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Key West
Norma Jean Sawyer, LaVerne Wells-Bowie
Paperback (Arcadia Publishing, April 9, 2002)Known best as a vacation destination and home toartists, beach bums, and celebrities, Key West also boasts a proud African-American heritage that has its roots in the immigration of Caribbean settlers in the late 1800s. Bringing with them valuable skills, such as shipbuilding and other marine trades, and a strong sense of family and community, these immigrants and their descendants made significant contributions to the life of this unique island.
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Booker T. Washington: Educator
James Neyland
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, Feb. 1, 1993)Traces the life of the Black educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.
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Lee Elder: The daring dream
Linda Jacobs Altman
Unknown Binding (EMC Corp, March 15, 1976)A brief biography of the professional golfer who was the first black to gain an invitation to the Masters Tournament in 1975.
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Althea Gibson
Tom Biracree
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, Dec. 1, 1990)Follows the life of the first Black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon.
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Dizzy Gillespie: Performer, Bandleader and Composer
Tony Gentry
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, Jan. 1, 1994)A biography of the Afro-American musician and "ambassador of jazz" who introduced the world to "bebop."
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Harry Belafonte
Genia Fogelson
Mass Market Paperback (Holloway House, Feb. 1, 2008)None
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Delaware
Jeanne D. Nutter Ph.D.
Paperback (Arcadia Publishing, Nov. 17, 1999)African-American life in Delaware from the late 1800s to the 1960s was characterized by a struggle for equity in a time when there was none. This vigorous community set about developing its own institutions and activities, and what emerged was a rich cultural life that produced or attracted some of the best and brightest of African-American minds.
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Katherine Dunham
Darlene Donloe
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, Oct. 1, 1993)Book by Donloe, Darlene
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Elijah Muhammad
Malu Halasa
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, Dec. 1, 1993)Halasa, Malu
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Black Baseball In Kansas City
Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller
Paperback (Arcadia Publishing, Dec. 12, 2000)Some say that Kansas City has the best black baseball, blues, and "Q" in the nation. It has been called the heart of America, a cultural melting pot, and the breadbasket of the Midwest. It was also home to the famous Kansas City Monarchs. Black baseball began in Kansas City with the Maroons in 1890. However, it wasn't until 1921, when the black KansasCity Monarchs triumphed over the white Kansas City Blues, that black players started receiving national attention. The Monarchs produced several championship teams and major league players, and became black baseball's longest running and most stable franchise.
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Barbara Jordan: Congresswoman
Norman Kelin, Sabra-Anne Kelin
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, March 1, 1993)None
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Mahalia Jackson
Darlene Donloe
Paperback (Holloway House Pub Co, May 1, 1992)A biography of the renowned gospel singer who hoped, through her art, to break down some of the barriers between people of different races.