Allen, Frederick L.
Only Yesterday
. An informal history of the 1920’s.
Angelou, Maya.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
. Autobiographical sketch of Maya Angelou.
Baldwin, James.
Go Tell It On
the Mountain
. Story of a family told through the flashbacks of the individual, strong religious theme.
Bontemps, Arna.
American Negro Poetry
. Anthology of black poetry.
Chapman, Abraham.
Black Voices
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Anthology of Afro-American Literature
. Anthology of black American writings.
DaSilva, Finkelstein, Loshin.
The Afro
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American in United States Histor
y. History test on blacks in U.S. history, short chapters, easily read and understood.
Dennis, Ethel.
The Black People of America
. A comprehensive black history text, good for use with an intermediate class contains many photographs.
Friedman, Louis, F. and Peck, Ira.
Between Two Wars
. American Adventures Program, vol. 3, 1914-1939. U.S. history from 1914-1939.
Giovanni, Nikki.
Gemini
. Autobiography and political sketch about Nikki Giovanni’s life.
Gregory, Dick.
Nigger
. Autobiographical account of Dick Gregory’s early life.
Grier, William, and Cobbs, Price M.
Black Rage
. A psychological study of the disorders blacks suffer as a result of being black in America.
Harris, Leavitt, Furman, Smith.
The Black Book
. A pictoral collage of black sociology in Harlem during the 1920’s-1940’s.
Jones, Leroi and Neal, Lapry.
Black Fire
. Anthology of black literature.
Miller, Ruth.
Blackamerican Literature
. An anthology of black American writers from 1760 to the present.
Sterling, Dorothy, and Quarles, Benjamin.
Lift Every Voice
. Biographical sketches of four black Americans: W.E.B. DuBois, Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington and James Weldon Johnson.