African American Collection (17 books)
Overview
Want students to read more? So do we. That's why we created the Townsend Library—a collection of more than 100 high-interest paperbacks that engage and entice readers.
As a convenience to educators, we've bundled related Townsend Library books into collections that allow you to easily extend your classroom offerings or deepen your coverage of a specific genre or topic.
Books in this nonfiction collection will have particular appeal to readers interested in the African American experience and/or African American history.
More information
The African American Stories Collection includes one copy of each of the books listed below (17 books total). To learn more about a particular book, click its title.
A Dream Fulfilled: The Story of Barack Obama by Tanya Savory
Brother to Brother by Beth Johnson
Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl's Story by Theresa Cameron
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
Ida B. Wells: A Woman of Courage by Ruth A. Rouff
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Jackie Robinson: An American Hero by Anne Schraff
Learning to Live: A Black Woman's Journey Beyond Foster Care by Theresa Cameron
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Warrior For Peace by Tanya Savory
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Rod Sutton: My Story by Rod Sutton
Rosa Parks and the Bus to Freedom by Beth Johnson
Sister to Sister: Black Women Speak to Young Black Women by Beth Johnson
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington
William Still and the Underground Railroad by Kathleen Stevens
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest by Tanya Savory
Michelle Obama: First Lady by Tanya Savory
Click a title below to read the book's first chapter.
A Dream Fulfilled: The Story of Barack Obama by Tanya Savory
Brother to Brother by Beth Johnson
Sister to Sister by Beth Johnson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader by Tanya Savory
William Still and the Underground Railroad by Kathleen Stevens
Jackie Robinson: An American Hero by Anne Schraff
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Foster Care Odyssey: A Black Girl's Story by Theresa Cameron
Learning to Live: A Black Woman's Journey Beyond Foster Care by Theresa Cameron
Ida B. Wells: A Woman of Courage by Ruth A. Rouff
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Warrior For Peace by Tanya Savory
Rosa Parks and the Bus to Freedom by Beth Johnson
Rod Sutton: My Story by Rod Sutton
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest by Tanya Savory
Michelle Obama: First Lady by Tanya Savory