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Legendary African Americans Books in Order

Legendary African Americans contains 18 books, published between 2000 and 2015. The first book is Paul Laurence Dunbar (2000) and the newest is The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2000–2015
Pages on record
1,274 in 13 of 18 books
Reading time
21–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,274 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Legendary African Americans checklist

Legendary African Americans is a biography line for young readers, 18 books published between 2000 and 2015. African American poets, musicians and surgeons appear in the subject list, and the titles cover Paul Laurence Dunbar, George Washington Carver, Charles Drew, Harriet Tubman, Duke Ellington and Zora Neale Hurston. Anne Schraff is credited on 3, with Catherine Reef, Wendie C. Old and David K. Wright on 2 each. Median length is 96 pages across the 13 books measured.

How many Legendary African Americans books are there?

Legendary African Americans has 18 books, released between 2000 and 2015.

Legendary African Americans Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Legendary African Americans books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Catherine Reef, book 1 of the Legendary African Americans series (2000)
  2. Cover of The Life of George Washington Carver by Barbara Kramer, book 2 of the Legendary African Americans series (2002)
  3. Cover of Dr. Charles Drew by Anne Schraff, book 3 of the Legendary African Americans series (2003)
  4. Cover of The Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Catherine Reef, book 4 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  5. Cover of The Life of Harriet Tubman by MS Anne Schraff, book 5 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  6. Cover of The Life of Carter G. Woodson by Robert F. Durden, book 6 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  7. Cover of The Life of Duke Ellington by Wendie C. Old, book 7 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Life of Louis Armstrong by Wendie C. Old, book 8 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  9. Cover of The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Michael A. Schuman, book 9 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  10. Cover of The Life of Paul Robeson by David K. Wright, book 12 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  11. Cover of The Life of Dr. Charles Drew by Anne Schraff, book 13 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  12. Cover of The Life of Aretha Franklin by Silvia Anne Sheafer, book 14 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  13. Cover of The Life of Arthur Ashe by David K. Wright, book 15 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  14. Cover of The Life of Marian Anderson by Andrea Broadwater, book 16 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  15. Cover of The Life of W. E. B. Du Bois by Mark Rowh, book 17 of the Legendary African Americans series (2014)
  1. 1
    Paul Laurence Dunbar2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    The Life of George Washington Carver2002 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200296
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  3. 3
    Dr. Charles Drew2003 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003112
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  4. 4
    The Life of Paul Laurence Dunbar2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  5. 5
    The Life of Harriet Tubman2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  6. 6
    The Life of Carter G. Woodson2014 · 98 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201498
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  7. 7
    The Life of Duke Ellington2014 · 98 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201498
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  8. 8
    The Life of Louis Armstrong2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  9. 9
    The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  10. 10
    The Life of Benjamin Banneker2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  11. 11
    The Life of Frederick Douglass2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  12. 12
    The Life of Paul Robeson2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  13. 13
    The Life of Dr. Charles Drew2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  14. 14
    The Life of Aretha Franklin2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  15. 15
    The Life of Arthur Ashe2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  16. 16
    The Life of Marian Anderson2014 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201496
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  17. 17
    The Life of W. E. B. Du Bois2014 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014102
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  18. 18
    The Life of Zora Neale Hurston2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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Where to start with Legendary African Americans

Start with Paul Laurence Dunbar (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Legendary African Americans book?

The Life of Zora Neale Hurston (2015) is the newest Legendary African Americans book released so far.

Is there a new Legendary African Americans book coming?

No next Legendary African Americans book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Legendary African Americans at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Legendary African Americans title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Legendary African Americans books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,274 pages across the 13 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Legendary African Americans books, 15 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 18 titles, 3 are credited to Anne Schraff, 2 to Catherine Reef, 2 to David K. Wright and 2 to Wendie C. Old. A further 9 writers are credited.

What the Legendary African Americans books are about

16 of the 18 Legendary African Americans books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 12 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 12 of 16 books
  • Juvenile literature 12 of 16 books
  • African americans, biography 7 of 16 books
  • African Americans 6 of 16 books
  • African American poets 2 of 16 books
  • African Americans in literature 2 of 16 books
  • Poets 2 of 16 books
  • Musicians, juvenile literature 2 of 16 books
  • Musicians, united states 2 of 16 books
  • Singers 2 of 16 books
  • Surgeons 2 of 16 books