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Weaving Truth and Story: Black History in Fiction

Check out these titles about real figures in Black history, through a fictional lens.

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  • PaperbackNew York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — FICTION ALDERSON
  • By Her Own Design

    a Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register

    Huguley, Piper,
    PaperbackNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — FICTION HUGULEY
  • Bad News for Outlaws

    the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
    BookMinneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009. — J B REEVES
  • Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2018. — EAUDIOBOOK
  • DVD[Burbank, California] : Disney, [2017] — DVD 791.43 QUEEN
  • African Town

    Inspired by the True Story of the Last American Slave Ship

    Latham, Irene,
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2022. — Y FICTION LATHAM
  • No Better Time

    a Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion

    Williams, Sheila (Sheila J.),
    BookNew York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — FICTION WILLIAMS
  • DVDSanta Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, c2007. — DVD 791.43 PRIDE
  • BookNashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson, [2024] — FICTION MILLER
  • DVDBeverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2011. — DVD 791.43 MEN
  • PaperbackNew York : Scribner, 2003, c1948. — FICTION PATON
  • Sisters in Arms

    a Novel of the Daring Black Women Who Served During World War II

    Alderson, Kaia,
    PaperbackNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — FICTION ALDERSON
  • This story takes place during the carnage committed by Dominican president Rafael Trujillo's army back in 1937
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Soho Press, c1998. — 813.54 DANTICAT
  • Fearless Mary

    Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver

    Charles, Tami
    A fictional account of the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States!
    BookChicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2019] — J B FIELDS