John Stanley Ford became IBM's first black software engineer. But not all of the company's white employees accepted having a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black
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Author:Ford, Clyde W.Summary: -
Author:Butler-Witter, Elizabeth, Leng'ete, NiceSummary:When her parents died, and Nice and her sister Soila were taken in by their uncle, who had little interest in the girls. Fearing "the cut" (female genital mutilation), which was the fate of all Maasai women, Nice and Soila...
- Author:Sharpton, AlSummary:
Al Sharpton shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things--like Pauli Murray, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus months before Rosa Parks did the same, and Gwen Carr, whose private pain in losing...
- Author:Fleming, Brandon P.Summary:
Brandon P. Fleming shares the story of his transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and debate, all by the age of twenty-seven.
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Author:Jones, SaeedSummary:From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. "People don't just happen," writes Saeed Jones. "We sacrifice...
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Author:Payne, DorisSummary:In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief-a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own...
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Author:Day, Daniel R.Summary:"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live...
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Author:Keith, PhilSummary:The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights...
