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Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the Americas / Colin A. Palmer, editor in chief.
016.3 Fer.
Ferebee, Dorothy L.
How to create your own African American library / Dorothy L. Ferebee.
081.089 Hud.
Hudson, Wade.
Powerful words : more than 200 years if extraordinary writing by AfricanAmericans / Wade Hudson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
170.89 Wha.
What keeps me standing : a Black grandmother's guide to peace, hope & inspiration / [compiled by] Dennis Kimbro.
301.45 Gri.
Griffin, John Howard, 1920-
Black like me / John Howard Griffin ; [afterword by Robert Bonazzi].
303.61 Hen.
Hendrick, George.
Why not every man? : African Americans and civil disobedience in the quest for the dream / George Hendrick, Willene Hendrick.
305.686 Vac.
Vaca, Nick Corona.
The presumed alliance : the unspoken conflict between Latinos and Blacksand what it means for America / Nicol{226}as C. Vaca.
305.8 Asa.
Asante, Molefi K., 1942-
Erasing racism : the survival of the American nation / Molefi Kete Asante.
305.8 Ble.
Blee, Kathleen M.
Inside organized racism : women in the hate movement / Kathleen M. Blee.
305.8 De L.
De Le{226}on, Arnoldo, 1945-
Racial frontiers : Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in western America, 1848-1890 / Arnoldo De Le{226}on.
305.8 Gra.
Graves, Joseph L., 1955-
The race myth : why we pretend race exists in America / Joseph L. Graves,Jr.
305.8 Ham.
Hamilton, Martha McNeil.
Black and white and red all over : the story of a friendship / Martha McNeil Hamilton and Warren Brown.
305.8 Hen.
Hendrickson, Paul, 1944-
Sons of Mississippi : a story of race and its legacy / Paul Hendrickson.
305.8 Vin.
Vine, Phyllis, 1945-
One man's castle : Clarence Darrow in defense of the American dream / Phyllis Vine.
305.8 Whi.
White supremacy groups / Claire Kreger, book editor.
305.8 Wyn.
Wynter, Leon E.
American skin : pop culture, big business, and the end of white America / Leon E. Wynter.
305.896 Ada.
Adams, Francis D.
Alienable rights : the exclusion of African Americans in a white man's land, 1619-2000 / Francis D. Adams and Barry Sanders.
305.896 Cox.
Cox, Anna-Lisa.
A stronger kinship : one town's extraordinary story of hope and faith / Anna-Lisa Cox.
305.896 Gat.
Gates, Henry Louis.
America behind the color line : dialogues with African Americans / HenryLouis Gates, Jr.
305.896 Ken.
Kennedy, Randall, 1954-
Nigger : The strange career of a troublesome word / Randall Kennedy.
305.896 McW.
McWhorter, John H.
Authentically Black : essays for the Black silent majority / John McWhorter.
305.896 Whi.
Whitewashing race : the myth of a color-blind society / Michael K. Brown... [et al.].
306.09 Lon.
Long, Alecia P., 1966-
The great Southern Babylon : sex, race, and respectability in New Orleans, 1865-1920 / Alecia P. Long.
307.76 Ful.
Fullilove, Mindy Thompson.
Root shock : how tearing up city neighborhoods hurts America, and what we can do about it / Mindy Thompson Fullilove.
323 Bur.
Burns, Stewart.
To the mountaintop : Martin Luther King Jr.'s sacred mission to save America, 1955-1968 / Stewart Burns.
323 Fra.
Fradin, Dennis B.
Fight on! : Mary Church Terrell's battle for integration / Dennis Brindell Fradin & Judith Bloom Fradin.
323.092 Bal.
Baldwin, Lewis V., 1949-
Between cross and crescent : Christian and Muslim perspectives on Malcolm and Martin / Lewis V. Baldwin and Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid.
323.092 Kot.
Kotz, Nick.
Judgment days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the laws that changed America / Nick Kotz.
323.1 Mar.
Marable, Manning, 1950-
The great wells of democracy : the meaning of race in American life / Manning Marable.
323.119 Bra.
Branch, Taylor.
At Canaan's edge : America in the King years, 1965-68 / Taylor Branch.
323.119 Rep.
Reporting civil rights : American journalism 1941-1963.
323.119 Rep.
Reporting civil rights : American journalism 1963-1973.
323.1196 Boy.
Boyd, Herb, 1938-
We shall overcome / Herb Boyd ; narrated by Ossie Davis & Rudy Dee.
323.173 Wil.
Williams, Juan.
My soul looks back in wonder : voices of the civil rights experience / Juan Williams ; foreword David Halberstam ; afterword Marian Wright Edelman.
326 Wil.
Wills, Garry, 1934-
"Negro president" : Jefferson and the slave power / Garry Wills.
331.88 Tye.
Tye, Larry.
Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class / Larry Tye.
335.089 Voi.
Voices of the Buffalo Soldier : records, reports, and recollections of military life and service in the West / [edited by] Frank N. Schubert.
344.0798 Cot.
Cottrol, Robert J.
Brown v. Board of Education : caste, culture, and the constitution / Robert J. Cottrol, Raymond T. Diamond, and Leland B. Ware.
344.0798 Klu.
Kluger, Richard.
Simple justice : the history of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's struggle for equality / Richard Kluger.
345.025 Boy.
Boyle, Kevin, 1960-
Arc of justice : a saga of race, rights, and murder in the Jazz Age / Kevin Boyle.
364.134 Dra.
Dray, Philip.
At the hands of persons unknown : the lynching of Black America / PhilipDray.
364.1523 Bro.
Brown, Elaine, 1943-
The condemnation of Little B / Elaine Brown.
394.089 Kim.
Kimble-Ellis, Sonya.
Traditional African American arts and activities / Sonya Kimble-Ellis.
398.2 Fro.
From my people : 400 years of African American folklore / edited by Daryl Cumber Dance.
610.92 Dav.
Davis, Sampson.
The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream / Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt ; with Lisa Frazier Page.
781.64 Won.
Wondrich, David.
Stomp and swerve : American music gets hot, 1843-1924 / David Wondrich.
781.65 Sau.
Saul, Scott.
Freedom is, freedom ain't : jazz and the making of the sixties / Scott Saul.
810.9 Hil.
Hill, Laban Carrick.
Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.
813.54 HAMILTON, V.
Marinelli, Deborah A.
Virginia Hamilton / Deborah A. Marinelli.
813.54 MYERS.
Burshtein, Karen.
Walter Dean Myers / Karen Burshtein.
814 In.
In search of Hannah Crafts : critical essays on The bondwoman's narrative / Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Hollis Robbins, eds.
818.52 HUGHES.
Haugen, Brenda.
Langston Hughes : the voice of Harlem / by Brenda Haugen.
920.0092 Wea.
A wealth of wisdom : legendary African American elders speak / edited byCamille O. Cosby and Renee Poussaint ; portraits by Howard L. Bingham.
920.71 Bla.
Black men in their own words / edited by Patricia Mignon Hinds with Susan L. Taylor ; foreword by Ed Lewis ; introduction by Clarence O. Smith.
940.54 Moo.
Moore, Christopher, 1952-
Fighting for America : black soldiers, the unsung heroes of World War II/ Christopher Paul Moore.
940.5421 Abd.
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
Brothers in arms : the epic story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's forgotten heroes / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton.
973.049 Fre.
Freedom on my mind : the Columbia documentary history of the African American experience / Manning Marable, general editor ; Nishani Frazier and John McMillian, assistant editors.
973.049 Gre.
Greene, Meg.
Into the land of freedom : African Americans in Reconstruction / Meg Greene.
973.049 Hor.
Horton, James Oliver.
Slavery and the making of America / James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton.
973.311 Blu.
Blumrosen, Alfred W.
Slave nation : how slavery united the colonies & sparked the American Revolution / Alfred W. Blumrosen and Ruth G. Blumrosen ; introduction by Eleanor Holmes Norton.
973.7 Han.
Hansen, Joyce.
Freedom roads : searching for the Underground Railroad / Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan.
973.7092 Fre.
Freedom's journey : African American voices of the Civil War / edited byDonald Yacovone.
973.7115 Fle.
Fleeing for freedom : stories of the Underground Railroad / as told by Levi Coffin and William Still ; edited with an introduction by George and Willene Hendrick.
973.8 Fon.
Foner, Eric.
Forever free : the story of emancipation and reconstruction / Eric Foner; illustrations edited and with commentary by Joshua Brown.
974.461 Mit.
Mitchell, John Hanson.
Looking for Mr. Gilbert : the reimagined life of an African American / John Hanson Mitchell.
974.71 Lep.
Lepore, Jill, 1966-
New York burning : liberty, slavery, and conspiracy in eighteenth-century Manhattan / Jill Lepore.
975 Gui.
Guinn, Jeff.
Our land before we die : the proud story of the Seminole Negro / Jeff Guinn.
975 Hah.
Hahn, Steven, 1951-
A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration / Steven Hahn.
975.3 Bar.
Barber, Lucy G. (Lucy Grace), 1964-
Marching on Washington : the forging of an American political tradition / Lucy G. Barber.
975.53 Ely.
Ely, Melvin Patrick.
Israel on the Appomattox : a southern experiment in Black freedom from 1790s through the Civil War / Melvin Patrick Ely.
BIO ALI, M.
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-
The soul of a butterfly : reflections on life's journey / Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali ; photographs by Howard Bingham.
BIO ANDERSON, M.
Freedman, Russell.
The voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights / by Russell Freedman.
BIO ANGELOU, M.
Angelou, Maya.
A song flung up to heaven / Maya Angelou.
BIO BATES, D.
Fradin, Judith Bloom.
The power of one : Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine / by Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Brindell Fradin.
BIO BECKNELL, C.
Becknell, Charles Edward, 1941-
No challenge, no change : growing up Black in New Mexico / Charles E. Becknell, Sr.
BIO BECKWOURTH, J.
Gregson, Susan R.
James Beckwourth : mountaineer, scout, and pioneer / by Susan R. Gregson.
BIO BROWN, C.
Keep, Linda Lowery.
One more valley, one more hill : the story of Aunt Clara Brown / Linda Lowery.
BIO CARMICHAEL, S.
Carmichael, Stokely.
Ready for revolution : the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) / Stokely Carmichael ; with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell.
BIO CARTER, R.
Carter, Robert L., 1917-
A matter of law : a memoir of struggle in the cause of equal rights / Robert L. Carter.
BIO COHEN, J.
Cohen, Janet Langhart.
From rage to reason : my life in two Americas / Janet Langhart Cohen with Alexander Kopelman.
BIO COOKE, S.
Guralnick, Peter.
Dream boogie : the triumph of Sam Cooke / Peter Guralnick.
BIO DAVIS, S.
Haygood, Wil.
In black and white : the life of Sammy Davis, Jr. / Wil Haygood.
BIO GIBSON, A.
Gormley, Beatrice.
Althea Gibson : young tennis player / by Beatrice Gormley ; illustrated by Meryl Henderson.
BIO GIBSON, A.
Gray, Frances Clayton, 1943-
Born to win : the authorized biography of Althea Gibson / Frances Clayton Gray, Yanick Rice Lamb ; foreword by Bill Cosby ; afterword by Venus Williams.
BIO HEIGHT, D.
Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-
Open wide the freedom gates : a memoir / Dorothy Height ; with a foreword by Maya Angelou.
BIO HOUSE, C.
Berry, Mary Frances.
My face is black is true : Callie House and the struggle for ex-slave reparations / Mary Frances Berry.
BIO HURSTON, Z.
Boyd, Valerie.
Wrapped in rainbows : the life of Zora Neale Hurston / Valerie Boyd.
BIO HURSTON, Z.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Zora Neale Hurston : a life in letters / collected and edited by Carla Kaplan.
BIO JACKSON, J.
Timmerman, Kenneth R.
Shakedown! : exposing the real Jesse Jackson / Kenneth R. Timmerman.
BIO JACOBS, H.
Yellin, Jean Fagan.
Harriet Jacobs : a life / Jean Fagan Yellin.
BIO KING, M.
Brown, Adele Q.
Martin Luther King, Jr. / by Adele Q. Brown.
BIO KING, M.
0 Hansen, Drew W.
The dream : King at Washington / Drew D. Hansen.
BIO LEE, S.
Aftab, Kaleem.
Spike Lee : that's my story and I'm sticking to it / as told to Kaleem Aftab.
BIO LINCOLN, M.
Fleischner, Jennifer.
Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly : the remarkable story of the friendship between a first lady and a former slave / Jennifer Fleischner.
BIO MCGHEE, F.
Nelson, Paul David, 1941-
Fredrick L. McGhee : a life on the color line, 1861-1912 / Paul D. Nelson ; foreword by David Levering Lewis.
BIO RICE, C.
Ryan, Bernard, 1923-
Condoleeza Rice : national security advisor and musician / Bernard Ryan,Jr.
BIO RUSTIN, B.
D'Emilio, John.
Lost prophet : the life and times of Bayard Rustin / John D'Emilio.
BIO SHABAZZ, B.
Rickford, Russell John.
Betty Shabazz : a remarkable story of survival and faith before and after Malcolm X / Russell J. Rickford ; foreword by Myrlie Evers-Williams.
BIO THURMOND, S.
Washington-Williams, Essie Mae, 1925-
Dear senator : a memoir by the daughter of Strom Thurmond / Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem.
BIO TUBMAN, H.
Clinton, Catherine, 1952-
Harriet Tubman : the road to freedom / Catherine Clinton.
BIO TYSON, T.
Tyson, Timothy B.
Blood done sign my name : a true story / Timothy B. Tyson.
BIO WALKER, A.
White, Evelyn C., 1954-
Alice Walker : a life / Evelyn C. White.
BIO WALKER, C.
Lowry, Beverly.
Her dream of dreams : the rise and triumph of Madam C.J. Walker / Beverly Lowry.
CAS spoken 398.2 Hur.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Every tongue got to confess [sound recording] / by Zora Neale Hurston.
CAS spoken 940.5314 Bes.
Beschloss, Michael R.
The conquerors [sound recording] : [Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945] / Michael Beschloss.
CAS spoken Fiction McBride, J.
McBride, James, 1957-
Miracle at St. Anna [sound recording] / James McBride.
CAS spoken Fiction Morrison, T.
Morrison, Toni.
Love [sound recording] / Toni Morrison.
CAS spoken Fiction Mosley, W.
Mosley, Walter.
Devil in a blue dress. Spanish.
CAS spoken Fiction Naslund, S.
Naslund, Sena Jeter.
Four spirits [sound recording] / by Sena Jeter Naslund.
CAS spoken Mystery Johansen, I.
Johansen, Iris.
Body of lies [sound recording] / by Iris Johansen.
CAS spoken Mystery Mosley, W.
Mosley, Walter.
Fear itself [sound recording] / Walter Mosley.
CAS spoken Mystery Patterson, J.
Patterson, James, 1947-
The big bad wolf [sound recording] / by James Patterson.
CD music 789.7 Cot.
Cotten, Elizabeth.
Shake sugaree [sound recording] / Elizabeth Cotton.
CD spoken BIO ANGELOU, M.
Angelou, Maya.
A song flung up to heaven [sound recording] / by Maya Angelou.
CD spoken Fiction Bearden, R.
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988.
Li'l Dan, the drummer boy [sound recording] : a Civil War story / by Romare Bearden ; read by Maya Angelou.
CD spoken Fiction Codell, E.
Codell, Esm{226}e Raji, 1968-
Sahara Special [sound recording] / Esm{226}e Raji Codell.
CD spoken Fiction Curtis, C.
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Bucking the Sarge [sound recording] / Christopher Paul Curtis.
CD spoken Fiction Hazzard, S.
Hazzard, Shirley, 1931-
The great fire [sound recording] / Shirley Hazzard.
CD spoken Fiction Lee, T.
Lee, Tonya Lewis.
Gotham diaries [sound recording] / Tonya Lewis Lee, Crystal McCrary Anthony.
CD spoken Fiction Morrison, T.
Morrison, Toni.
Tar baby [sound recording] / by Toni Morrison.
CD spoken Fiction Mosley, W.
Mosley, Walter.
The man in my basement [sound recording] / Walter Mosley.
CD spoken Fiction Patterson, J.
Patterson, James, 1947-
London bridges [sound recording] / James Patterson.
CD spoken Mystery Deaver, J.
Deaver, Jeffery.
The twelfth card [sound recording] / by Jeffery Deaver.
CD spoken Mystery Johansen, I.
Johansen, Iris.
Countdown [sound recording (CD)] / Iris Johansen.
CD spoken Mystery Mosley, W.
Mosley, Walter.
Little Scarlet [sound recording] / Walter Mosley.
CD spoken Mystery Patterson, J.
Patterson, James, 1947-
The big bad wolf [sound recording] / James Patterson.
CD spoken Mystery Pelecanos, G.
Pelecanos, George P.
Hard revolution [sound recording] / George P. Pelecanos.
DVD 305.896 Ame.
America beyond the color line [videorecording] / a Wall to Wall Television production for PBS and BBC ; written and presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; directors, Dan Percival and Mary Crisp.
DVD 379.26 Cla.
A class divided [videorecording] / a production of Yale University Filmsfor Frontline ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH Boston ; producer-director, William Peters ; writers, William Peters, Charlie Cobb.
DVD 920.93 Unc.
Unchained memories [videorecording] : readings from the slave narratives/ an HBO Documentary Film in association with the Library of Congress ; producers, Jacqueline Glover, Thomas Lennon ; writer, Mark Jonathan Harris ; directors, Ed Bell, Thomas Lennon.
DVD 929.2 Roo.
Roots [videorecording] / a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television ; producer, Stan Margulies ; written for television by William Blinn ... [et al.] ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky ... [et al.].
DVD 940.544 Tus.
The Tuskegee airmen [videorecording] / Rubicon Productions ; produced and directed by W. Drew Perkins and Bill Reifenberger.
DVD 973.049 His.
The history makers. Volume 1, Success [videorecording] / a Simmons Lathan Media Group production in association with the Historymakers ; directed by Prentice Smith ; written, directed & produced by Nancy Oey.
DVD 973.049 His.
The history makers. Volume 2, Faith [videorecording] / Russell Simmons Higher Self Series presents.
DVD 973.049 His.
The history makers. Volume 3, Courage [videorecording] / Russell SimmonsHigher Self Series presents.
DVD 973.7 Und.
Underground Railroad [videorecording] / produced by Triage, Inc. for theHistory Channel ; producer, Susan Michaels.
DVD 973.8 Rec.
Reconstruction [videorecording] : the second Civil War / original concept developed by Paul Taylor ; WGBH Boston.
DVD BIO JOHNSON, J.
Unforgivable blackness [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Jack Johnson / a Florentine Films productions ; PBS ; produced by David Schaye, Paul Barnes, Ken Burnes ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; a film directed by Ken Burns.
DVD BIO KING, M.
Citizen King [videorecording] / a ROJA Productions film for American experience ; in association with the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker ; executive producer, Mark Samuels.
DVD Fiction Amazing.
Amazing Grace [videorecording] / Great Plains National Instructional Television Library and WNED-TV.
DVD Fiction Black.
Black and white in color [videorecording] / original screenplay by Georges Conchon and Jean-Jacques Annaud ; produced by Arthur Cohn, Jacques Perrin, Giorgio Silvagni ; director, Jean-Jacques Annaud ; Reggane-S.F.P.-Artco Film Productions.
DVD Fiction Color.
The color purple [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Quincy Jones ; screenplay by Menno Meyjes ; directed by Steven Spielberg.
DVD Fiction Fat.
Fat Albert [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Davis Entertainment Company/SAH Enterprises, Inc. production ; produced by John Davis ; written by William H. Cosby, Jr. & Charles Kipps ; directed by Joel Zwick.
DVD Fiction Like.
Like Mike [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with NBA Entertainment a Heller Highwater/Josephson Entertainment production ; producers, Barry Josephson, Peter Heller ; screenplay writers, Michael Elliot, Jordan Moffet ; director, John Schultz.
DVD Fiction Selma.
Selma, Lord, Selma [videorecording] / the Wonderful World of Disney presents ; producer, Christopher Seitz ; teleplay by Cynthia Whitcomb ; directed by Charles Burnett.
DVD Fiction To.
To kill a mockingbird [videorecording] / screenplay by Horton Foote ; produced by Alan J. Pakula ; directed by Robert Mulligan ; a Universal International presentation of a Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions picture.
VID 323.4 Mig.
Mighty times [videorecording] : the legacy of Rosa Parks / directed by Bobby Houston ; produced by Robert Hudson.
VID BIO KING, M.
Citizen King [videorecording] / a Roja Productions film for American experience in association with the BBC and WGBH Boston ; produced, directed and written by Orlando Bagwell and W. Noland Walker.
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