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African American Culture: A Retrospective Reading List to 2004

Arts and Music | Biography | Civil Rights, Politics & Race Relations | Food/Health | History | Legal/Law | Literature and Poetry |Money/Finance/Work | Psychology and Religion | Social Life & Customs |Sports

Arts and Music

• Bearden, Romare. A History of African - American Artists: From 1792 to the Present. Pantheon Books, 1993. 704.0396073 B38h.
• Black Art Ancestral Legacy: the African Impulse in African - American Art. Dallas Museum of Art, 1989. 709.039607307473 B561b.
• Benberry, Cuesta. Always There: The African - American Presence in American Quilts. Kentucky Quilt Project, 1992. 746.9708996073 B431a.
• Bowman, Rob. Soulville U.S.A: The Story of STAX Records. Schirmer Trade Books, 1997. 781.6430976819 B684s
  A Century of African American Art: the Paul R. Jones Collection. ed. by Amalia K. Amaki.. Rutgers University, 2004 704.0396073007474932 C333c
• Davis, Francis. The History of the Blues. Hyperion, 1995. 781.64309 D292h.
• Goudsouzian, Aram. Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 791.43028092 P756g
• Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America. Studio Museum in Harlem, 1987, 1994. 704.039607307471 H226ha.
• Henkes, Robert. The Art of Black American Women: Works of Twenty-Four Artistis of the Twentieth Century. McFarland, 1993. 704.04209730904 H389a.
• Lichtenstein, Grace. Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans. Norton, 1993. 780.976335 L617m.
• Lomax, Alan. The Land Where the Blues Began. Pantheon, 1993. 781.643097624 L837l.
• McElroy, Guy C. African American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection. Smithsonian, 1989. 704.03930730074 M154a.
• Morgan, Thomas. From Cakewalks to Concert Halls: An Illustrated History of African-American Popular Music from 1895 to 1930. Elliott & Clark, 1992. 781.6408996073 M823f.
• Murray, Albert. Stomping the Blues. McGraw Hill, 1976. 784 M96s.
• Nathan, David. Soulful Divas. Waston-Guptill/Billboard, 1999. 782.42164092396073 N195s
• Parks, Gordon. Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective. Bulfinch Press, 1997. 770.92 P236ph
• Patton, Sharon F. African-American Art. Oxford University Press, 1998. 704.0396073 P278a
• Powell, Richard J. To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historical Black Colleges and Universities.. Addison Gallery of American Art, 1999. 704.03960730074 P871t.
• Rose, Tricia. Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Univ. Press of New England, 1994. 782.42164 R72b.
• Southern, Eileen. The Music of Black Americans: A History. W.W. Norton, 1997. 780.8996073 So88m3.
• Stuckey, Sterling. Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African-American Art in History. Oxford Univ. Press, 1994. 700.8996073 St93g.
• Taha, Halima. Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas. Crown, 1998. 760.8996075 T13c.
• Tracy, Robert. Ailey Spirit: The Journey of an American Dance Company. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 2004. 792.80973 Ai52a
• Wald, Elijah. Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues. Amistad, 2004. 782.421643092 J636w
• Wallace, Michele. Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory. Verso, 1990. 305.48896073 W155i.
• Watson, Steven. The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930. Pantheon, 1995. 700.899607307471 W337h.
• Werner, Craig Hansen. A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race, & The Soul of America. Plume, 1998. 780.8996073 W495c.

Biography

• Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Chelsea House, 1969. 818.5409 An43zm.
• Ashe, Arthur. Days of Grace: A Memoir. Knopf, 1993. 796.342092 As35a.
• Bragg, Janet Harmon. Soaring Above Setbacks: Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg, African Aviator. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. 629.13092 B73b.
• Brazile, Donna. Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. Simon & Schuster, 2004. 324.7092 B739b
• Campbell, James. Exiled in Paris: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett and Others on the Left Bank. Scribner, 1995. 813.52 W935zc.
• Cary, Lorene. Black Ice. Knopf, 1991. 373.18296073 C259b.
• De Veax, Alexis. Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde. W.W. Norton, 2004. 811.54 L884d
• Frady, Marshall. Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson. Random House, 1996. 973.927092 J135f.
• Franklin, V.P. Living Our Stories, Telling Our Truths: Autobiography and the Making of the African American Intellectual Tradition. Scribner, 1995. 920.009296073 F854l.
• Garrow, David. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Morrow, 1986. 323.40924 K585g.
• Gates, Henry Louis. Colored People: A Memoir. Vintage Books, 1995. 975.400496073092 G223co.
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Bearing Witness: Selections from African-American Autobiography in the Twentieh Century. Pantheon, 1991. 920.009296073 B38b.
• Goldman, Roger L and Gallen, David. Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All. Carroll & Graf, 1992. 347.732634 M358go.
• Haley, Alex. Roots. Doubleday, 1976. 929.20973 H137ha.
• Hamilton, Charles V. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American Dilemma. Antheneum, 1991. 973.92092 P871h.
• Hurston, Lucy and The Estate of Zora Neale Hurston. Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Doubleday, 2004. 813.52 H946zhs
• Lanker, Brian. I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1999. 920.7208996073 L275i 1999.
• Larson, Kate Clifford. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Ballantine, Books, 2004. 305.567092 T79l
• Lewis, David. W. E. B. Du Bois - Biography of a Race, 1868-1919. Holt, 1993. 973.04960730092 D852l.
• Lewis, John. Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement. Simon & Schuster, 1998. 328.73092 L587L.
• Manis, Andrew Michael. A Fire Your Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttleworth. Univ. of Alabama Press, 1999. 305.8960730761781 M314f.
• McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America. Random, 1994. 305.3896073092 M124m.
• McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass. Norton, 1991. 973.7092 D747m.
• Morgan, Joan. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: My Life as a Hip Hop Feminist. Simon & Schuster, 1999. 973.04960730092 M822m.
• Nazer, Mede. Slave: My True Story. Public Affairs, 2004. 306.362092 N237n
• Potter, Joan. African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumps of Blacks in America. Pinto Press, 1994. 973.0496 P853a.
• Ringgold, Faith. We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold. Little, Brown, 1995. 709.2 R473r.
• Robinson, Randall. Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America.. Dutton, 1998. 973.04960730092 R566r.
• Schwerin, Jules. Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel. Oxford Univ. Press, 1992. 782.25 J136s.
• Simone, Nina. I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone. Pantheon, 1991. 782.42164092 Si56s.
• Tyson, Timothy B. Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power. University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 975.6755 T988r
• Wald, Elijah. Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues. Amistad, 2004. 782.421643092 J636w
• White, Alice. Alice Walker: A Life. W.W. Norton, 2004. 813.54 W152zw
• Watkins, Mel. Dancing with Strangers: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster, 1998. 977.139004960730092 W326w
• We'll Understand It Better By and By: Pioneeing African American Gospel Composers. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. 782.25 W369w.
• X, Malcolm and Haley, Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Ballantine, 1992. 305.896073 X1au
• Yellin, Jean Fagan. Harriet Jacobs: A Life. Basic Civitas Books, 2004. 306.362092 J152y

Civil Rights, Politics & Race Relations

• Anderson, Jervis. Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen: A Biography. HarperCollins, 1997. 323.092 R928a.
• Baker, Houston A., Jr. Turning South: Re-Thinking Modernism /Re-Thinking Booker T. Washington. Duke, 2001.
• Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. Modern Library, 1995. 305.896073 B193f.
• Baldwin, James. Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son. Dial, 1961. 1978. 326 B19n.
• Beals, Melba. White is a State of Mine: A Memoir. Putnam’s Books, 1999. 379.2630976773 B368w.
• Beals, Melba. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rocks's Central High. Pocket Books, 1994. 370.19342 B368w.
• Boyd, Herb. We Shall Overcome: A Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle Told in Words, Pictures, and the Voices of the Participants. Sourcebooks, 2004. 323.1196073009046 B692w
• Branch, Taylor. Parting the Waters, 1954-1963 (America in the King Years). Simon & Schuster, 1988. 973.0496073 B732a.
• Brazile, Donna.  Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. Simon & Schuster, 2004. 324.7092 B739b
• Campbell, Clarice T. Civil Rights Chronicle: Letters from the South. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1997. 323.1196073 C152c
• Civil Rights Decisons of the United States Supreme Court: the 20th Century. Excellent Books, 1994. 342.73085 C499civ.
• Chappel, David L. A Stone of Hope : Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow. University of North Carolina Press, 2004. 323.1196073 C368s
• Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on Ice. McGraw Hill, 1968. 301.451 C58s.
• Collins, Rodnell P. Seventh Child: A Family Memoir of Malcolm X. Carol Publishing, 1998. 320.54092 X1cs
• Davis, Townsend. Weary Feet, Rested Souls: A Guided History of the Civil Rights Movement. W.W. Norton, 1998. 973.0496073 D298w.
• Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. Greenwood Press, 1992. Reference 305.896073 En19e.
• Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954-1990. Penguin, 1991. 973.0496073 Ey36e.
• Fanon, Frantz. Black Skin, White Masks. Grove Press, 1967, 1988. 301.451 F21b.
• Franks, Gary. Searching for the Promised Land: An African American's Optimistic Odyssey. ReganBooks, 1996. 328.73092 F855f.
• Grant, Joanne. Ella Baker: Freedom Bound. Wiley, 1998. 323.092 B172g.
• Holland, Endesha Ida Mae. From the Mississippi Delta: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster, 1997. 976.246 H719h
• Honey, Michael Keith. Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism, and the Freedom Struggle. University of California Press, 1999. 331.6396073 H757b
• Hopson, Darlene. Different and Wonderful: Raising Black Children in a Race-Conscious Society. Prentice Hall, 1990. 305.2308996073 H779d.
• King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Warner Books, 1998. 323.092 K585ki.
• King, Martin Luther, Jr. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community. Harper, 1967, Beacon Press, 1968. 301.451 K58w. Also, 305.896073 K585w.
• King, Martin Luther, Jr. Why We Can't Wait. Harper Row, 1963, NAL, 1964. 301.451 K58. Also, 323 K585w.
• Lincoln, C. Eric. Coming Through the Fire: Surviving Race and Place in America. Duke Univ. Press, 1996. 305.800973 L638c.
• Mills, Kay. This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hammer. Dutton, 1993. 973.049607302 H178m.
• One America in the 21st Century: Forging a New Future: The President's Initiative on Race. Advisory Board to the President’s Initiative, 1998. 305.800973 On2o.
• Payne, Charles M. I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: the Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle. Univ. of California Press, 1995. 323.09762 P293i.
• Posner, Gerald. Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Random House, 1998. 364.1524092 K585p.
• Schulke, Flip. He Had Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. Norton, 1995. 323.092 L585s.
• Smith Elaine M. Mary McLeon Bethune and the National Council of Negro Women: Pursuing a True and Unfettered Democracy. Alabama State University, 2003. 323.092 B465s
• Vollers, Maryanne. Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of  Medgar Evers, Trials of Byron De La Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South. Little, Brown, 1995. 364.1524092 Ev27v.
• West, Cornell. Democracy Matters: Wining the Fight Against Imperialism. Penguin Press, 2004. 321.8 W52d
• White, Deborah G. Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves, 1894-1994. W.W. Norton, 1999. 305.48896073006 W582t.
• Witness for Freedom: African-American Voices on Race, Slavery, and Emancipation. Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1993. 973.7114 W781w.
• Young, Andrew. An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America. HarperCollins, 1996. 323.092 Y84y.

Food/Health

• Angelou, Maya. Hallelujah! the Welcome Table: a Lifetime of Memories with Recipes. Randon House, 2004.
  641.5973 An43h
• Gavin, James R. Dr. Gavin's Health Guide for African Americans. Small Steps Press, 2004. 613.08996073 G245d
• Health and Healing for African-Americans: Straight Talk and Tips from More Than 150 Black Doctors on Our Top Health Concerns. Rodale Press, 1997. 613.08996073 H349h.
• Mitchell, Stacey Ann. Livin' Large: African American Sisters Confront Obesity. Hilton Publishing, 2004. 616.398008996073 M695l
• National Council of Negro Women. the Black Family Reunion Bookbook: Recipes and Food Memories. Simon & Schuster, 1993 . 641.59296073 B561b
• Sullivan, Andrea. A Path to Healing: A Guide to Wellness for Body, Mind, and Soul. .Doubleday, 1998. 615.535 Su53p.
• White, Joyce. Soul Food: Recipes and Reflections from African- American Churches. Morrow, 1998. 641.59296073 W584s
• Woods, Sylvia. Sylvia's Soul Food: Recipes from Harlem's World Famous Restaurant. Hearst Books, 1992. 641.59296073 W868sy

History

• Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Basic Civitas Books, 1999. Ref. 909.0496003 Af83a.
• Asante, Molefi K. and Mattson, Mark T. The African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture-An Illustrated Reference. .Macmillan USA, 1998. 973.0496073 As13a.
• Bitter Fruit: African-American Women in World War II. Honey/ Maureen, ed. Univ. of Missouri Press, 1999. 940.5403 B548b.
• Blight, David. W., ed. Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory. Smithsonian, 2004. 973.7115 P265p
• Carroll, Rebecca. Saving the Race: Conversations on DuBois from a Collective on Souls. Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, 2004.
• Chase, Henry. In Their Footsteps: The American Visions Guide to African-American Historical Sites. Holt, 1994. 917.304929 C386i.
• Christian, Charles Melvin. Black Saga: The African-American Experience. Houghton, 1995. 973.049607300202 C462b.
• Cone, James H. Martin & Malcolm & America: A  Dream or a Nightmare. Orbis, 1991. 973.0496073022 C756m.
• Crouch, Stanley. Always in Pursuit: Fresh American Perspectives, 1995-1997. Pantheon Books, 1998. 973.92 C884a.
• Davidson, Basil. The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State. Times Books, 1992. 320.96 D281b.
• Du Bois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism. W.W. Norton, 1999. 973.0496073 D852so.
• Franklin, John Hope. Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation , 1790-1860. Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. 975.00496 F854r.
• French, Scot. A Rebellious Slave: Nat Turner in the American Memory. Moughton Mifflin, 2004. 975.55503092 T855f
• Gaines, Kevin Kelly. Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics and Culture in the Twentieth Century. Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1996. 973.0496073 G127u.
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. African American Lives. Oxford University Press, 2004. Ref. 920.009296073 Af83a
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ed. Pioneers of the Black Atlantic: Five Slave Narratives from the Enlightenment, 1772-1815. Civitas, 1998. 973.0496073 P659p.
• A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army, 1861-1865. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992. 973.74150922 G762g.
• Hausman, Gerald. African-American Alphabet: A Celebration of African-American and West Indian Culture, Custom, Myth and Symbol. St. Martin’s, 1996. 973.0496073003 H295a.
• Hine, Darlene Clark. A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America. Broadway Books, 1998. 305.48896073 H588s.
• Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Gale, 1991. Reference 973.049607300202 H784c.
• Johnson, Charles Richard. Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. Harcourt Brace, 1998. 973.0496073 J63a.
• Laird, Roland Owen. Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African Americans. W.W. Norton, 1997. 973.049607300207 L144s.
• Lemann, Nicholas. The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America. Knopf, 1991. 973 L541p.
• McCray, Carrie Allen. Freedom's Child: The Life of a Confederate General's Black Daughter. .Algonquin Books, 1998. 973.04960730092 Al54m.
• Moore, Brenda L. To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War 11. New York Univ. Press, 1996. 940.5403 M781t.
• Myers, Walter Dean. One More River to Cross: An African-American Photograph Album. Harcourt Brace, 1995. 973.0496073 M992o.
• Newman, Richard. Everybody Say Freedom: Everything You Need to Know About African-American History. Plume, 1996. 973.0496073 N467e.
• Picturing U.S.: African-American Indentity  in Photography. New Press, 1994. 770.8996073 P589p.
• Robinson, Randall. Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land. Dutton, 2004. 973.04960730092 R566ro
• Songs of My People: African-Americans: A Self-Portrait. Little, Brown, 1992. 973.049607300222 So58s.
• Stewart, Jeffrey C. 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African-American History. Doubleday, 1996. 973.0496073 St49o.
• Tyson, Timothy B. Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story. Crown Publishers, 2004. 975.653500496073 T988b
• Wamba, Philippee E. Kinship: a Family's Journey in Africa and America. Dutton, 1999. 973.04960730092 W18w
• Wilson, Joseph. The Black Phalanx: African-American Soldiers in the War of Independence , the War of 1812 adn the Civil War. DaCapo Press, 1994. 973.7415 W694b.

Legal/Law

• Bell, Derrick. Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform. Oxford University Press, 2004. 344.730798 B413s
• Boyle, Kevin. Arc of Justice: a Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age. H. Holt, 2004. 346.73025230977434 B697a
• Foskett, Ken. Judging Thomas: the Life and Times of Clarence Thomas. Morrow, 2004. 347.732634 T361f
• Olgetree, Charles J. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v Board of Education. W.W. Norton, 2004. 342.730873 Og5a
• Weiner, Mark S. Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste. Knopf, 2004. 342.730873 W431b

Literature & Poetry

• African-Amerian Writers. C. Scribner's Sons, 1991. Reference 810.9896073 Af83a.
• Ancestral House: The Black Short Story in the Americas and Europe. Westview Press, 1995. (Fiction).
• Angelou, Maya. A Brave and Startling Truth. Random House, 1995. 811.54 An43b.
• Baldwin, James. The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985. St. Martin's, 1985. 814.54 B193p.
• Bambara, Toni Cade. Deep Sightings and Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays and Criticism. Pantheon Books, 1996. 813.54 B219d.
• Bell, Bernard. The Contemporary African American Novel: Its Folk Roots and Modern Literary Branches. University of  Massachusetts, 2004. 813.509896073 B413c
• Beloved Harlem: A Literary Tribute to Black  America's Most Famous Neighborhood, From the Classis to the Contemporary. ed. by William H. Banks, Jr. Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, 2004. 810.8097471 B418a
• Black Southern Voices: An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Nonfiction and Critical Essays. Meridian, 1992. 810.80896073075 B561b.
• Bolden, B. J. Urban Rage in Bronzeville: Social Commentary in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks, 1945-1960. Third World Press, 1999. 811.54 B791zb.
• Branch, William B. Black Thunder: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Drama. Mentor, 1992. 812.54080896073 B561b.
• Brooks, Gwendolyn. Blacks. Third World Press, 1991. c. 1987. 811.54 B791b.
• Brown, Sterling Allen. A Son 's Return: Selected Essays of Sterling A. Brown. Northeastern Univ. Press, 1996. 973.0497 B815s.
• Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories. Harper, 1993. (Fiction).
• Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleep: An Anthology of  Poetry by African- Americans Since 1945. Little, Brown, 1994. 811.54080896073 Ev27e.
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and Hollis Robbins, eds. In Search of Hannah Crafts: Critical Essays on the Bondwoman's Narrative. Basic Civitas Books, 2004. 813.3 C842zi
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and Nellie McKay, eds. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. .W.W. Norton, 1997. 810.80896073 N821n.
• Gates, Henry Louis. Reading Black, Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology. Meridian, 1990. 810.9352042 R227r.
• Giovanni, Nikki. Racism 101. Morrow, 1994. 811.54 G439r.
• Giovanni, Nikki. The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni. William Morrow and Co., 1996. 811.54 G439s.
• Giovanni, Nikki, ed. Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems. Holt, 1996. 811.5080928308996073 Sh62s.
• Goss, Linda and Clay Goss, eds. Jump Up and Say!: A Collection of Black Storytelling.. Simon & Schuster, 1995 (Fiction).
• Griffin, Farah Jasmine. "Who Set You Flowin’?": The African-American Migration Narrative. Oxford Univ. Press, 1995. 813.009895073 G875w.
• Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. Words of Fire: An Anthology: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought. New Press, 1995. 305.4208996073 W891w.
• Hughes, Langston. The Langston Hughes Reader. G. Braziller, 1958. 820.8 H87.
• I Hear a  Symphony: African-Americans Celebrate Love. Doubleday, 1994. 810.80354 I1i.
• Hurston, Zora Neale. Folklore, Memories and Other Writings. Library of America, 1995. 398.092 H946h.
• In Search of  Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1994. 811.00808960773 In9i.
• Jordan, A. Van. M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A: Poems. W.W. Norton, 2004. 811.6 J761m
• King, Woodie, Jr., ed. The National Black Drama Anthology: Eleven Plays from America's Leading African-American Theaters. Applause, 1995. 812.008896073 N213n.
• The Leroy Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader. Thunder's Mouth Press, 1991. 818.5409 B231l.
• Majors, Clarence, ed. The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-Amrerican Poetry. HarperPerennial, 1996. 811.5080896073 G167g.
• Masterpieces of African-American Literature. HarperCollins, 1992. Reference 810.9896073 M393m.
• Millen, Bill, ed. Revolutionary Tales: African-American Women's Short Stories, from the First Story to the Present. Dell, 1995. (Fiction).
• Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African-American Women. Theatre Communications Group, 1994. 812.540809287 M778m.
• Morrison, Toni. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination. Harvard Univ. Press, 1992. 810.98034 M834p.
• Murray, Albert. Conversations With Albert Murray.. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1997. 813.54 M961zm.
• My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color. Harper, 1993. 081.08996073 M99m.
• Patterson, Lindsay, ed. A Rock Against the Wind: African-American Poems and Letters of Love and Passion. Berkeley, 1996. 811.0080354 R59r.
• Rowell, Charles Henry, ed. Ancestral House: The Black Short Story in the Americas and Europe. Westview Press, 1995. (Fiction)
• Smith, Valerie (editor). African American Writers. Scribner's 1991. Reference 810.9896073 Af83a.
• Streetlights: Illuminating Tales of the Black Urban Experience. Austin, Doris Jean and Martin Simmons, Eds. Penguin, 1996.
• Swenson, May. Nature: Poems Old and New. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. 811.54 Sw42na.
• Three Classic African-American Novels: Clotel, or, the President's Daughter; Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted; The Marrow of Tradition. Vintage Books, 1990. (Fiction).
• Turner, Patricia. I Heard It  Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture.  Univ. of California Press, 1993. 398.08996073 T856i.
• The Unfogetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African-American Women,  1859-1993. Aunt Lute, 1993. (Fiction).
• Walker, Alice. Her Blue Body: Everything We Know , Earthling Poems,  1965-1990. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. 811.54 W151he.
• Washington, Mary Helen. Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers. Doubleday, 1991. 810.8035204 M519m.

Money/Finance/Work

• Daniels, Dora. Black Power Inc. : The New Voice of Success. Wiley, 2004. N4W 658.40908996073 D228b
• Johnson, Michelle T. Working While Black: the Black Person's Guide to Success in the White Workplace. Chicago Review Press, 2004. 650.108996073 J635w
• Khalfani, Lynette. Zero Debt: the Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom. Advantage World Press, 2004. 332.02402 K526z
• Shapiro, Thomas M. The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality.Oxford University Press, 2004. 330.973008996073 Sh22h

Psychology & Religion

• Billingsley, Andrew. Mighty Like a River: the Black Church and Social Reform. Oxford Univ. Press, 1999. 277.308208996073 B496m.
• Canada, Geoffrey. Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America. Beacon Press, 1998. 305.23 C16r.
• Carby, Hazel V. Race Men. Harvard Univ. Press, 1998. 305.38896073 C177r.
• Conversations with God: Two Centuries of Prayers by  African - Americans. HarperCollins, 1994. 242.8008996073 C769c.
• DeCaro, Louis. Malcolm and the Cross: The Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and Christianity. New York Univ. Press, 1998. 297.87 D355m.
• Dyson, Michael. Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism. Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1993. 973.0496073 D995r.
• Edelman, Marian Wright. The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours. Beacon Press, 1992. 649.10973 Ed27m.
• Hooks, Bell. Black Looks:  Race and Representation. South End Press, 1992. 305.48896073 H764b
• Jakes, Bishop T. D. He-Motions [ Even Strong Men Struggle]. Brillance Audio, 2004. 248.842 J211h. (Books on Cassette)
• Lincoln, C. Eric. The Black Church in the African-American Experience. Duke Univ. Press, 1990. 277.30808996073 L638b.
• Lincoln, C. Eric. The Black Muslims in America, 3rd ed. W. B. Eerdsmans, 1994. 297.87 L638b3
• Madhubuti, Haki. Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? The Afrikan American Family in Transition: Essays in Discovery, Solution, and Hope. Third World Press, 1990. 814.54 M264b.
• Perry, Dwight. Breaking Down Barriers: A Black Evangelical Explains the Black Church. Baker Books, 1998. 277.30808996073 P429b.
• Proctor, Samuel D. The Substance of Things Hoped for: A Memoir of African-American Faith. Putnam, 1995. 286.1092 P942p.
• Raboteau, Albert J. A Fire in the Bones: Reflections on African-American Religious History. Beacon Press, 1995. 277.30808996073 R113f.
• Raboteau, Albert J. Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South, Updated ed. Oxford University Press, 2004.. 299.6097609034 R113s
• Scott, Kesho. The Habit of Surviving: Black Women's Strategies for Life. Rutgers Univ. Press, 1991. 305.48896073022 Sco84h.
• Turner, Richard Brent. Islam in the African-American Experience. Indiana Univ. Press, 1997. 297.08996073 T857i.
• Ward, Martha. Voodoo Queen: the Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau. University Press of Mississippi, 2004. 299.675092 L385w
• Wiley, Ralph. Why Black People Tend to Shout: Cold Facts and Wry Views from a Black Man's World. Carol Publishing Group. 1991. 305.896073 W648w.

Social Life & Customs

• Angelo, Maya. Hallelujah! the Welcome Table: A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes. Random House, 2004. 641.5973 An43h
• Beal, Anne C. The Black Parenting Book: Caring for Our Children in the First Five Years. Broadway Books,1999. 649.108996073 B36b.
• Billingsley, Andrew. Climbing Jacob's Ladder: The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families. Simon & Schuster, 1992. 306.850896073 B496c.
• Black Family Reunion Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from the National Council of Negro Women. Simon & Schuster, 1993. 641.59296073B561b
• Boston, Kelvin E. Smart Money Moves for African Americans. Putnam, 1996. 332.0240396073 B657s.
• Copage, Eric V. .Kwanzaa: An African-American Celebration of Culture and Cooking. Morrow, 1991. 641.59296073 C79k.
• Crouch, Stanley. Artificial White Man: Essays on Authenticity. Basic Civitas Books, 2004. 305.8 C8884a
• Dickerson, Debra J. The End of Blackness: Returning the Soul of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners. Pantheon Books, 2004 305.896073 D558e
• Dixon, Barbara M. Good Health for African-American Kids. Crown, 1996. 649.408996073 D643g.
• Fullilove, Mindy. Root Shock: How Tearing Up America's Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It. Ballantine/One World, 2004. 307.760973 F959r
• Gates, Henry Louis. America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans. Warner Books, 2004. 305.896073 B223a
• Hale, Janice. Unbank the Fire: Visions for the Education of African-American Children. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994. 370.08996073 H133u.
• Harris, Jessica B. The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking. Simon & Schuster, 1995. 641.59296073 H242w.
• Hill, Robert Bernard. The Strength of African American Families: Twenty-Five Years Later. Univ. Press of America, 1999. 306.8508996073 H555s.
• Hopson, Darlene Powell. Juba This and Juba That: 100 African-American Games for Children. Simon & Schuster, 1996. 793.096 H779j.
• James, Joy. Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals. Routledge, 1997. 305.896073 J234t.
• Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang. Penguin, 1994. 427.97308996 J872j.
• Kunjufu, Jawanza. Black Economics: Solutions for Economic and Community Empowerment. African American Images, 1991. 338.9008996073 K962b.
• Ladson-Billings, Gloria. The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African-American Children. Jossey-Bass, 1994. 370.8996073 L127d.
• McWhorter, John H. The Word on the Street: Fact and Fable About American English. Plenum Trade, 1998. 420.973 M258w.
• Medearis, Angela. A Kwanzaa Celebration: Festive Recipes and Homemade Gifts from An African-American Kitchen. Dutton, 1995. 641.59296073 M467k.
• Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Three Rivers Press, 2004. 305.8960730092 Ob12o
• Stack, Carol B. Call to Home: African-Amerians Reclaim the Rural South. Basic Books, 1996. 304.808996073 St12c.
• Stone, Robin D. No Secrets, No Lies: How Black Families Can Heal from Sexual Abuse. Broadway Books, 2004. 362.88308996073 St72n
• Stringer, Lee. Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street. Seven Stories Press, 1998. 362.5097471 St86g
• Stringer, Lee. Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life. Seven Stories Press, 2004. 649.153092 St86s 
• Testimony: Young African-Americans on Self-Discovery and Black Identity. Beacon Press, 1995. 305.896073 T176t.
• Thinking Black: Some of the Nations' Best Black Columnist Speak Their Minds. Crown, 1996. 305.896073 T348t.
• Watkins, Mel. On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying and Signifying...: The Underground Traditon of African-American Humor.. Simon & Schuster, 1994. 792.2308996073 W326o.
• Walton-Raji, Angela. Black Indian Genealogy Research. Heritage, 1993. 929.308996 W179b.
• West, Cornel. The Cornel West Reader. Basic Civitas Books, 1999. 305.896073 W52c.
• White, Joseph L. Black Man Emerging: Seizing a Future in America.. W. H. Freeman, 1999. 305.38896073 W584b.
• White, Shane. Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginning to The Zoot Suit. Cornell Univ. Press, 1998. 305.896073 W585s.
• Williams, Juan. I'll Find a Way or Make One: a Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Amistad/Harper Collins, 2004. 378.7308996073 W673i
• Williams, Patricia J. Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own. Farrar, Straus, & Girous, 2004. 070.92 W674w
• Willis, Andre C., ed. Faith of Our Fathers: African-American Men Reflect on Fatherhood. Dutton, 1996. 306.874208996073 F172f.

Sports

• Barkley, Charles. I May be Wrong But I Doubt It. Random House, 2002. 796.323092 B246ba
• Boyd, Todd. Young , Black, Rich & Famous: the Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion and the Transformation of American Culture. Doubleday, 2003. Pop796.3230973 B692y
• Callahan, Tom. In Search of Tiger: A Journey Through Golf with Tiger Woods. Crown, 2003. 796.352092 W867ca
• Holway, John B. Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History. Hastings House Publishers, 2001. 796.3576408996073 H747c
• Robertson, Oscar. Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game. Rodale Press, 2003. 796.323092 R547r
• Taylor, Lawrence. LT Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football. HarperCollins, 2003. 796.33264092 T215t
• Ward, Geoffrey C. Unforgivable Blackness: the Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Knopf, 2004. 796.83092 J633w

For more African-American titles, see our other lists: African-American Culture: Books Published 2005 to present, African-American Fiction, or African Americans in Madison and Dane County.

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