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Scott Haskins
Scott Haskins NONE Born on February 21, 1962, in Sandusky, Ohio, sports fanatic Scott Denton Haskins discovered his passion for writing in the sixth grade. Scott pursued a degree in Mass Media Arts a...
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King 000000012032932X Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was a prominent American civil rights activist and author, and the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After her husband's assassinat...
I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott
I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott Shelia P. Moses 9780689859755 Fiction Margaret K. McElderry Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Born into slaver...
Jill Scott
Jill Scott 0000000071428662 Jill Scott, born April 4, 1972, rose from a humble upbringing in North Philly to become a successful R&B singer. Her debut album “Who Is Jill Scott” went double platinum i...
The Last Holiday: A Memoir
The Last Holiday: A Memoir Gil Scott-Heron 9780802120571 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. The stunning memoir of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Holiday h...
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC Karen Chilton 9780472034475 Nonfiction University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press "“Karen C...
Patricia Bell-Scott
Patricia Bell-Scott 0000000384572526 Patricia Bell-Scott, Professor Emerita at the University of Georgia, is an acclaimed author and editor, known for her contributions to women's studies and African...
Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott 0000000503783001 Jordan Scott is an acclaimed Canadian poet known for works like Silt, Blert, DECOMP, and Night & Ox. His exploration of stuttering in Blert inspired two film projects. W...
Dexter Scott King
Dexter Scott King 0000000050308792 Dexter Scott King, a civil rights activist, attorney, author, actor, and film producer, worked to preserve the legacy of his father, Martin Luther King Jr., through...
Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays)
Love’s Long Line (21st Century Essays) Sophfronia Scott 9780814254639 Fiction Mad Creek Books Ohio University Press Sophfronia Scott turns an unflinching eye on her life to deliver a poignant collecti...
Elle Simone Scott
Elle Simone Scott NONE AALBC Mourns the Passing of Elle Simone Scott Elle Simone Scott (born LaShawnda Sherise Simone Scott; November 28, 1976 – January 5, 2026) was an American chef, culinary produc...
Victoria Scott-Miller
Victoria Scott-Miller NONE Victoria Scott-Miller is an acclaimed entrepreneur, author, and owner of North Carolina's first black-owned children's bookstore. She's notable for creating 'The Museum Liv...
Tishuan Scott “The Retrieval” Interview 2014
Tishuan Scott “The Retrieval” Interview 2014 Kam Williams Interview Tishuan Scott “The Retrieval” Interview Tishuan Scott was born on October 27, 1979 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He attended Mo...
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King 9781250167101 Nonfiction Godwin Books Godwin Books Celebrate the life of the extraordinary civil and human rights activist Core...
In Search of Gil Scott-Heron
In Search of Gil Scott-Heron Thomas Mauceri 9781787740235 Fiction Titan Comics Titan Publishing Group Singer, poet and writer; considered to be the godfather of rap, Gil Scott-Heron is a myth and lege...
She Persisted: Coretta Scott King
She Persisted: Coretta Scott King Kelly Starling Lyons 9780593353509 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Al...
Jill Scott: The “Why Did I Get Married” Interview
Jill Scott: The “Why Did I Get Married” Interview Kam Williams Interview Jill Scott was born on April 4, 1972, Jill Scott, an only child, was raised in North Philly by her mother and grandmother....
Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott
Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott Jill Scott 9780312329624 Poetry St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Jill Scott’s first-ever poetry collection delivers the same earthy, ...
Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith
Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith MULTIPLE Patricia Bell-Scott, Gloria T. Hull, and Barbara Smith are renowned authors, known for their influential work in literature and social ...
Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron 0000000120176415 One of the most influential progenitors of rap music, Gil Scott-Heron’s aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his en...
Sophfronia Scott
Sophfronia Scott NONE Sophfronia Scott, a Harvard and Vermont College alumnus, is a renowned writer and former editor at Time and People magazines. Her first novel, published in 2004, was hailed as e...
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott
S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott MULTIPLE "S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shak...
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape
Mister Miracle: The Great Escape Varian Johnson 9781779501257 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Escaping Apokolips is hard enough when you don’t know your real name, struggle with PTSD, and have a giant cru...
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book)
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book) Henrietta M. Smith 9780838935842 Nonfiction Amer Library Assn Editions American Library Association Coincidi...
Scott Sanders and Lise Funderburg
Scott Sanders and Lise Funderburg MULTIPLE Scott Sanders and Lise Funderburg are renowned authors. Sanders is known for his nature-focused essays and novels, while Funderburg's work explores racial a...
Henrietta Mays Smith
Henrietta Mays Smith 0000000066593663 Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Ph.D, is a distinguished scholar and editor with a background in English, History, and Library Science. She's known for her editorial wor...
Rion Amilcar Scott
Rion Amilcar Scott 000000050163167X Rion Amilcar Scott, a celebrated author, has been published in numerous journals and holds awards like the Mary Roberts Rinehart award. His works include the short...
MarZé Scott
MarZé Scott NONE MarZé Scott, born in Nashville and raised in Michigan, is a University of Michigan graduate and former elementary teacher. Known for her early love for reading and writing, she crea...
Olympia Scott
Olympia Scott NONE Olympia Scott, a Brooklyn native and English major at Medgar Evers College, is a creative writer and intern at AALBC. She contributes useful content and aims to help other writers ...
Scott Ellsworth
Scott Ellsworth 0000000082114829 Scott Ellsworth, a Ph.D. graduate from Duke University, is a history professor at the University of Michigan. He served as chief historian for the Tulsa Race Riot Com...
Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon NONE Scott Dixon is a fresh author focused on creating engaging narratives, especially for children of color. His exciting stories aim to encourage literacy and foster a love for reading ...
Omar Scott
Omar Scott NONE Omar Scott, originally from Los Angeles, grew up in a single-family home in Dallas. After facing struggles with crime, he turned his life around and discovered his passion for writing...
Scott Shane
Scott Shane 0000000110670081 Scott Shane is a Pulitzer-winning former reporter for The New York Times and The Baltimore Sun. He's authored two books: 'Dismantling Utopia' about the Soviet Union's col...
Anthony W. Scott
Anthony W. Scott NONE Anthony W. Scott, Esq. has decades of leadership and management experience derived from his expansive career within private industry, public interest, government, and as an entr...
Jill Scott - The “Why Did I Get Married Too” Interview
Jill Scott - The “Why Did I Get Married Too” Interview Kam Williams Interview The Lady Waxes Eloquent Jill Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in The City of Brotherly Love where she was ra...
The Scott Joplin Rag
The Scott Joplin Rag Jonah Winter 9780358410713 Nonfiction Clarion Books HarperCollins A testament to the power of creating beauty in the face of oppression, this stunning book is a stirring and insig...
With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott
With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott ReShonda Tate Billingsley 9780063421189 Fiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins From The Queen of Sugar Hill author ReShonda Tate—a new novel insp...
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Yolanda Renee King 9781338753974 Fiction Orchard Books Orchard Books The granddaughter of Marti...
Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King
Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King Alice Faye Duncan 9781662680045 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press Who was Coretta Scott King? Her black-veiled image at the funeral...
My Baba’s Garden
My Baba’s Garden Jordan Scott 9780823450831 Fiction Neal Porter Books Holiday House The special relationship between a child and his grandmother is depicted in this sumptuous book by an award-winning ...
Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate
Practical Radicalism and the Great Migration: The Cultural Geography of the Scott Newspaper Syndicate Thomas Aiello 9780820362854 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Thi...
Being Clem (The Finding Langston Trilogy #3)
Being Clem (The Finding Langston Trilogy #3) Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823446049 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy from Coretta Scott King ...
Love at the Icicle Cafe
Love at the Icicle Cafe Denise N. Wheatley 9781952560774 Fiction Tule Publishing Tule Publishing Can an Icicle-Themed Festival Thaw the Most Unlikely Hearts? California lawyer Mina Richards spent...
The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement
The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement Thomas Aiello 9780820354453 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Geor...
Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy Coretta Scott King 9781250159939 Nonfiction Picador Macmillan Publishers The True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First TimeNamed a Washington Post ...
My Life, My Love, My Legacy
My Life, My Love, My Legacy Coretta Scott King 9781627795982 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers The Washington Post’s Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Cho...
Insurrections: Stories
Insurrections: Stories Rion Amilcar Scott 9780813168180 Fiction University Press of Kentucky University Press of Kentucky A suicidal father looks to an older neighbor―and the Cookie Monster―for salvat...
The Nigger Factory
The Nigger Factory Gil Scott-Heron 9780802120533 Poetry Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron’s striking second novel, The Nigger Factory, is a powerful parabl...
How the Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times
How the Fierce Handle Fear - Secrets to Succeeding in Challenging Times Sophfronia Scott 9781936198368 Nonfiction Two Harbors Press Hillcrest Media Group Every individual confronts reasons to live in ...
Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story Mark L. Shurtleff 9781935546009 Fiction Valor Publishing Group Valor Publishing Group An illiterate slave, Dred Scott trusted in an all-white, slave-owning jury to...
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir Dexter Scott King 9780446692373 Nonfiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir by Dexter Scott King is a deeply personal account fr...
Sharon M. Draper
Sharon M. Draper 0000000374578086 Sharon M. Draper, acclaimed author of the Sassy series and numerous teen novels, is a New York Times bestseller and multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner. A forme...
The Music Is the People
The Music Is the People Sean Qualls 9780063144255 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR ARTIST, SEAN QUALLS From Coretta Scott King Honor artist and illustrator of Questlo...
Food Gifts: 150+ Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents
Food Gifts: 150+ Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents Elle Simone Scott 9781954210820 Nonfiction America’s Test Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Your all-occasion guide to homemade fo...
Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires
Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires Victoria Scott-Miller 9781223186849 Fiction Paw Prints Publishing Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Two students are inspired by art during a visit to the museum and ...
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland
Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland Scott Shane 9781250843210 Nonfiction Celadon Books Macmillan Publishers A riveting account of the extraordinary abolition...
Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings
Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings Elle Simone Scott 9781954210004 Nonfiction America’s Test Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Fun, flexible, unique holiday spreads, weeknight meal boards…even...
Now and Then
Now and Then Gil Scott-Heron 9781786897831 Poetry Canongate Books Canongate Books Now And Then is not merely a collection of a songwriter’s lyrics; the song-poems of this undisputed ’bluesologist’ tri...
Sugar
Sugar S.L. Jennings, Naleighna Kai, J.D. Mason, Shakir Rashaan, London St. Charles, Sierra Kay, Karen D. Bradley, Anita L. Roseboro, and MarZé Scott 9781732622500 Fiction Macro Publishing Group Macro ...
Racing against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing’s African-American Champion
Racing against the Odds: The Story of Wendell Scott, Stock Car Racing’s African-American Champion Carole Boston Weatherford 9781477810934 Nonfiction Two Lions Amazon Publishing Wendell O. Scott made h...
The Words of Martin Luther King
The Words of Martin Luther King Coretta Scott King 9781435155923 Nonfiction Newmarket Newmarket By the time he was assassinated in 1968 at the age of thirty-nine, Martin Luther King, Jr., had led mill...
The Vulture
The Vulture Gil Scott-Heron 9780802120588 Poetry Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. Now back in print, The Vulture is the first novel by the legendary poet, musician, and so-called godfather of rap” Gi...
Coretta Scott
Coretta Scott Ntozake Shange 9780061253669 Nonfiction Katherine Tegen Books HarperCollins Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta Scott knew the unfairness of life in the segrega...
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother Janny Scott 9781594487972 Nonfiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House A major publishing event: an unprecedented look into the life of t...
Am I Not A Man - The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not A Man - The Dred Scott Story Mark L. Shurtleff 9780982798614 Fiction Sortis Publishing Sortis Publishing An illiterate slave, Dred Scott, trusted in an all-white, slave-owning jury to declare...
What Happened: Inside The Bush White House And Washington’s Culture Of Deception
What Happened: Inside The Bush White House And Washington’s Culture Of Deception Scott Mcclellan 9781586485566 Nonfiction PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyali...
Joplin’s Ghost: A Novel
Joplin’s Ghost: A Novel Tananarive Due 9780743449045 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents’ jazz club when she was crushed ...
Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America
Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America Scott Poulson-Bryant 9780385510028 Nonfiction Doubleday Penguin Random House Following in the footsteps of such bestselling, taboo-breaking bo...
All I Need to Get By
All I Need to Get By Sophfronia Scott 9780312318567 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Crita has come a long way from her small-town Ohio roots. A successful tax accountant living in Ma...
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780375400353 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Edna Lewis—acclaimed aut...
The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) Mildred D. Taylor 9780803719507 Fiction Dial Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award! Millions of fans ha...
Now and Then
Now and Then Gil Scott-Heron 9780862419004 Poetry Canongate Books Canongate Books "A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanized generations." —GQOne glance at Now and Then and it b...
Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women’s Lives
Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women’s Lives Patricia Bell-Scott 9780805046298 Nonfiction Holt Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Patricia Bell-Scott, an accomplished editor, has assembled another imp...
Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 Scott Ellsworth 9780807117675 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Widely believed to be the most extreme incidence of white raci...
Supreme Understanding, C&rsquo,Bs Alife Allah, Dick Gregory, Supa Nova Slom, Wise Intelligent, Scott Whitaker, Afya Ibomu, Stic.Man, Bryant Terry and Vernellia Randall
Supreme Understanding, C&rsquo,Bs Alife Allah, Dick Gregory, Supa Nova Slom, Wise Intelligent, Scott Whitaker, Afya Ibomu, Stic.Man, Bryant Terry and Vernellia Randall MULTIPLE
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 0000000084378609 Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is an award-winning children's author and librarian. She penned “Bad News for Outlaws,” which won the 2010 Coretta Scott King Award, and...
Joyce Carol Thomas
Joyce Carol Thomas 0000000377888506 Joyce Carol Thomas is an award-winning author known globally for her novels and picture books. She received the National Book Award for 'Marked By Fire' and multip...
Ashley Bryan
Ashley Bryan 0000000063847832 Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) was a celebrated illustrator, recognized for his contributions to children's literature. His accolades include the Coretta Scott King—Virginia...
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Charles R. Smith Jr. NONE Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer with over 30 books. He's a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and Honor Author Aw...
Floyd Cooper
Floyd Cooper 0000000063165049 Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) was a celebrated illustrator, recipient of 4 Coretta Scott King Honors, and 10 ALA Notables. From Oklahoma, he pursued his career in NYC post hi...
Sharon Bell Mathis
Sharon Bell Mathis 0000000063330251 Sharon Bell Mathis, initially a teacher, became an acclaimed author known for her middle-grade novels and picture books. Her works such as 'Sidewalk Story', 'Tea C...
Yolanda Renee King
Yolanda Renee King NONE Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is a young activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Inspired by her grandparents' legacy o...
Ms. Frosty Publishing
Ms. Frosty Publishing Troy Johnson Article Dreams Becomes Reality Scott Haskins, President Ms. Frosty Publishing Co. 50 Pacton Place Baltimore, MD 21244 410-944-7...
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823456239 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Today, her legacy lives on as a trai...
Scott Foresman
Scott Foresman Penguin Random House Bertelsmann
Cudi: The Memoir
Cudi: The Memoir Kid Cudi 9781668201336 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A raw, fearless memoir from the Grammy Award–winning artist, actor, and designer Kid Cudi about a kid from Cl...
Unlocking Potential: Insights, Tips & Strategies for Young Black Professionals
Unlocking Potential: Insights, Tips & Strategies for Young Black Professionals Anthony W. Scott 9798992015706 Nonfiction I.S.I. Publishing I.S.I. Publishing “How can I be my authentic self at work? Ca...
Unlocking Potential (Workbook): Insights, Tips & Strategies for Young Black Professionals
Unlocking Potential (Workbook): Insights, Tips & Strategies for Young Black Professionals Anthony W. Scott 9798992015737 Nonfiction I.S.I. Publishing I.S.I. Publishing “Can I wear braids? Should I cut...
Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner)
Freewater (Newbery & Coretta Scott King Award Winner) Amina Luqman-Dawson 9780316056670 Fiction JIMMY Patterson Books Hachette Book Group
Ketanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court
Ketanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court Kekla Magoon 9780063296169 Nonfiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins From two Coretta Scott King Honor winners comes this uplifting picture...
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver! Brian Pinkney 9780063159822 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Best friends Otter and Beaver both love their stream—but for two completely different reasons! While Otter lo...
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement
Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement Katheryn Russell-Brown 9780593403549 Nonfiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A celebration of twelve Black wo...