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BostonPL_Black Genius

Get to know some amazing Black inventors, artists, musicians, and other intellectual giants with these children's biographies.

Boston Public Library

25 items

  • Whoosh!

    Lonnie Johnson's Super-soaking Stream of Inventions

    Barton, Chris,
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016] — T40.J585 B37 2016
  • Libba

    the Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten

    Veirs, Laura,
    BookSan Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2018] — ML3930.C67 V45 2018
  • Hidden Figures

    the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee,
    Picture BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — QA27.5 .L44 2018x
  • Tiny Stitches

    the Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

    Hooks, Gwendolyn,
    BookNew York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2016] — RD99 .H66 2016
  • The Power of Her Pen

    the Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

    Cline-Ransome, Lesa,
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — PN4874.P367 C55 2020
  • A Computer Called Katherine

    How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

    Slade, Suzanne,
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — QA29.J64 S53 2019
  • Muddy

    the Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters

    Mahin, Michael James,
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017] — ML3930.M92 M34 2017
  • BookMinneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2018] — QH31.J83 M354 2018
  • Patricia's Vision

    the Doctor Who Saved Sight

    Lord, Michelle,
    BookNew York : Sterling Children's Books, [2020] — RE36.B2855 L67 2020
  • Zora!

    the Life of Zora Neal Hurston

    Fradin, Judith Bloom
    BookBoston : Clarion Books, c2012. — PS3515.U789 Z69 2012