Strickland, Michael R

A boy goes to the neighborhood barber with some trepidation in this humorous story of summer in the city.

Provides brief biographies of African American authors, describing their background, inspiration, literary works, and connections with other African American writers.

An illustrated alphabetical reference work on African-American history that covers persons, places, and events through the end of the twentieth century.

A boy goes to the neighborhood barber with some trepidation in this humorous story of summer in the city.

Profiles the lives and work of ten African American-poets: Gwendolyn Brooks, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rita Dove, Eloise Greenfield, Langston Hughes, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Nikki Giovanni.

A collection of lyrical poems remind us of the powerful connection between music and language.

A boy goes to the neighborhood barber with some trepidation in this humorous story of summer in the city.

A collection of poems about music.