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In most libraries, biographies are NOT filed alphabetically by the author's last name. Instead, biographies are housed together, (in the 920 for collected biographies and in 921 for individual biographies). They are then filed alphabetically by the last name of the person the book is about.
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Louis Armstrong (musician) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | PBS Jazz Explore: |
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Count Basie (musician) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | | PBS Jazz Explore: |
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Sterling Brown (author, poet, critic) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry Explore: |
Edward Burra (artist) Pre-Search: Edward Burra Chronology and Biographical Statistics (Britian Unlimited) Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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Cab Callaway (musician) Pre-Search: Cab Calloway's Renaissance (PBS Biographical Essay) Research: African American Registry Explore: |
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Countie Cullen (poet) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Modern American Poets Explore: |
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Aaron Douglas (artist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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W.E.B. Dubois (historian, author, activist) Pre-Search: Biographical Sketch of W.E.B. Dubois (N.A.A.C.P) Research: African American Registry Explore: |
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Duke Ellington (musician) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | | PBS Jazz Explore: |
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Markus Garvey (author, orator) Pre-Search: Markus Garvey Biography (BBC History) Research: African American Registry Explore: Markus Garvey (American Experience) |
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Palmer Hayden (artist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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Billie Holiday (musician) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | PBS Jazz Explore: |
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Langston Hughes (poet, author, activist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Modern American Poets Explore: |
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Zora Neale Hurston (author) Pre-Search: Z Research: African American Registry | Voices from the Gaps Explore: ZoraNealeHurston.com |
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James Weldon Johnson (author, musican, activist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry Explore: |
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Nella Larson (author, librarian!) Pre-Search: Nella Larson (Black History Now) Research: African American Registry | Voices from the Gaps Explore: |
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Jacob Lawrence (artist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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Claude McKay (author, poet) |
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Bessie Smith (musician) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | PBS Jazz Explore: |
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Jean Toomer (author, poet) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Modern American Poets Explore: |
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Laura Wheeling Waring (artist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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Booker T. Washington (educator, author, orator) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry Explore: Booker T. Washington Online Resources (Library of Congress Digital Collection) |
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Hale Woodruff (artist) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Artcyclopedia Explore: |
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Richard Wright (author, poet) Pre-Search: Research: African American Registry | Modern American Poets Explore: |
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