A History of Pan African Revolt, C.L.R. James, Drum and Spear Press
A History of the American Negro, (In Their Own Words) by Milton Meltzer 1964 Apollo Edition. Vol.’s 1,2, and 3.
Black Magic {a Pictorial History of the Negro in American Entertainment} by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer, Prentice Hall Press
Beyond Category {the Life and genius of Duke Ellington} John Edward Hausse, Da Capo Press.
Eyes On The Prize, {America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965} by Juan Williams, Viking Press.
Lena, {Her Autobiography} by Lena Horne and Richard Schickel, Signet.
Miles {The Autobiography} by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe, Simon and Schuster.
More to Remember, by Dudley Randal, Third World Press, Chicago.
James Baldwin [Artist on Fire] by W.J. Weatherby, Laurel/Dell Bio.
James Baldwin, A biography by David Leeming, Knopf.
Jazz, by Toni Morrison, Plum/Penguin.
Jazz Lincoln Center, Teacher’s Guide, Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director
Seven Guitars, by August Wilson, Plume/ Drama.