Baker, Houston A.
Long Black Song
. A collection of essays in black American literature and culture.
Baldwin, James.
Notes of a Native Son
. A collection of essays by Baldwin.
Bennett, Lerone.
From Slavery to Freedom
. Comprehensive history of the black man in America from slavery to the civil rights era.
Broderick, Frances L. and Meir, August.
Negro Protest Thought in the Twentieth Century
. Analysis and examples of black political thought in the twentieth century.
Bronz, Stephen.
Roots of Negro Racial Consciousness: Th
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1920’s Harlem Renaissance
. Studies writers of the Harlem Renaissance. James Weldon Johnson, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay.
Carmichael, Stokely and Hamilton, Carles V.
Black Power
. A “political framework” for blacks to organize themselves politically.
Cleaver, Elderidge.
Soul on Ice
. Autobiography of controversial sixties personality.
Duberman, Martin B.
In White America
. History of the black man’s problem with discrimination in America.
DuBois, W. E. B.
The Souls of Black Folks
. History of black Americans which includes the philosophy and opinions of DuBois.
Emanuel, James and Gross, Theodore L.
Dark Symphony
. Anthology of black literature, from early literature to the contemporary artists.
Finklestein, Milton, Sandifer, Jawn A. and Wright, Elfreda.
Minorities
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USA
. Explores the problems facing minority groups, looks at history and culture of different ethnic groups.
Greenlee, Sam.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door.
A fictionalized account of blacks and politics.
Johnson, James, Weldon.
Black Manhattan
. History of the negro in New York and the New York stage. Sums up the negro experience up to the depression.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Why We Can’t Wait.
What lies behind the search for civil rights.