Bates, Daisy.
Thee Long Shadow of Little Rock
. New York: David McKay Company, 1962. Personal account of events in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 around the desegregation struggle.
Clandinen, Dudley. “Ruling on School Integration Key Target For Conservatives.”
New York Times
(May 17, l982): A1:1-2. An article about the recent growth of the Conservatives’ control of the executive branch, the Senate and the House and their attack on the Federal Courts.
Coles, Robert.
Children of Crisis
. New York: A Delta Book, 1967. A psychiatrist’s personal account of the effects of the desegregation struggle on both Black and White children. A warm, humane discussion.
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Farewell to the South
. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1972. A further discussion on the effects of desegregation on the people of the South.
DuBois, W.E.B.
The Souls of Black Folk in Three Negro Classics
. New York: Avon Books, 1965. Sensitive presentation of the issues for Blacks at the turn of the century. DuBois fought for equal rights and opportunities for people of color as the leader of the NAACP.
Johnson, James Weldon.
Autobiography of an ex-colored man in Three Negro Classics
. New York: Avon Books, 1965. The life of a Black man who “passed” in the America of the 1920s and’30s. Easy to read and very powerful.
Terkel, Studs.
Hard Times
. New York: Avon Books, 1970. Collection of interviews with people about their lives during the depression. Interesting and personal.
Washington, Booker T.
Up From Slavery in Three Negro Classics
. New York: Avon Books, 1965. Washington’s presentation of his view of the need for Blacks to work for economic opportunities before the political struggle can be realized.
Wright, Richard.
Black Boy
. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Wright’s childhood in the Jim Crow South. Intense and human.
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Uncle Tom’s Children
. New York: Harper and Row, 1937. A collection of stories about growing up Black in the Jim Crow South.
