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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

10 best books like The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Sidney Poitier): The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir, The Heart of a Woman, My Song: A Memoir, Mother of Pearl, A Virtuous Woman, River, Cross My Heart, The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book, A Reporter's Life, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, Between You and Me: A Memoir

The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
AuthorVictoria Rowell
The story of a remarkable woman's rise out of the foster-care system to attain the American dream—and of the unlikely series of women who lifted her up in marvelous and distinctive ways

Born as a ward of the state of Maine—the child of an unmarried Yankee blueblood mother and an unknown black...
The Heart of a Woman
AuthorMaya Angelou
ISBN0375500723
Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired countless readers with the first three volumes of her autobiography, one of the most remarkable personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth volume, The Heart of a Woman, her turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the singer-dancer enters...
My Song: A Memoir
AuthorHarry Belafonte
ISBN0307272265
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring...
Mother of Pearl
AuthorMelinda Haynes
ISBN0671774670
Capturing all the rueful irony and racial ambivalence of small-town Mississippi in the late 1950s, Melinda Haynes' celebrated novel is a wholly unforgettable exploration of family, identity, and redemption. Mother of Pearl revolves around twenty-eight-year-old Even Grade, a black man who grew...
A Virtuous Woman
AuthorKaye Gibbons
ISBN0375703063
When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was twenty and he was forty. She was the carefully raised daughter of Carolina gentry and he was a skinny tenant farmer who had never owned anything in his life. She was newly widowed after a disastrous marriage to a brutal drifter. He had never asked...
River, Cross My Heart
AuthorBreena Clarke
ISBN0316899984
The acclaimed bestseller--a selection of Oprah's Book Club--that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death.




River, Cross My Heart marks the debut of a wonderfully gifted new storyteller...
The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book
AuthorBill Cosby
ISBN0590956175
[Scholastic Readers Level 3]

This easy-to-read story about friendship by comedian and storyteller Bill Cosby is now a Scholastic Reader!
Little Bill and his friends LOVE the TV show Space Explorers. And so when the new Space Explorers video game comes out, they each want a copy.
But...
A Reporter's Life
AuthorWalter Cronkite
ISBN0394578791
"IMMEDIATELY ENGROSSING . . . [A] SPLENDID MEMOIR".
--The Wall Street Journal
"Run, don't walk to the nearest bookstore and treat yourself to the most heartwarming, nostalgia-producing book you will have read in many a year".
--Ann Landers
"Entertaining . . . The story of a modest...
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
AuthorR.J. Smith
ISBN1592406572
The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time Playing 350 shows a year at his peak, with more than forty Billboard hits, James Brown was a dazzling showman...
Between You and Me: A Memoir
AuthorMike Wallace
ISBN1401300294
At the age of 87, Mike Wallace is a legendary figure in broadcast journalism. Now, after 60 years of reporting on important events around the world, he shares his personal stories about the incredible range of celebrities, newsmakers, criminals, and world leaders who have subjected themselves to...
Friends: A Love Story
AuthorAngela Bassett
ISBN0373830580
Courtney B. Vance met Angela Bassett…. They ran for years as friends in the same small circles. They had some hits, but mostly misses with other partners, and they shared one spectacularly dreadful first date together. And then, Courtney and Angela connected. Experience the up-close-and-personal,...
Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story
AuthorRay Charles
ISBN0306814315
Ray Charles (1930-2004) led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he tells his story in an inimitable and unsparing voice, from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addiction to his tangled romantic life. Overcoming poverty, blindness, the...
Orson Welles: A Biography
AuthorBarbara Leaming
ISBN0670528951
I picked this bio to read because I'm a fan of Welles's acting and directing. I remember him also as a TV talk-show personality in the '60s. Sometimes he performed magic on those shows, which was something he started doing as a child.

The Wunderkind truly showed talent early on, directing a version...
Maybe You Never Cry Again
AuthorBernie Mac
ISBN0060529326
The film, television, and comedy legend tells the hilarious and moving story of how tough love, and a sense of humor made him the man he is today



By the tender age of five, Bernie Mac had found his calling: making others laugh. He has since become the star and cocreator of Fox’s hit sitcom...
Yes I Can
AuthorSammy Davis Jr.
ISBN0374293538
I read this in 7th grade. Imagine that, a little white suburban girl in 1973 COMPLETELY INFATUATED with the 40- or 50-something black member of the rat pack. I still remember huge parts of Yes I Can, especially the part where Sammy gets into a car accident and helps the lady out of the other car, all the while...
Foxy: My Life in Three Acts
AuthorPam Grier
ISBN0446548502
Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin' Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown. Others may know her from her role as Kit Porter on "The L Word." But that only defines one part of the legend that is Pam Grier.
Foxy is Pam's testimony of her life, past and present. In it, she reveals her relationships...
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
AuthorQuincy Jones
ISBN0767905105
Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived large and worked for five decades alongside the superstars of music and entertainment -- including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ray Charles, Will Smith, and dozens...
You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other)
AuthorVanessa Williams
ISBN1592407072
I was surprised this book didn't received higher ratings. Vanessa Williams is one of the most famous and semi-private bonafide talented celebrities left. I am of the generation who missed out on the Miss America scandal and frankly didn't care about it when I found out in the mid to late 80's. For most...
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AuthorWhoopi Goldberg
ISBN0751526339
Whoopi Goldberg speaks...'Here's where I'm supposed to say all kinds of hip, Whoopi-esque stuff to get you to buy the book...So this is when we seal the deal, when I tell you in my own inimitable way, how uproarious and provocative this book is, how OUT THERE, and cutting edge, and whatever else I can think...
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir
AuthorE. Lynn Harris
ISBN0385495064
“In many ways writing saved my life. It’s my hope that sharing my experience will give hope to others who are learning to deal with their “difference.” I want them to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent “don’t ask, don’t tell” existence. Truth is a powerful tool.
“But...
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
AuthorRain Pryor
ISBN0061195421
The loving yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor

Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children, and her father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant...
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
AuthorAlan Alda
ISBN1400066174
Picking up where his bestselling memoir Never Have Your Dog Stuffed left off–having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile–beloved actor and acclaimed author Alan Alda offers an insightful and funny look at some impossible questions he’s asked himself...
A Hand to Guide Me
AuthorDenzel Washington
ISBN0696230496
In his debut as an author, Denzel Washington shares his personal story of the mentors who helped guide his life.Washington pens the introduction for the stories of more than 70 of America's leading personalities in theatre, sports, business, and politics as they tell their life-changing stories...
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