Books
Browse by subject: African American biography
This BU library search (BULS) accesses almost 2,000 biographical materials including books/ebooks, book chapters, peer-reviewed journals and magazine articles, audio/music, dissertations, film/video, and other types of media. Especially noteworthy: the coverage of a wide range of professions, e.g., African-American journalists, lawyers, physicians, scientists, among others.
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Selected titles
An American Odyssey : the life and work of Romare Bearden by Location: Mugar Stacks N6537.B4 C36 2018Publication Date: 2018
Black Radical: Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Location: Mugar Stacks E185.97.T75 A3 2020Publication Date: 2019
Gemini: an extended autobiographical statement on my first twenty-five years of being a Black poet by Location: Mugar Off-site Storage: sign in and request to pickup only at Mugar, Science, Pardee, or Education Library 811 G43gPublication Date: 1976
Reflections in Black by Location: Location: Mugar Folio TR23 .W55 2000; online availabilityPublication Date: 2000
Unseen : unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives by Location: Mugar Stacks E184.6 .E94 2017Publication Date: 2017
Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories by Location: Mugar Stacks E185.96 .C757 2007Publication Date: 2006
With Head and Heart: the Autobiography of Howard ThurmanLocation: Online availability onlyPublication Date: 1981
Journal Databases
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