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Life Is So Good: Overcoming Adversity
Eastfield Common Book 2011-2012
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What Makes Life So Good?
Overcoming Adversity
Civil Rights
Race Relations in Texas
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Faculty Resources
Comprehensive Bibliography
Military
Unjustly dishonored: an African American division in World War I
by
Robert H. Ferrell
Call Number: D 639 .N4 F47 2011
Fighting for America: Black soldiers--the unsung heroes of World War II
by
Christopher Paul Moore
Call Number: D 810 .N4 M65 2005
Freedom flyers: the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
by
J. Todd Moye
Call Number: D 790.252 332nd .M69 2010
African American Inventors
African Americans in science, math, and invention
by
Ray Spangenburg; Diane Moser
Call Number: Q 141 .S6285 2003
Reference Collection (Library Use Only)
George Washington Carver: his life & faith in his own words
by
William J. Federer
Call Number: S 417 .C3 F45 2002
Distinguished African American scientists of the 20th century
by
James H. Kessler
Call Number: Q 141 .D535 1996
Reference Collection (Library Use Only)
Sports
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert: the wild saga of interracial baseball before Jackie Robinson
by
Timothy M. Gay
Call Number: GV 863 .A1 G398 2010
Unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of Jack Johnson
by
Geoffrey C. Ward
Call Number: GV 1132 .J7 W37 2006
Joe Louis: hard times man
by
Randy Roberts
Call Number: GV 1132 .L6 R63 2010
Websites
Jackie Robinson swinging a bat in Dodgers uniform
Photo by Bob Sandberg,
1954.
African American Inventors
African-American Firsts: Athletes
African American Odyssey
African Americans (PBS)
Marion Butts: Lens on Dallas
Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library
BlackPast.org
African American History Timeline: 1901-2000
The African-American Mosaic
Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture
Leadership
Icons of Black America : breaking barriers and crossing boundaries
by
Matthew C. Whitaker
Call Number: E 185.96 .I26 2011 v.1-3
Reference Collection (Library Use Only)
To the mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sacred mission to save America, 1955-1968
by
Stewart Burns
Call Number: E 185.97 .K5 B798 2004
Black leadership
by
Manning Marable
Call Number: E 185.615 .M2783 1998
Databases
African American Experience
Explore African-American history, culture, and contemporary issues through relevant essays, biographies, speeches, and court cases. Search by keyword or browse by time period to find photos, maps, and primary documents.
Daily Life Through History
NewsBank
Dallas Morning News Historical Archives, 1885-1984
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