The Williamsburg Regional Library

EXPRESSIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE

This reading list presents books and videos, published over the last several years, that explore various aspects of the African American experience, both current and historical. If you need help in finding any of the titles listed here, please ask one of the reference librarians for assistance.

Nonfiction

305.8 DYS Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line — Michael Eric Dyson

305.896 GAT The Future of the Race — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cornel West

305.9066 BOY One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America — Keith Boykin

323.1196 KAS The Civil Rights Movement: A Photographic History, 1954-1968 — Steven Kasher

355.0089 LAN The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell — Michael Lee Lanning

746.46 FRE A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories — Roland L. Freeman

796.08966 ASH A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete — Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.

810.80896 NOR The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

811.008 INS   In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry

811.5 GAR The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry

811.54 DOV Mother Love: Poems — Rita Dove

814.54 ANG Even the Stars Look Lonesome — Maya Angelou

940.5403 MOO To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the only African American WACs Stationed Overseas during World War II — Brenda L. Moore

940.544 MCK Red-tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II — Patricia and Fredrick McKissack

973.0496 CHR Black Saga: The African American Experience — Charles M. Christian

973.0496 FAM Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era

973.0496 HOO Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life — Bell Hooks and Cornel West

973.0496 SAL My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 — John A. Salmond

973.0496 WIL Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership — Lea Esther Williams

973.7415 GRA A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters From African-American Soldiers in the Union Army, 1861-1865

Biography

B DANDRIDGE   Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography — Donald Bogle

B DELANY Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years — Sarah Louise and Annie Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hearth

B ELIJAH M An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad — Claude A. Clegg III

B GATES   Colored People: A Memoir — Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

B MCBRIDE The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother — James McBride

B MCCALL Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America — Nathan McCall

B NELSON Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-up Black Woman — Jill Nelson

B PARKER, G Trespassing: My Sojourn in the Halls of Privilege — Gwendolyn Parker

B PARKER, J His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad — John P. Parker

B POWELL My American Journey — Colin Powell

B RINGGOLD We Flew Over the Bridge: Memoirs of Faith Ringgold — Faith Ringgold

B RUSTIN Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen — Jervis Anderson

B X, M Malcolm X: A Voice for Black America — Arthur Diamond

Videos

V 323.092 HIS A History of the Civil Rights Movement

V 700.8996 AGA Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance

V 781.6296 TRY Tryin' to Get Home: A History of African American Song

V 796.357 ONL Only the Ball was White

V 940.5403 NIG Nightfighters: The True Story of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen

V 973 PRO The Promised Land

V 973.0496 FAM Family Across the Sea

V 973.0496 MAR Marcus Garvey: Black-nationalist Leader

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305.8 DYS	Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line — Michael Eric Dyson
305.896 GAT	The Future of the Race — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cornel West
305.9066 BOY	One More River to Cross: Black and Gay in America — Keith Boykin
323.1196 KAS	The Civil Rights Movement: A Photographic History, 1954-1968 — Steven Kasher
355.0089 LAN	The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell — Michael Lee Lanning
746.46 FRE	A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories — Roland L. Freeman
796.08966 ASH	A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete — Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
810.80896 NOR	The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
811.008 INS	In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry
811.5 GAR	The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry
811.54 DOV	Mother Love: Poems — Rita Dove
814.54 ANG	Even the Stars Look Lonesome — Maya Angelou
940.5403 MOO	To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the only African American WACs Stationed Overseas during World War II — Brenda L. Moore
940.544 MCK	Red-tail Angels: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II — Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
973.0496 CHR	Black Saga: The African American Experience — Charles M. Christian
973.0496 FAM	Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era
973.0496 HOO	Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life — Bell Hooks and Cornel West
973.0496 SAL	My Mind Set on Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 — John A. Salmond
973.0496 WIL	Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership — Lea Esther Williams
973.7415 GRA	A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters From African-American Soldiers in the Union Army, 1861-1865

B DANDRIDGE	Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography — Donald Bogle
B DELANY	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years — Sarah Louise and Annie Elizabeth Delany and Amy Hearth
B ELIJAH M	An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad — Claude A. Clegg III
B GATES	Colored People: A Memoir — Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
B MCBRIDE	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother — James McBride
B MCCALL	Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America — Nathan McCall
B NELSON	Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-up Black Woman — Jill Nelson
B PARKER, G	Trespassing: My Sojourn in the Halls of Privilege — Gwendolyn Parker
B PARKER, J	His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad — John P. Parker
B POWELL	My American Journey — Colin Powell
B RINGGOLD	We Flew Over the Bridge: Memoirs of Faith Ringgold — Faith Ringgold
B RUSTIN	Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen — Jervis Anderson
B X, M	Malcolm X: A Voice for Black America — Arthur Diamond

V 323.092 HIS	A History of the Civil Rights Movement
V 700.8996 AGA	Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
V 781.6296 TRY	Tryin' to Get Home: A History of African American Song
V 796.357 ONL	Only the Ball was White
V 940.5403 NIG	Nightfighters: The True Story of the 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen
V 973 PRO	The Promised Land
V 973.0496 FAM	Family Across the Sea
V 973.0496 MAR	Marcus Garvey: Black-nationalist Leader