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Agriculture and Horticulture:
Gertrude S. Aboagye
(Ghana)
Celina Cossa
(Mozambique)
Mampone Makhetha
(Lesotho)
Sibeso Simasiku
(Zambia)
Anthropology:
Johnnetta B. Cole
(U.S.A.: FL, MA, NY, GA)
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Dream the Boldest Dreams : And Other Lessons of Life
by Johnnetta B. Cole, Johnetta B. Cole
Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President
by Johnnetta B. Cole, Johnetta B. Cole
Zora Neale Hurston
(U.S.A.: FL, NY)
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The Complete Stories
by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston et al.
Jump at De Sun : The Story of Zora Neale Hurston
by A. P. Porter
Niara Sudarkasa
(U.S.A.: NY, MI, PA)
The Strength of Our Mothers : African & African American Women & Families : Essays and Speeches
by Niara Sudarkasa
Education Is Still the Key : Selected Speeches & Essays
by Niara Sudarkasa
Architecture:
Norma Merrick Sklarek
(U.S.A.: NY, CA)
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Art:
Selma Burke
(U.S.A.: NC, NY, PA)
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Margaret Taylor Burroughs
(U.S.A.: LA, IL)
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A Shared Heritage : Art by Four African Americans
by William E. Taylor et al.
Elizabeth Catlett
(U.S.A.: D.C., NC, VA, LA, NY; Mexico)
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Elizabeth Catlett; Sculpture : A Fifty-Year Retrospective
by Elizabeth Catlett
Clementine Hunter
(U.S.A.: LA)
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Clementine Hunter : American Folk Artist
by James Wilson, Clementine Hunter
Talking With Tebe : Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist
by Clementine Hunter, Mary E. Lyons
2 Black Folk Artists : Clementine Hunter and Nellie Mae Rowe
by Sterling Cook
Edmonia Lewis
(U.S.A.: NY, MA)
Edmonia Lewis : Wildfire in Marble
by Rinna Evelyn Wolfe
Sister Gertrude Morgan
(U.S.A.: AL)
Nellie Mae Rowe
(U.S.A.: GA)
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The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe
by Lee Kogan
2 Black Folk Artists : Clementine Hunter and Nellie Mae Rowe
by Sterling Cook
Augusta Savage
(U.S.A.: FL, NY)
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Gamin
, 1930
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Aviation and Space Exploration:
Willa B. Brown
(U.S.A.: KY, IL)
Bessie Coleman
(U.S.A.: TX, IL)
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Up in the Air : The Story of Bessie Coleman
by Philip S. Hart, Barbara O'Connor
African-American Aviators : Bessie Coleman, William J. Powell, James Herman Banning, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., General Daniel James Jr
by Stanley P. Jones, L. Octavia Tripp
Mae C. Jemison
(U.S.A.: IL, NH)
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Mae C. Jemison : 1st Black Female Astronaut
by Ebraska D. Ceasor
Beauty and Fashion:
Tyra Banks
(U.S.A.: CA, NY)
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Tyra's Beauty Inside & Out
by Tyra Banks, Vanessa Thomas Bush (Contributor)
Tyra Banks (Black Americans of Achievement Series)
by Pam Levin
Naomi Campbell
(Great Britain)
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Naomi
by Naomi Campbell, Quincy Jones (Introduction)
Iman (Iman Abdul Majid)
(Somalia, Kenya, U.S.A.: NY)
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My Somalia
by Iman Abdul Majid
Grace Jones
(Jamaica, U.S.A.: NY)
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Filmography
Marjorie Stewart Joyner
(U.S.A.: VA, IL)
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African-American Inventors : Lonnie Johnson, Frederick McKinley Jones, Marjorie Stewart Joyner, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Augustus Morgan
by Fred M. B. Amram et al.
(Madame C.J.) Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker
(U.S.A.: LA, MS, MO, CO, IN, NY)
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Villa Lewaro: Home of Madame C.J. Walker
Madame C J Walker
by Cookie Lommel
Women Inventors : Catherine Green, Harriet Hosmer, Madame C.J. Walker, Yvonne Brill, Naney Perkins
by Jean F. Blashfield
Biology:
Jewel Plummer Cobb
(U.S.A.: IL, NY, NJ, CA)
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Dorothy McClendon
(U.S.A.: LA, AR, AK, MI)
Ruth Ella Moore
(U.S.A.: OH, DC)
Roger Arliner Young
(U.S.A.: PA, MA, NC, LA)
Business and Finance:
Esther Afua Ocloo
(Ghana)
Bridget "Biddy" Mason
(U.S.A.: MS, CA)
Open Hands, Open Heart: The Story of Biddy Mason
by Deidre D. Robinson, Albert T. Cooper III (Illustrator)
Cheryl Shavers
(U.S.A.: AZ, CA)
Esther Silver-Parker
(U.S.A.: NC, GA, NY)
Maggie Lena Walker
(U.S.A.: VA)
Pennies to Dollars : The Story of Maggie Lena Walker
by Muriel Miller Branch, Dorothy Marie Rice (Contributor)
(Madame C.J.) Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker
(U.S.A.: LA, MS, MO, CO, IN, NY)
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Villa Lewaro: Home of Madame C.J. Walker
Madame C J Walker
by Cookie Lommel
Women Inventors : Catherine Green, Harriet Hosmer, Madame C.J. Walker, Yvonne Brill, Naney Perkins
by Jean F. Blashfield
Terrie M. Williams
(U.S.A.: NY)
The Personal Touch : What You Really Need to Succeed in Today's Fast-Paced Business World
by Terrie Williams et al.
Oprah Winfrey
(U.S.A.: MS, WI, TN, MD, IL)
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Oprah's web site:
www.oprah.com
Journey to Beloved
by Oprah Winfrey, Ken Regan (Photographer), Jonathan Demme
The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey : A Portrait in Her Own Words
by Oprah Winfrey, Bill Adler (Editor)
Oprah Winfrey
by Lois P. Nicholson
Chemistry:
Marie Maynard Daly
(U.S.A.: NY)
Reatha Clark King
(U.S.A.: GA, MN)
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence:
Annie Easley
(U.S.A.: AL, OH)
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Kim Hubbard
(U.S.A.: CA)
Esther Pearson
(U.S.A.: MA)
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