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Start Over Subject Autobiography and Biography Topic Race Last Updated Last 180 days

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

Author: Arnoldo Carlos Vento
Publication date: 2017

2. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership

Author: Sonya Y. Ramsey
Publication date: 2022

3. Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins

Author: Mary Frances Phillips
Publication date: 2025

4. Caffie Greene and Black Women Activists: Unsung Women of the Black Liberation Movement

Author: Kofi-Charu Nat Turner
Publication date: 2022

5. Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

Author: Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Publication date: 2022

6. Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical

Author: Sherie M. Randolph
Publication date: 2015

7. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

Author: Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers
Publication date: 2018

8. Heading South to Teach: The World of Susan Nye Hutchison, 1815–1845

Author: Kim Tolley
Publication date: 2015

9. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Author: Margot Lee Shetterly
Publication date: 2016

10. In Search of The Color Purple: The Story of an American Masterpiece

Author: Salamishah Tillet
Publication date: 2021