Ohio's Black Achievers

BLACKS IN OHIO : 7 PORTRAITS / EDITED BY JOHN A. MCCLUSKEY.

CLAYTON HICKS, A MAN DETERMINED / AS TOLD TO FELLS JOHNSON TECHNI-WRITE, INC.

Hicks, Clayton.

DAD, I SERVED : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF C.J. MCLIN, JR. / AS TOLD TO MINNIE FELLS JOHNSON ; LILLIE P. HOWARD AND SARAH BYRN RICKMAN, CO-EDITORS.

McLin, C. J., 1921-1988.

DANCING WITH STRANGERS : A MEMOIR / MEL WATKINS.

Watkins, Mel, 1940-

FINDING FISH : A MEMOIR / ANTWONE QUENTON FISHER ; WITH MIM EICHLER RIVAS.

Fisher, Antwone Quenton.

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLIAMS, A BIOGRAPHY / JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN.

Franklin, John Hope, 1915-

HAREWOOD HERITAGE : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BY JOHN W. HAREWOOD AS TOLD TO FELLS JOHNSON TECHNI-WRITE, INC.

Harewood, John W. 1909-

HIS PROMISED LAND : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN P. PARKER, FORMER SLAVE AND CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD / EDITED BY STUART SEELY SPRAGUE.

Parker, John P., 1827-1900.

JESSE OWENS / TONY GENTRY ; SENIOR CONSULTING EDITOR, NATHAN IRVIN HUGGINS.

Gentry, Tony.

A biography of the track and field star who won three gold medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games.

JOHN MERCER LANGSTON AND THE FIGHT FOR BLACK FREEDOM, 1829-65 / WILLIAM CHEEK AND AIMEE LEE CHEEK.

Cheek, William F., 1933-

JUNIOR : GRIFFEY ON GRIFFEY / WRITTEN BY KEN GRIFFEY, JR. ; EDITED BY MARK VANCIL ; PHOTOGRAPHY BY WALTER IOOSS, JR.

Griffey, Ken,

LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BY LLOYD LEWIS, SR., AS TOLD TO FELLS JOHNSON TECHNI-WRITE, INC.

Lewis, Lloyd, 1904-

NICKEL AND A PRAYER.

Hunter, Jane Edna Harris, 1882-

ONE WOMAN'S ARMY : A BLACK OFFICER REMEMBERS THE WAC / CHARITY ADAMS EARLEY.

Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR / TONY GENTRY ; SENIOR CONSULTING EDITOR, NATHAN IRVIN HUGGINS ; [INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY CORETTA SCOTT KING].

Gentry, Tony.

Examines the life of the poet and novelist who battled racism and accepted the challenge of depicting the black experience in America.

PIECE OF THE POWER; FOUR BLACK MAYORS.

Haskins, James, 1941-

Traces the life and careers of four black mayors: Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio; Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana; Charles Evers of Fayette, Mississippi; and Kenneth Gibson of Newark, New Jersey.

YOUR MIND IS YOUR LIFE, YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND : AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BY LELIA FRANCIS AS TOLD TO FELLS JOHNSON TECHNI-WRITE, INC.

Francis, Lelia, 1904-

1,999 FACTS ABOUT BLACKS : A SOURCEBOOK OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT / RAYMOND M. CORBIN.

Corbin, Raymond M.

AFRICAN AMERICAN ALMANAC / JESSIE CARNEY SMITH, JOSEPH M. PALMISANO, EDITORS ; FOREWORD BY BILL COSBY.

Reference, older editions are also available

AFRICAN AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA / EDITOR, MICHAEL W. WILLIAMS.

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATLAS : BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE--AN ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE / MOLEFI K. ASANTE AND MARK T. MATTSON.

Asante, Molefi K., 1942-

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PEOPLE : THREE CENTURIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TOLD BY THOSE WHO LIVED IT / [COMPILED BY] HERB BOYD.

BLACK 100 : A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS, PAST AND PRESENT / COLUMBUS SALLEY.

Salley, Columbus.

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BLACK FIRSTS : 2,000 YEARS OF EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT / JESSIE CARNEY SMITH, EDITOR ; CASPER L. JORDAN, ROBERT L. JOHNS, ASSOCIATE EDITORS ; FOREWORD BY JOHNNETTA B. COLE.

CONTEMPORARY BLACK BIOGRAPHY.

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DISTINGUISHED AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENTAL LEADERS / BY JAMES HASKINS ; FOREWORD BY ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON.

Haskins, James, 1941-

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DISTINGUISHED AFRICAN AMERICAN SCIENTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY / JAMES H. KESSLER ... [ET AL.] ; WITH SIGRID BERGE, PORTRAIT ARTIST, AND ALYCE NEUKIRK, COMPUTER GRAPHICS ARTIST.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY / EDITED BY JACK SALZMAN, DAVID LIONEL SMITH, CORNEL WEST.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY, SUPPLEMENT / GENERAL EDITOR, JACK SALZMAN ; ASSOCIATE EDITORS, GREG ROBINSON, THADDEUS RUSSELL.

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FACTS ON FILE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA. DARLENE CLARK HINE, EDITOR ; KATHLEEN THOMPSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

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NOTABLE BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN / JESSIE CARNEY SMITH, EDITOR.

ROUTLEDGE ATLAS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY / JONATHAN EARLE ; MARK C. CARNES, SERIES EDITOR.

Earle, Jonathan.

WHO'S WHO AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS / INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS BY ELNORA D. DANIEL AND GUION S. BLUFORD ; EDITED BY ASHYIA N. HENDERSON AND JENNIFER M. YORK.

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BLACK FLYERS IN WORLD WAR II / BY WILLIAM C. FERGUSON.

Ferguson, William C.

BLACK OHIO AND THE COLOR LINE, 1860-1915 / DAVID A. GERBER.

Gerber, David A., 1944-

BLACK VICTORY; CARL STOKES AND THE WINNING OF CLEVELAND, BY KENNETH G. WEINBERG.

Weinberg, Kenneth G.

CHILDREN OF THE LEVEE / EDITED BY O.W. FROST ; INTROD. BY JOHN BALL.

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.

CINCINNATI'S COLORED CITIZENS : HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL / BY WENDELL P. DABNEY.

Dabney, Wendell Phillips, 1865-1952.

Genealogy Collection

DAYTON'S AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE : A PICTORIAL HISTORY / BY MARGARET E. PETERS.

Peters, Margaret, 1936-

EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER LINCOLN : OR, FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AFTER LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, 1863-1950 / PHINEAS BARTON MYERS.

Myers, Phineas Barton, 1888-

Dayton Collection

HELPING OTHERS, HELPING OURSELVES : POWER, GIVING, AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1880-1930 / LAURA TUENNERMAN-KAPLAN.

Tuennerman-Kaplan, Laura, 1966-

OHIO BLACK HISTORY GUIDE / SARA FULLER, EDITOR ; EDIE HEDLIN, ASSISTANT EDITOR ; NANCY ESSEX, PRODUCTION EDITOR ; DAVID LARSON, PROJECT DIRECTOR.

Fuller, Sara.

RACE AND THE CITY : WORK, COMMUNITY, AND PROTEST IN CINCINNATI, 1820-1970 / EDITED BY HENRY LOUIS TAYLOR, JR.

REMINISCING WITH SISSLE AND BLAKE, BY ROBERT KIMBALL AND WILLIAM BOLCOM.

Kimball, Robert.

Oversize collection

RIVER JORDAN : AFRICAN AMERICAN URBAN LIFE IN THE OHIO VALLEY / JOE WILLIAM TROTTER, JR.

Trotter, Joe William, 1945-

VOICES OF THE SILENCED : THE RESPONSIBLE SELF IN A MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY / DARRYL M. TRIMIEW.

Trimiew, Darryl M., 1952-

WAY UP NORTH IN DIXIE : A BLACK FAMILY'S CLAIM TO THE CONFEDERATE ANTHEM / HOWARD L. SACKS AND JUDITH ROSE SACKS.

Sacks, Howard L.