courage, 1996 |
920 GAT |
Henry Louis Gates |
African American Century, 2000 |
973.0496073 STE |
Dorothy Sterling |
Black Foremothers, 1988 |
973.0496073 TIM |
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Leadership (African Americans Voices of Triumph), 1994. |
974.71 MAR |
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Power of Pride: stylemakers and rulebreakers of the Harlem Renaissance, 1999. |
974.8 BLO |
Charles L. Blockson |
African Americans in Pennsylvania, 2001 |
| BIOGRAPHY WEB SITES | |
| Subject | Website |
Biography |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Guide to Black History |
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Faces of Science |
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Gale Group Black History Month Biographies |
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