Dawoud Bey is a photographer who specializes in portraits. Class Pictures contains photographs of high school students with short autobiographies each student wrote.
Since Contra Costa libraries only
have one copy of They Never Gave Up, you might want to request it through Link+. You get the book
through your local library, so you will need to have a library
card.
From Pieces to Weight: Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
by 50 Cent and Kris Ex
This is one of 50 Cent’s autobiographies. He grew up in a rough part of Queens and started selling drugs before he was a teenager, but his life changed dramatically after he met Jam Master Jay.
And Not Afraid to Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Women
by Tonya Bolden
As you might guess from the title, this book gives biographical sketches of ten African-American women, including Toni Morrison and Ida B. Wells. If you don’t like biographies, don’t worry. This reads more like a story.