Malcolm X and Alex Haley.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964.
Malcolm X and Alex Haley collaborated to create this book that tells the profound metamorphosis of a young black boy ripped from his home and the care of his parents, turned hustler as a young adult, served seven years in prison, became a Muslim in prison, and educated himself to become the most powerful voice for the Nation of Islam in the United States before his assassination in l965.
Morrison, Toni.
The Bluest Eyes
. New York: Plume, 1994.
Toni Morrison's first novel, set in her hometown of Lorain Ohio in the early 1940's, the eleven year-old black protagonist, Pecola Breedlove, longs for blue eyes in the hope that she will be beautiful and beloved like the blue-eyed children of America.
Newsweek
, Volume CXLVVI, No. 12: New York: September 19, 2005.
This issue focusing largely on Katrina, contains the two photographs of fathers with their children featured in the section of my unit titled, Beginning with familiar photos.
Parks, Gordon.
Half Past Autumn, a Retrospective
. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1997.
This collection of approximately 300 photographs, accompanied by Parks's reflections and recollections about his life and development as an artist, contains all of the photographs that I feature in this unit.
Puente, Maria and Jym Wilson. "Gordon Parks' unique American Perspective."
USA TODAY
. Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
An overview of the range and richness of Parks' life and work.
Wranovics, John."Weapon of Choice."
The New York Times Book Review
. New York: January 8, 2006.
Wranovics very favorably reviews Parks' newest memoir,
A Hungry Heart
, in which Parks reflects more about the many and diverse people in his life than about his photography.