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African-American Icons

Authors: Michael A. Schuman, Martin "Marty" Gitlin, Robin Westen, Barbara Kramer, Jen Jones

Related Series: Influential Lives, African-American Biography Library, Celebrate the States, Rebels of Rock, Americans—The Spirit of a Nation

The African-American Icons book series by multiple authors includes books Will Smith: A Biography of a Rapper Turned Movie Star, Halle Berry: A Biography of an Oscar-Winning Actress, Beyoncé: A Biography of a Legendary Singer, and several more. See the complete African-American Icons series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.

11 Books

Will Smith: A Biography of a Rapper Turned Movie Star - Book of the African-American Icons

Will Smith: A Biography of a Rapper Turned Movie Star

Michael A. Schuman

From $8.59

Halle Berry: A Biography of an Oscar-Winning Actress - Book of the African-American Icons

Halle Berry: A Biography of an Oscar-Winning Actress

Michael A. Schuman

From $5.79

Beyoncé: A Biography of a Legendary Singer - Book of the African-American Icons

Beyoncé: A Biography of a Legendary Singer

Michael A. Schuman

Out of Stock

Jennifer Hudson: A Biography of an American Music Idol - Book of the African-American Icons

Jennifer Hudson: A Biography of an American Music Idol

John Micklos Jr.

From $9.99

Toni Morrison: A Biography of a Nobel Prize-Winning Writer - Book of the African-American Icons

Toni Morrison: A Biography of a Nobel Prize-Winning Writer

Barbara Kramer

From $5.79

Chris Rock: A Biography of a Comic Genius - Book of the African-American Icons

Chris Rock: A Biography of a Comic Genius

Martin "Marty" Gitlin

From $5.19

Tyler Perry: A Biography of a Movie Mogul - Book of the African-American Icons

Tyler Perry: A Biography of a Movie Mogul

Martin "Marty" Gitlin

From $12.79

Maya Angelou: A Biography of an Award-Winning Poet and Civil Rights Activist - Book of the African-American Icons

Maya Angelou: A Biography of an Award-Winning Poet and Civil Rights Activist

Donna Brown Agins

From $25.89

Jay-Z: A Biography of a Hip-Hop Icon - Book of the African-American Icons

Jay-Z: A Biography of a Hip-Hop Icon

Jeff Burlingame

From $5.19

Sean Diddy Combs: A Biography of a Music Mogul - Book of the African-American Icons

Sean Diddy Combs: A Biography of a Music Mogul

Jen Jones

From $26.49

Oprah Winfrey - Book of the African-American Icons

Oprah Winfrey

Robin Westen

From $11.19

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