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Maya Angelou
Biography
Poetry Society: Maya Angelou
Time: 5 Things to Know About Maya Angelou’s Complicated, Meaningful Life
Harvard: Who Mentored You? Featuring Maya Angelou (no longer available)
Roxane Gay
Biography
NPR: Be Bigger, Fight Harder- Roxane Gay on a Lifetime of ‘Hunger’
New York Times: Roxane Gay’s Opinion Column
TED: Roxane Gay
W.E.B. DuBois
Biography
America’s Library: W.E.B. DuBois
Darmouth: The Historical Philosphy of W.E.B. DuBois
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Biography
The Atlantic: All Stories By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Video: Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks About New Film of His Book ‘Between the World and Me’
Lincoln City Libraries: Living Black in America Reading list
Lincoln City Libraries: African-American Stories in Nebraska
Biography: Black History
Black America Web: The Top 10 Black Biographies
National Book Review: 10 Memoirs Everyone Should Read This Black History Month