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Biographies of Black Women

Enjoy these picture books about some remarkable and inspiring artists, scientists, and activists!

Oakland Public Library

14 items

  • Nina

    a Story of Nina Simone

    Todd, Traci N.
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2021. — J BIO SIMONE
  • Go Forth and Tell

    the Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

    McDaniel, Breanna J.,
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — J BIO BAKER
  • To Boldly Go

    How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights

    Dalton, Angela
    BookNew York : HarperCollins Children's Books ; 2023. — J BIO NICHOLS
  • The Green Piano

    How Little Me Found Music

    Flack, Roberta
    BookNew York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2023] — J BIO FLACK
  • Coretta

    the Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

    King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006,
    BookNew York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2024. — J BIO KING
  • Exquisite

    the Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

    Slade, Suzanne
    BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. — J BIO BROOKS
  • BookNew York : Henry Holt, 2005. — J BIO PARKS
  • Little Leaders

    Bold Women in Black History

    Harrison, Vashti
    BookNew York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — J 920.72089 HARRISON
  • Choosing Brave

    How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

    Joy, Angela, 1975-
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, c2022. — J BIO TILL
  • Picture BookNew York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher, 2018. — J PICBK AHMED
  • Voice of Freedom

    Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. — J BIO HAMER