1. Adoff, Arnold.
Brothers and Sisters: Modern Stories by Black Americans
. New York: Macmillan Co., 1970.*
2. Baldwin, James.
Go Tell It On The Mountain
. New York: Laurel, 1981.
3. Brown, Sanford.
Louis Armstrong: Swinging Singing Satchmo
. New York: Franklin Watts, 1993.*
4. Busby, Margaret.
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egypt to the Present
. New York: Pantheon Books, 1996.
5. Coker, Cheo Hodari. “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,” Vibe Magazine, May 1997, pp. 47-50.
6. Cox, Clinton.
The Unforgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers
. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1993.*
7. Dallard, Shirley.
Ella Baker: A Leader Behind The Scenes
. New Jersey: Silver Burdett Press, 1990.*
8. Douglass, Frederick.
My Bondage and My Freedom
. New York: Dover Publications, 1969.
9. Ferris, Jeri.
Go Free or Die, A Story About Harriet Tubman
. Minnesota: Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1988.*
10. Goss, Linda & Marian Barnes.
Talk that Talk: An Anthology of African American Storytelling
. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1989.*
11. Gregson, Bob.
Take Part Art
. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1991.
12. Haskins, James.
Black Music In America
. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987.*
13. Hughes, Langston.
Simple Speaks His Mind
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950.
14. ———.
Simple Takes A Wife
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953.
15. ———.
Simple Takes A Claim
. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Rinehart, 1957.
16. Jeffers, Lance. “Afro-American Literature: The Conscience of Man,” The Black Scholar, January 1971, pp.47-53.
17. Kunkel, P., and A. Kennaid.
Sprout Spring, A Black Community
. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971.
18. Lewis, Claude.
Benjamin Banneker, The Man Who Saved Washington
. New York: McGraw Hill, 1970.*
19. Lyons, Mary E.
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
. New York: Macmillan, 1992.*
20. Mandela, Nelson.
The Struggle Is My Life
. New York: Pathfinder, 1990.
21. Murray, Albert.
Train Whistle Guitar
. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1989.
22. Rubel, David.
Fannie Lou Hamer, From Sharecropping to Politics
. New Jersey: Silver Burdett Press, 1990.*
23. White, Joseph.
The Psychology of Blacks: An Afro-American Perspective
. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1984.
24. Wright, Richard.
Black Boy
. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.
25. Wright, Hughes Roberta.
Lay Down Body: Living History in African American Cemeteries
. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.
* Denotes children’s book.