Office of the Gender and Woman's Studies Librarian

Start Over Subject Autobiography and Biography Topic Human Rights Topic Race

1. Adela Sloss-Vento: Writer, Political Activist, and Civil Rights Pioneer

Author: Arnoldo Carlos Vento
Publication date: 2017

2. Beyond Freedom's Reach: A Kidnapping in the Twilight of Slavery

Author: Adam Rothman
Publication date: 2015

3. Constance Baker Motley: One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice under Law

Author: Gary L. Ford Jr.
Publication date: 2017

4. Eunice Hunton Carter: A Lifelong Fight for Social Justice

Author: Marilyn S. Greenwald and Li Yun
Publication date: 2021

5. Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press

Author: James McGrath Morris
Publication date: 2015

6. Hazel Brannon Smith: The Female Crusading Scalawag

Author: Jeffery B. Howell
Publication date: 2017

7. Louise Thompson Patterson: A Life of Struggle for Justice

Author: Keith Gilyard
Publication date: 2017

8. Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit

Author: Linda Wagner-Martin
Publication date: 2015

9. Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women's Equality in Minnesota

Author: William D. Green
Publication date: 2020

10. Reverend Addie Wyatt: Faith and the Fight for Labor, Gender, and Racial Equality

Author: Marcia Walker-McWilliams
Publication date: 2016