Category: Children & Young Adult People of Color Charlie Parker Played Be Bop Chris Raschka / Orchard Books / August 1992 On the Court With...Michael Jordan Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / September 1996 At the Plate With--Ken Griffey, Jr Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / April 1997 Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra (Caldecott Honor Book) Andrea Davis Pinkney, et al / Disney Pr (Juv Trd) / April 1998 At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England Walter Dean Myers / Scholastic Trade / February 1999 Leon's Story Susan L. Roth (Illustrator), Leon Walter Tillage / Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv) / October 1997 My Great-Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston, et al / HarperTrophy / April 1997 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman Alan Schroeder, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) / Dial Books for Young Readers / May 1996 Will Power!: A Biography of Will Smith Jan Berenson, Jan Berenstain / Archway / May 1997 Richard Wright and the Library Card William Miller, Gregory Christie (Illustrator) / Lee & Low Books / October 1997 Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Kathleen Krull, David Diaz (Illustrator) / Harcourt Brace / May 1996 Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Orchard Paperbacks) Christopher Raschka, Chris Raschka / Orchard Books / September 1997 At the Plate With ... Mo Vaughn Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / June 1997 Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers (African-American Artists and Artisans) Mary E. Lyons / Aladdin Paperbacks / December 1997 A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) / Holiday House / June 1991 Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence John Duggleby, Jacob Lawrence / Chronicle Books / October 1998 My Great Aunt-Arizona Gloria Houston, Susan Condie Lamb (Illustrator) / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / February 1992 On the Court With... Grant Hill Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / December 1996 Rosa Parks: My Story Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins (Contributor) / Dial Books for Young Readers / February 1992 On the Course With... Tiger Woods (Matt Christopher Sports Biographies) Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / February 1998 A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw Isaac Bashevis Singer, Roman Vishniac (Photographer) / Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv) / May 1986 Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words Frederick Douglass, et al / Knopf / February 1994 Ken Griffey, Jr: A Biography (4-6) Bill Gutman / Archway / May 1998 A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver Aliki / Aladdin Paperbacks / June 1988 If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong Roxanne Orgill, et al / Houghton Mifflin Co (Juv) / October 1997 A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd (Illustrator) / Holiday House / December 1993 Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Tubman (Carolrhoda Creative Minds Book) Jeri Ferris, Karen Ritz (Illustrator) / Carolrhoda Books / October 1989 A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (Picture Book Biography) David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) / Holiday House / April 1995 Rosa Parks: My Story Rosa Parks, et al / Puffin / January 1999 Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes Floyd Cooper / Paper Star / January 1998 Michael Jordan (Scholastic Biography) Chip Lovitt / Scholastic Paperbacks / October 1998 Will Smith: From Fresh Prince to King of Cool K. S. Rodriguez / Harpercollins Juvenile Books / June 1998 On the Field With...Emmitt Smith Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / October 1997 The Diary of Latoya Hunter: My First Year in Junior High Latoya Hunter / Vintage Books / September 1993 Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man Who Changed Things (Rookie Biographies) Carol Greene, et al / Children's Press / September 1989 A.C. Green (Today's Heroes) J. C. Webster (Contributor), A. C. Victory Green / Zondervan Publishing House / May 1995 On the Court With... Hakeem Olajuwon Matt Christopher / Little Brown & Co (Juv Pap) / December 1997 George Washington Carver: Scientist and Teacher (A Rookie Biography) Carol Greene, et al / Children's Press / January 1993 Madam C.J. Walker (Black Americans of Achievement) A'Lelia Perry Bundles, Nathan I. Huggins (Editor) / Chelsea House Pub Paperbacks / July 1992 The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor (A Blue Ribbon Book) Wendy Towle, Wil Clay (Illustrator) / Scholastic Paperbacks / January 1995 Anfernee Hardaway: Basketball's Lucky Penny (Sports Achievers) Brad Townsend / Lerner Publications Company / September 1997 Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree (Reading Rainbow Book) William Miller, et al / Lee & Low Books / April 1996 A Pocketful of Goobers: A Story About George Washington Carver Barbara Mitchell, Peter E. Hanson (Illustrator) / Carolrhoda Books / May 1989 Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Andrea Davis Pinkney, et al / Disney Pr (Lib) / April 1998 Florence Griffith Joyner: Dazzling Olympian (Sports Achiever) Nathan Aaseng / First Avenue Editions / August 1991 Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart Jayne Pettit / Puffin / January 1998 Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers (African-American Artists and Artisans) Mary E. Lyons / Atheneum / September 1993 The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball Margaret Davidson / Yearling Books / January 1988 Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul: Lady Soul (Impacts Biographies) Leslie Gourse, David Shirley / Franklin Watts, Incorporated / October 1995 African American Inventors (Black Stars Series) Otha Richard Sullivan, et al / John Wiley & Sons / May 1998 A Picture Book of Jesse Owens David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) / Holiday House / December 1993 The Story of Harriet Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad Kate H. McMullan / Yearling Books / January 1991 Ken Griffey Junior: All-Around All-Star (The Achievers) Barbara Kramer / First Avenue Editions / September 1996 Louis Armstrong: Young Music Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans) Dharathula H. Millender, et al / Aladdin Paperbacks / January 1997 Pocahontas: Daughter of a Chief (Rookie Biographies) Carol Greene, et al / Children's Press / March 1989 Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy Andrea D. Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) / Harcourt Brace / September 1996 Father Junipero Serra: Founder of California Missions (Hispanic Biographies) Donna Genet / Enslow Publishers, Inc. / June 1996 Dizzy Gillespie and the Birth of Bebop Leslie Gourse / Atheneum / January 1995 Florence Griffith Joyner: Track and Field Star (Full-Color First Books) April Koral / Franklin Watts, Incorporated / April 1992 Dear Benjamin Banneker Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) / Voyager Picture Book / August 1998 Michael Jordan: Basketball to Baseball and Back (Millbrook Sports World) Bill Gutman / Millbrook Pr Trade / September 1995 George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist (Great African Americans Series) Pat McKissack, et al / Enslow Publishers, Inc. / September 1991 Meet Maya Angelou (A Bullseye Biographies) Valerie Spain / Bullseye Books / December 1994 Muhammed Ali: The World's Champion (Impact Biography) John Tessitore / Franklin Watts, Incorporated / September 1998 Sacagawea: Westward With Lewis and Clark (Native American Biographies) Alana J. White / Enslow Publishers, Inc. / March 1997 Walking the Road to Freedom Jeri Ferris, Peter E. Hanson (Illustrator) / Carolrhoda Books / October 1989 Scottie Pippen: Reluctant Superstar (Sports Achievers) Bob Schnakenberg, Robert Schnakenberg / Lerner Publications Company / September 1997 Little Louis and the Jazz Band: The Story of Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong (A Rainbow Biography) Angela Shelf Medearis, et al / Lodestar Books / November 1994 Gloria Estefan: A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography) Sue Boulais / Mitchell Lane Pub / June 1998 Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: 1841-1853 Sue L. Eakin, Solomon Northup / Pelican Pub Co / September 1998 Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of 'Brave Bessie' Coleman Reeve Lindbergh, Pamela Paparone (Illustrator) / Candlewick Pr / November 1996 Kateri Tekakwitha: Mohawk Maid Evelyn M. Brown / Ignatius Press / September 1991 A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr (Adler, David A. Picture Book Biography.) David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) / Holiday House / September 1989 Black Inventors (American Profiles) Nathan Aaseng / Facts on File, Inc. / August 1997 Jimmy Smits: A Real-Life Reader Biography (Real-Life Reader Biography) Melanie Cole / Mitchell Lane Pub / December 1997