Rosemary F. Hamilton
Alexander, Rae
Young and Black in America
New York: Random House 1970.
From the juvenile section this book has dramatic accounts of Malcolm X,
Richard Wright, Frederick Douglass to name a few.
Allyn, Paul
The Picture Life of Herman Badillo
New York: Franklin Watts Inc. 1972.
He is the first Puerto Rican ever elected to congress.
Bradford, Sarah
Harriet Tubman
“The Moses of Her People” New Jersey: Citadel Press 1961.
This is a slave narrative from a woman’s point of view.
Brondfield, Jerry
Roberto Clemente Pride of the Pirates
Illinois: Garrard Pub. Co. 1976.
Pages 16-27 emphasize the importance of being Black, proud, and Puerto Rican.
Douglass, Frederick
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick
Douglass
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University 1960.
This is a must, a true classical slave narrative.
Frank, Anne
The Diary of a Young Girl
New York: Doubleday & Co. 1967.
This is a touching true story for all ages to enjoy.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1939.
This manual of Franklin’s success story depicts the American Way-rags to riches. This should be required reading.
Gaines, Ernest
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
New York: Bantam Books 1975.
This follows the traditional pattern of the slave narrative. This book is written from actual taped interviews.
Gregory, Dick
Nigger
and
Up From Nigger
New York: Stein & Bay Co. 1976.
The original and the sequel are excellent! Poignant statement is made about our times.
Haley, Alex
Roots
New Jersey: Doubleday Inc. 1976.
This is too difficult for my remedial readers but a viewing of the movie might help.
Hughes, Langston
Famous American Negroes
New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1954.
This collection can be found in the New Haven Public Library. It is taken from a set of 64 books on job related biographies.
Keller, Helen
The Story of My Life
New Jersey: Doubleday & Co. 1954.
This classic will be assigned to all of my students.
Newton, Clarke
Famous Puerto Ricans
New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co, 1975.
Pages 41-54 have a thumbnail sketch of Roberto Clemente.
Olson, James
Roberto Clemente The Great One
Minnesota: Creative Education 1974.
This third grade reader has large print and low vocabulary.
Twain, Mark
The Autobiography of Mark Twain
ed. Chas, Neider New York: Harper Bros. 1959.
Or is this really Samuel Clemens?
Washington, Booker T.
Up From Slavery
New York: Doubleday & Co. 1901.
This slave narrative resembles the success story of Benjamin Franklin where business monitored his life.
Wheelock, Warren and Rocky Maynes
Hispanic Heroes of the U.S.A.
Minnesota: Dodd, Mead, & Co, 1974.
This is the fourth of a series on Spanish heroes in golf, football, and baseball.