Black History - Selected Non-Fiction

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	Book	A few red drops : the Chicago Race Riots of 1919 / Claire Hartfield. by Hartfield, Claire Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] Other title: Chicago Race Riots of 1919 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 305.896/HAR. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	A hard road to glory : a history of the African-American athlete since 1946 / Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. ; with the assistance of Kip Branch, Ocania Chalk, and Francis Harris. by Ashe, Arthur Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, NY : Warner Books, c1988 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/ASH. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	A most beautiful thing : the true story of America's first all-black high school rowing team / Arshay Cooper. by Cooper, Arshay [author.] Edition: First Flatiron books edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 797.12/COO. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	A promised land / Barack Obama. by Obama, Barack Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Crown, [2020] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/OBA. Lists: Biographies & Memoirs, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	African Americans of Martha's Vineyard : from enslavement to presidential visit / Thomas Dresser. by Dresser, Tom Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: MARTHA'S VINEYARD COLLECTION MV/975.9004/DRESSER . Lists: African-American Heritage Trail, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Attucks! : Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city / Phillip Hoose. by Hoose, Phillip M, 1947- [author.] Edition: First edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 796.323/HOO. Lists: Biographies & Memoirs, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, High-Interest Non-Fiction.
	Book	Barack Obama : the story / David Maraniss by Maraniss, David Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/OBA. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Becoming / Michelle Obama. by Obama, Michelle, 1964- Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Crown, [2018] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/OBA. Lists: Biographies & Memoirs, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, High-Interest Non-Fiction.
	Book	Becoming Kareem : growing up on and off the court / by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- [author] Obstfeld, Raymond, 1952- [author] Edition: First edition Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Availability: No items available. Lists: Biographies & Memoirs, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Between the world and me / Ta-Nehisi Coates. by Coates, Ta-Nehisi Edition: First edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Online resources: Cover image Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (15)Location, call number: 305.8/COATES, ... Not available: Martha's Vineyard High School Library: Checked out (5). Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, Masculinity & Manhood.
	Book	Black AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America / Michael Harriot. by Harriot, Michael Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2023] Other title: Black as fuck history Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 973 HAR 973/HAR. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Black profiles in courage : a legacy of African American achievement / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- Steinberg, Alan, 1945- Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : William Morrow and Co., c1996 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/ABDUL-JABBAR . Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Blood brother : Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights / Rich Wallace + Sandra Neil Wallace. by Wallace, Rich [author.] Wallace, Sandra Neil [author.] Edition: First edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Other title: Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for civil rights Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/DANIELS. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Children of the dream : our own stories of growing up Black in America / [compiled by] Laurel Holliday. by Holliday, Laurel, 1946- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Pocket Books, c1999 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 920.056/HOL . Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Color blind : a story of racism / written by Johnathan Harris ; art by Donald Hudson and Garry Leach. by Harris, Johnathan Hudson, Don (Illustrator) [ill.] Leach, Garry [ill.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Pre-adolescent; Publication details: Los Angeles : Zuiker Press, [2019] Other title: Colorblind Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: GRAPHIC NOVELS GRAPHIC/305.896/HAR. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Crossing the line : a fearless team of brothers and the sport that changed their lives forever / Kareem Rosser. by Rosser, Kareem [author.] Edition: First edition. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 796.35/ROS. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Dying of whiteness : how the politics of racial resentment is killing America's heartland / Jonathan M. Metzl. by Metzl, Jonathan, 1964- Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2020; �2019 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (2)Location, call number: 362.1/MET, ... Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, Racial Justice (AP), Thesis-Driven Scholarly Non-Fiction.
	Book	Every body looking / Candice Iloh. by Iloh, Candice Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York : Dutton Books, [2020] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: FICTION FIC/ILO. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, Novels & Memoirs in Verse.
	Book	Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race / Margot Lee Shetterly by Lee Shetterly, Margot [author] Edition: First William Morrow movie tie-in trade paperback edition Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Not available: Martha's Vineyard High School Library: Checked out (1). Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, Women's History Month.
	Book	How to be an antiracist / Ibram X. Kendi. by Kendi, Ibram X Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : One World, [2019] Other title: Antiracist Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (2)Location, call number: 305.8/KEN, ... Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, High-Interest Non-Fiction, Racial Justice (AP), Thesis-Driven Scholarly Non-Fiction.
		Malcolm X : by any means necessary : a biography / by Walter Dean Myers. by Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- Material type: Text Publication details: New York : Scholastic, c1993 Availability: Not available: Martha's Vineyard High School Library: Checked out (1). Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Martha's Vineyard basketball : how a resort league defied notions of race and class / Bijan C. Bayne. by Bayne, Bijan C Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 796.323/BAYNE. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	My grandmother's hands : racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies / Resmaa Menakem by Menakem, Resmaa [author] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (2)Location, call number: 305.896/MEN, ... Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Paul Robeson : no one can silence me : adapted for young adults / Martin Duberman ; foreword by Jason Reynolds. by Duberman, Martin B Reynolds, Jason Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York : The New Press, 2021 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/ROB. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Poemhood, our black revival : history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology / edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byas & Erica Martin. by McBride, Amber Byas, Taylor (Poet) Martin, Erica Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: POETRY POETRY/POE. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Race against time : the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men / Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace. by Wallace, Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: HISTORY 976.7/WAL. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people / Kekla Magoon. by Magoon, Kekla Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2021 Other title: Black Panther Party's promise to the people Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 323.1196/MAG. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Singin' and swingin' and gettin' merry like Christmas / Maya Angelou. by Angelou, Maya Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Random House, c1976 Online resources: Contributor biographical information Publisher description Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/ANGELOU . Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America / Ibram X. Kendi. by Kendi, Ibram X [author.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 305.8/KEN. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2019 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: HISTORY 973/GAT. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Strong inside : the true story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color line / Andrew Maraniss. by Maraniss, Andrew Maraniss, Andrew. Strong inside Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Pre-adolescent; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2018; �2017 Other title: True story of how Perry Wallace broke college basketball's color line Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/WAL. Lists: Biographies & Memoirs, Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	The autobiography of Medgar Evers : a hero's life and legacy revealed through his writings, letters, and speeches / edited and with commentaries by Myrlie Evers-Willams and Manning Marable. by Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 Evers-Williams, Myrlie Marable, Manning, 1950-2011 Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2005 Online resources: Contributor biographical information Publisher description Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/EVERS. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	The Black friend : on being a better white person / Frederick Joseph. by Joseph, Frederick (Activist) Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2020 Availability: No items available. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	The Dozier School for Boys : forensics, survivors, and a painful past / Elizabeth A. Murray, PhD. by Murray, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), 1958- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2020] Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 365.42/MUR. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	The dream lives on : Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Sandra Millner by Millner, Sandra Material type: Text; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : MetroBooks, c1999 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: BIOGRAPHY 921/KIN. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot. by Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- Edition: 1st ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : Crown Publishers, ©2010 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 921/LACKS . Not available: Martha's Vineyard High School Library: Checked out (1). Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	Things that make white people uncomfortable : adapted for young adults / Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin. by Bennett, Michael, 1985- Zirin, Dave Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Adolescent; Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2019 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 305.8/BEN. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson ; foreword by Hank Aaron. by Nelson, Kadir [author.] Edition: First edition Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publication details: 2008 Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: 796.357/NELSON . Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction.
	Book	We were eight years in power : an American tragedy / Ta-Nehisi Coates. by Coates, Ta-Nehisi Edition: 2018 One World trade pbk. ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York : One World, 2018; �2017 Other title: We were 8 years in power Availability: Items available for loan: Martha's Vineyard High School Library (1)Location, call number: HISTORY 973.932/COA. Lists: Black History - Selected Non-Fiction, High-Interest Non-Fiction.