Resources

Biographies and autobiographies

Conway, Jill Ker ed. Written by herself: autobiographies of American women: an anthology. New York, 1992.

Growing up Black: from slave days to present: 25 African-Americans reveal the trials and triumphs of their childhood. New York, 1992.

Haley, Alex. Roots. New York, 1977

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea: an autobiography. New York, 1993.

Hughes, Langston. I wander as I wander: an autobiographical journey. New York, 1993.

Hughes, Langston. The ways of white folks. New York, 1990.

Huggins, Nathan Irvin ed. Voices from the Harlem Renaissance: featuring over 120 selections from the political writings and arts of the period. New York, 1995.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust tracks on a road. New York, 1997.

Kozhina, Elena - Through the burning steppe: a memoir of wartime Russia 1942-1943. New York, 2000. (young adult)

Lyons, Mary. Sorrow's kitchen: the life and folklore of Zora Neale Hurston. New York, 1990.

Moody, Ann. Coming of age in Mississippi: the classic autobiography of growing up poor and black in the rural South.

Myers, Walt Dean. Malcolm X: A fire burning brightly. New York, 2000.

Rinaldi, Anne. Hang a thousand trees with ribbons: the story of Phillis Wheatley. San Diego, 1996.

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