Flint Memorial Library (North Reading)

Illustrated Black history, honoring the iconic and the unseen, George McCalman with April Reynolds

eng

collective biography

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Illustrated Black history

1345253161

George McCalman with April Reynolds

honoring the iconic and the unseen

"A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneers--famous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and more, with biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer"--, Provided by publisher

Kareen Abdul-Jabbar : athlete, author, public speaker -- Cato Alexander : mixologist -- Jourdan Anderson : rebel -- Madeline Anderson : producer, documentarian, director -- Maya Angelou : poet, author, activist, professor -- Amy Ashwood Garvey : activist -- Augusta Braxton Baker : librarian, teacher -- James Baldwin : author, essayist, scholar -- Edward Bannister : artist -- jean-Michel Basquiat : artist -- Romare Bearden : artist -- 1936 Berlin Olympics athletes : athletes -- Mary McLeod Bethune : educator, college founder/president -- Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, Ayọ Tometi : Black Lives Matter cofounders, activists -- Terence Blanchard : musician -- Guion Stewart Bluford : military pilot, astronaut -- J. Max Bond Jr. : architect -- Bronner Brothers : entrepreneurs -- LeRonn P. Brooks : curator, archivist -- Ralph Bunche : diplomat -- Tarana Burke : activist -- Octavia Butler : writer -- Cab Calloway : musician -- Steve Cannon : writer, publisher, mentor -- Johnnie Carr : activist -- Terri Lyne Carrington : musician -- Ben Carlson : neurosurgeon, politician -- Ruth E. Carter : stylist, costume designer -- Charleston Caterers : chefs -- Leah Chase : chef, restaurateur -- Shirley Chisholm : activist, politician -- Kathleen Neal Cleaver : activist -- Mary Francis Hill Coley : midwife -- Kathleen Collins : playwright, writer, filmmaker -- John William Coltrane : musician -- Claudette Colvin : activist -- The Compton Cowboys : athletes -- Fanny Jackson Coppin : educator -- Hannah Crafts : writer -- Celia Cruz : musician -- Dorothy Dandridge : actor, performer -- Julie Dash : film director -- Charles Dawson : artist -- Daniel Day : entrepreneur, haberdasher -- Roy DeCarava : photographer -- Ruby Dee + Ossie Davis : actors, activists -- Thornton Dial : artist -- Emory Douglas : artist, graphic designer -- Frederick Douglass : activist, orator, statesman -- Paul Laurence Dunbar : writer, poet -- Katherine Dunham : choreographer, dancer -- Yla Eason : entrepreneur -- Lee Elder : athlete -- Francine Everett : actor, performer -- Abby Fisher : culinary guru -- John Stanley Ford : entrepreneur -- Aretha Franklin : musician, singer, songwriter -- Lenora Branch Fulani : activist, politician -- Althea Gibson : athlete -- Eloyce + James Gist : evangelicals, filmmakers -- Nathan "Nearest" Green : distiller -- Dick Gregory : comedian, writer, performer, activist -- Eliza Ann Grier : doctor -- Fannie Lou Hamer : activist, organizer -- Bethann Hardison : model, agent -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper : poet, author, activist -- Dorothy Height : activist -- James Hemings : chef -- Juano Hernández : actor -- Anita Hill : lawyer, professor -- Gregory Hines : actor, activist, dancer, performer -- bell hooks : writer, activist, professor -- Lena Horne : singer, actor -- Langston Hughes : writer, poet -- Zora Neale Hurston : writer, playwright, anthropologist -- Amy Jacques Garvey : activist -- Judith Jamison : dancer, choreographer, executive director -- Baby Esther Jones : performer -- Bill T. Jones : dancer, choreographer, executive director -- Grace Jones : actor, performer, model -- Jackie Joyner-Kersee : athlete -- Colin Kaepernick : athlete, activist -- Henrietta Lacks : medical pioneer -- Jacob Lawrence : artist -- Edmonia Lewis : sculptor -- Edna Lewis : culinary guru -- John Lewis : activist, politician -- Alain LeRoy Locke : writer, activist, editor -- Audre Lorde : poet -- Haki Madhubuti : poet -- Annie Turnbo Malone : entrepreneur -- 54th Massechusetts Infantry : soldiers -- Oscar Micheaux : writer, producer -- Scipio Moorhead : artist -- Toni Morrison : author, editor -- Walter Mosley : author -- Archibald Motley Jr. : artist -- Diane Nash : activist -- Nicholas Brothers : choreographers, dancers -- Satchel Paige : athlete -- Suzan-Lori Parks : playwright -- Eva Jefferson Paterson : civil rights attorney, activist -- Leah Penniman : farmer, food-justice activist -- Renee Powell : athlete -- Harriet Powers : textile artist -- Richard Pryor : comedian, performer -- Dee Rees : filmmaker --Bass Reeves : lawman -- Faith Ringgold : artist -- Minnie Riperton ; singer, performer -- Paul Robeson : actor, performer, activist -- David Ruggles : abolitionist -- Patrice Rushen : musician, composer, musical director -- Jason Samuels Smith : dancer -- Augusta Savage : sculptor -- Gil Scott-Heron : musician, activist -- Amy Sherald : artist -- Nina Simone : musician, performer, songwriter -- Norma Merrick Sklarek : architect -- Moneta Sleet Jr. : photographer -- Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor : culinary guru -- Robert F. Smith : entrepreneur, philanthropist -- André Leon Talley : fashion muse -- Robert Robinson Taylor : architect -- Mary Church Terrell : activist -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe : musician -- Mickalene Thomas : artist -- Vivien Thomas : medical pioneer, surgeon -- Toni Tipton-Martin : culinary guru -- Kwame Ture : organizer, activist -- Morrie Turner : artist, cartoonist -- Melvin Van Peebles : writer, filmmaker, producer -- Sarah Vaughan : singer performer -- Madam C.J. Walker : entrepreneur -- Maggie Lena Walker : activist, businesswoman -- Carrie Mae Weems : photographer -- Ida B. Wells : journalist, publisher, activist -- Charles White : artist -- Maurice White : musician -- Clarence "Cap" Wigington : architect -- Raven Wilkinson : dancer -- George Washington Williams : historian, soldier, minister -- Marie Selika Williams : opera singer -- Paul Revere Williams : architect -- Bradford Young : cinematographer, director -- Essayists. Marvin K. White ; Emil Wilbekin ; Bryant Terry ; Patrice Peck ; Oriana Koren