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*Recommended
for Teens
AMERICAN
BEACH: A Saga Of Race, Wealth, and Memory by
Russ Rymer. MaVynee Betsch was a debutante and an
opera diva born into aristocracy. Then she gave
away her inheritance and now lives as a pauper near
her ancestral home. Why? F319 .R96 1998x
AND
THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN: Kentucky, Texas
Western and the Game that Changed American Sports
by Frank Fitzpatrick. March 19, 1966: Five
African-Americans started for one team in the NCAA
finals. They won. GV885.43.U53 F58 1999
BELOVED
SISTERS AND LOVING FRIENDS: Letters from Rebecca
Primus of Royal Oak, Maryland, and Addie Brown of
Hartford, Connecticut, 1854-1868 by
Farah Jasmine Griffin, ed. The friendship and
courtship between two women from different
backgrounds before and during the Civil War.
F189.R69 P75 1999
BRUSHING
BACK JIM CROW: The Integration of Minor League
Baseball in the American South by Bruce
Adelson. It was not until twenty years after Jackie
Robinson entered the majors that the minor leagues
were fully integrated. GV875.A1 A34 1999
A
CHANGE IS GONNA COME: Music, Race & the Soul of
America by Craig Werner. ML3479 .W47
1998
THE
CIVITAS ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVE
NARRATIVES by William L. Andrews and
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. Seven classic
anti-slavery narratives of the antebellum period.
E444 .C44 1999
*DENMARK
VESEY: The Buried History of America’s Largest
Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It by David
Robertson. F279.C49 N473 1999
THE
FIRST BLACK ACTORS ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY by
Susan Curtis. The first all-black Broadway
production opened to critical acclaim in 1917 and
closed within a month, why? PN2270.A35 C87
1998
FORBIDDEN
FAIRWAYS: African Americans and the Game of
Golf by Calvin H. Sinnette. From Joe
Bartholomew, who designed courses on which he could
not play, and George Grant, who invented a golf
tee, to the present. GV981 .S55 1998
THE
HAIRSTONS: An American Family in Black and
White by Henry Wiencek. One family, two
colors. From plantation life to the present day:
two contrasting fortunes. E185.96 .W54
1999
HIDDEN
IN PLAIN VIEW: A Secret Story of Quilts and the
Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L.
Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard. When a patchwork quilt
was hung outside an abolitionist’s home,
escaping slaves knew the coast was clear. E450 .T63
1999
MANY
THOUSANDS GONE: The First Two Centuries of Slavery
in North America by Ira Berlin. Slavery before
cotton plantations and the Christian church. E446
.B49 1998
OUR
KIND OF PEOPLE: Inside America’s Black Upper
Class by Lawrence Otis Graham. E185.86
.G644 1999
THE
RIGHT TO FIGHT: A History of African Americans in
the Military by Gerald Astor. Begins
with the Revolutionary War. UB4818 A47 A84
1998
TOO
HEAVY A LOAD: Black Women in Defense of Themselves
1894-1994 by Deborah G. White. The women’s
clubs that merged to become the National
Association of Colored Women. E185.86 .W3875
1999x
VOICE
OVER: The Making of Black Radio by William
Barlow. From nostalgic fans of Jocko and George
Woods to loyal listeners of surviving stations.
PN1991.8 .A35 B37 1999
THE
WRECK OF THE HENRIETTA MARIE: An
African-American’s Spiritual Journey to
Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship’s Past by
Michael H. Cottman F319 .K4 C68
1999
This
selected list was compiled by: Kendall
Brothers, General Library, Teen Services,
Marylou Coveney, Dudley Branch, Joseph
Fisher, Dudley Branch, Jacqueline Hogan,
Grove Hall Branch, Janice Knight, Mattapan
Branch, Amy Manson, Chairperson, Connolly
Branch, Margaret Phillibert, General
Library, Adult Services, Amy Short, West Roxbury
Branch, Georgia Titonis, South
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