Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color

Iman (Putnam, c2005)
Shelf Number: 646.72/IM319b

Iman's book outlines a program of skin care and makeup for women of color, drawing on the author's experience as a supermodel and founder of a top cosmetics line to explain how to tailor a beauty regime in accordance with a woman's particular skin tone and type.

A Black Physician's Struggle for Civil Rights

Ridlon , Florence ( Univ. of New Mexico Press , c2005)
Shelf Number: 610.8996/M4764r/Biography

Graduating from Howard University in 1941, Edward Mazique (1911-1987) became a prominent African American physician in Washington , DC and was instrumental in the passage of Medicare and the desegregation of a number of Washington institutions, including the District Medical Society and local hospitals.

Black Women Scientists in the United States

Warren, Wini (Indiana Univ. Press, c1999)
Shelf Number: 500.22/W294b

Black Women Scientists in the United States features biographical sketches of 104 individuals who surmounted obstacles and hardships of being a woman in science and also being Black.

Edward Bouchet : The First African-American Doctorate

Mickens , R.E. (World Scientific, c2002)
Shelf Number: 509.22/B7538e/Biography

Edward A Bouchet was the first African-American to receive the doctorate in any field of knowledge in the United States and that area was physics. This book gives a summary of his life and career.

Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace

Nuwere , Ejovi (Morrow, c2002)
Shelf Number: 005.8092/N989h

Hacker Cracker is the personal story of a young ghetto kid from Brooklyn who became one of the world's foremost computer hackers and then a security specialist for one of the world's top financial firms.

I'm Just a DJ but-- It Makes Sense To Me

Joyner, Tom (Warner Books, c2005)
Shelf Number: 791.44028/J897i/BIOGRAPHY

Equal parts autobiography, self-help, and humor, this work is radio host Joyner's perspective on how blacks can work hard to make their dreams come true. Joyner is maniacal about helping black America get ahead. Fans of his wildly popular national radio show will enjoy this book, but, additionally, Joyner's observations and life lessons will appeal to those successful folks who don't in fact need the advice.