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*Recommended
for Teens
ALL
ABOUT LOVE: NEW VISIONS by bell hooks.
This
book presents a look at the reasons for our
love-deprived society and ways to repair it.
BF575
.L8 H655 2000
B.
SMITH: RITUALS AND CELEBRATIONS by Barbara
Smith.
This
book contains a month-by-month guide with recipes,
party ideas, and craft projects.
TX739
.S485 1999
THE
BLACK CHORD: VISIONS OF THE GROOVE: CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN AFROBEATS, RHYTHM & BLUES, HIP-HOP,
& MORE by David Corio and Vivien
Goldman.
This
book details the diversity of the music of the
Pan-African world and includes over 100 photos of
artists from Fats Domino to Bob Marley to Monica.
ML3556
.C673 1999
BLACK
WINGS & BLIND ANGELS: POEMS by
Sapphire.
The
author of Push examines the various
roles of women in today’s urban society.
PS3569 .A63 B58 1999
DANCING
IN THE STREET: MOTOWN AND THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF
DETROIT by Suzanne E. Smith.
A
small record company provided the soundtrack for
the civil rights campaign in Detroit as well as the
rest of the nation.
ML3792
.S65 1999x
DARK
MIDNIGHT WHEN I RISE: THE STORY OF THE JUBILEE
SINGERS WHO INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO THE MUSIC OF
BLACK AMERICA by Andrew Ward.
In
the years following the Civil War, this gospel
group raised money for Fisk University.
ML421
.J77 W37 2000
DRAMA
FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA: SEVEN PLAYS edited
by David Graver.
This
book contains contemporary theater written by South
Africans.
PL8014
.S62 D73 1999
ESSENCE
TOTAL MAKEOVER: BODY, BEAUTY SPIRIT edited
by Patricia Mignon Hinds.
This
book offers practical advice covering all the
beauty bases.
RA778.4
.A36 E87 2000
FREEDOMWAYS
READER: PROPHETS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY
edited by Esther Cooper Jackson and Constance Pohl.
Martin
Luther King, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois and others
are included in this anthology from the
Freedomways Quarterly.
HT1581
.F735 2000
GIANT
STEPS: THE NEW GENERATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
WRITERS edited by Kevin Young.
Danzy
Senna, Edwidge Danticat, and Kevin Powell are
included in this collection of award-winning
poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by writers born
after 1960.
PS508
.N3 G53 2000
HIDDEN
WITNESS: AFRICAN-AMERICAN IMAGES FROM THE DAWN OF
PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE CIVIL WAR by Jackie N.
Wilson.
TR680
.W55 1999
THE
MESSENGER READER: STORIES, POEMS, AND ESSAYS FROM
THE MESSENGER MAGAZINE
edited by Sondra Kathryn Wilson.
Compiled
from the Socialist publication of the Harlem
Renaissance.
PS508
.N3 M47 2000
PIGTAILS
‘N BREADFRUIT: A CULINARY MEMOIR by
Austin Clarke.
Neither
a cookbook nor a biography, the author recalls his
childhood in Barbados and the rituals surrounding
the preparation of traditional Bajan dishes.
TX716
.B35 C58 2000
A
RENAISSANCE IN HARLEM: LOST VOICES OF AN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY edited by Lionel C. Bascom.
Essays
from the Works Progress Administration archives
written by Ralph Ellison, Dorothy West, and Vivian
Morris, among others.
PS508
.N3 R46
THE
ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE by Tupac
Shakur.Shakur’s poems include “In the
Event of My Demise.”
PS3569
.H322 R6 1999x
SHE
by Saul Williams.
Haunting
poems about the strength and passion of women.
PS3573
.I455457 S54 1999
SLIM
DOWN SISTER: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN’S
GUIDE TO HEALTHY, PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS by
Roneice Weaver, Fabiola Gaines, and Angela Ebron.
Includes
low-fat versions of favorite soul food recipes.
RM222.2
.W2956 2000
SPOKEN
SOUL: THE STORY OF BLACK ENGLISH by John
Russell Rickford and Russell John Rickford.
PE3102
.N42 R54 2000
STAYING
STRONG: RECLAIMING THE WISDOM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HEALING edited by Sara Lomax Reese and
Kirk Johnson with Therman Evans.
Healing
techniques from acupressure to
reflexology.
RA448.5
.N4 S83 1999x
*STRETCH
YOUR WINGS: FAMOUS BLACK QUOTATIONS FOR
TEENS selected and edited Janet Cheatham
Bell and Lucille Usher Freeman.
Includes
anecdotes from Lauryn Hill, Will Smith, R. Kelly
and hundreds more on family, racism, and making
better choices.
PN6081.3
S77 1999
THOUGHTS
by Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins.
The
book contains poems and essays from the lead singer
of TLC.
PS3573
.A8445 T483 1999x
TIEPOLO’S
HOUND by Derek Walcott.
This
book-length poem interweaves the life stories of
the painter Camille Pisarro and Walcott, both
natives of the Caribbean. Includes 26 color
paintings by the author.
PR9272.9
.W3 T54 2000
THE
VINTAGE BOOK OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY
edited byMichael S.Harper and Anthony Walton.
Fifty
outstanding poets chronicle 200 years of vision,
struggle, power, beauty, and triumph.
PS591
.N4 V56 2000
WALTZING
IN DARK: AFRICAN AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE AND RACE
POLITICS IN THE SWING ERA by Brenda Dixon
Gottschild.
GV1785
.W43 G68 2000
This
selected list was compiled by:
Marylou
Coveney, Dudley Branch
Denise
DeBoer, Fields Corner Branch
Jacqueline
Hogan, Grove Hall Branch
Kathy
Kire, Teen Services
Parker
Hill Branch
Amy
Manson, Connolly Branch
Margaret
Phillibert, General Library, Adult Services
Richard
Wintergreen, Adams Street Branch
Joseph
Wisniewski, Codman Square Branch
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