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*Recommended
for Teens
ANGEL
ON MY SHOULDER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Natalie
Cole with Digby Diehl.
Battered
wife, now divorced, cocaine addict, now recovered
&endash; the Grammy Award-winning daughter of Nat
King Cole.
ML420
.C636 A3
BOOGIE
MAN: THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN LEE HOOKER IN THE
AMERICAN 20TH CENTURY by Charles Shaar Murray.
Born
in the Mississippi delta the year the first blues
record was released, his life and that of music are
inexorably intertwined.
ML420
.H635 M87 2000
BROTHERHOOD
IN RHYTHM: THE JAZZ TAP DANCING OF THE NICHOLAS
BROTHERS by Constance Valis Hill.
Portrait
of these remarkable siblings from their vaudeville
roots to Hollywood’s big screen.
GV1785.A1
V35
DESTINED
TO WITNESS: GROWING UP BLACK IN NAZI GERMANY by
Hans Massaquoi.
The
son of a Liberian diplomat tells what he witnessed.
DD78.B55
M38 1999
THE
DEVIL AND SONNY LISTON by Nick Tosches.
The
book is a frank and revealing tell-all of the
boxer’s stormy life.
GV1132
.L53 T68
DON’T
MAKE ME STOP THIS CAR: ADVENTURES IN
FATHERHOOD by Al Roker.
TV’s
popular weatherman relates humorous misadventures
from infertility to changing diapers.
HQ756.
R6395
FATHERING
WORDS: THE MAKING OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN
WRITER by Ethelbert Miller.
The
poet offers a poignant memoir.
PS3563.
I3768 Z465
HURRICANE:
THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF RUBIN CARTER by
James Hirsch.
Carter’s
violent lifestyle and a corrupt New Jersey legal
system led to his wrongful conviction for murder.
HV6248
.C353 H57
I
WISH YOU LOVE by Gloria Lynne with Karen
Chilton.
Gloria
Lynne was touted as the heir apparent to Billie
Holiday and Dinah Washington, but her rocky
personal relationships and dubious financial
dealings destroyed her dream.
ML420
.L9456 A3
LANTERNS:
A MEMOIR OF MENTORS by Marian Wright Edelman.
A
tribute to the church members, teachers, colleagues
and family, both famous and not, who provided
positive influences in her life.
E185.97
E33 A3 1999
LIFE
IS SO GOOD by George Dawson and Richard
Glaubman.
Undaunted
by the brutal racism of his Texas hometown, this
manual laborer learned to read at the age of 98 and
wrote this memoir at 101.
F394
.M36 D39
LOOSE
BALLS: EASY MONEY, HARD FOULS, CHEAP LAUGHS, AND
TRUE LOVE IN THE NBA by Jayson Williams with
Steve Friedman.
The
book is an honest humorous look at the NBA by one
of its own.
GV885.515.N37
W54
LOVE
ACROSS COLOR LINES: Ottilie Assing and Frederick
Douglass by Maria Diedrich.
Assing,
a German journalist, committed suicide when, after
she spent 28 years as Douglass’s mistress, he
married a different white woman upon the death of
his first wife.
E449
.D57 1999
LOVE
UNLIMITED: INSIGHTS ON LIFE AND LOVE by Barry
White with Marc Eliot.
ML
420. W473 A3 1999
LYING
DOWN WITH THE LIONS: A PUBLIC LIFE FROM THE STREETS
OF OAKLAND TO THE HALLS OF POWER by Ronald V.
Dellums and H. Lee Halterman.
How
his first career as a social worker fueled his
future activities as a left-wing politician in the
House of Representatives.
E840.8
D45 A3 2000
MARIAN
ANDERSON: A SINGER’S JOURNEY by Allan
Keiler.
While
her lifelong racial challenges are not ignored,
this biography by a Brandeis professor focuses on
Anderson as “an artist first and a civil
rights leader by default.”
ML420
.A6 K45 2000
MEASURE
OF A MAN: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY by
Sidney Poitier.
The
actor offers a stream of consciousness reflections
on his life - from his poor Bahamian origins to his
Hollywood celebrity.
PN
2287 .P57 A3
THE
MESSENGER: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
by Karl Evanzz.
This
portrait of the co-founder of the nation of Islam
includes previously unreleased information.
BP
223 .Z8 E434
MILES
AND ME by Quincy Troupe.
A
revealing look at a musical genius by his
poet-journalist friend.
ML
419. D39 T76
MIRIAM’S
SONG: A MEMOIR
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">by Miriam Mathabane
as told to Mark Mathabane.
Kaffir
Boy author recounts his sister’s life in
South Africa during apartheid.
DT
2405 .A44 M38 2000
MORNING
GLORY: A BIOGRAPHY OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS by
Linda Dahl.
Life
of an unsung heroine, who just may be the
mid-century’s most influential jazz musician.
ML417
.W515 D34 1999
MUHAMMAD
ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT: CASSIUS CLAY VS. THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA>by Howard L.
Bingham and Max Wallace.
The
book outlines why Ali refused to be inducted into
the United States Army.
GV1132
.A44 W24 2000
NAT
KING COLE by Daniel Mark Epstein.
With
two wives and many mistresses, his television show,
and on-stage attack at a Birmingham concert, his
private and professional lives had many highs and
lows.
ML420
.C63 E67 1999
NEVER
BEFORE, NEVER AGAIN: THE STIRRING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
EDDIE ROBINSON, THE WINNINGEST COACH IN THE HISTORY
OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL by Eddie Robinson with
Richard Lapchick.
GV
939 .R58 A3 1999
NO
FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS by Desmond Mpilo
Tutu.
Reflections
of the Nobel Laureate’s tenure as chair of
South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and
Reconciliation Commission.
BR
1450 .T88 19999
OPEN
SKY: SONNY ROLLINS AND HIS WORLD OF IMPROVISATION
by Eric Nisenson.
ML
419 .R64 N57
OUR
KIND OF PEOPLE: INSIDE AMERICA’S BLACK UPPER
CLASS by Lawrence Otis Graham.
The
revealing stories and experiences of elite African
Americans who grew up with privilege and power.
E
185.86 .G644 1999
RADIO
FREE DIXIE: ROBERT F. WILLIAMS AND THE ROOTS OF
BLACK POWER by Timothy B. Tyson.
How
the radical radio show host from Alabama ended up
influencing policy from the United States to China
and Castro’s Cuba.
F
264 M75 T97
RECOVERING
LIFE by Charisse and Darryl Strawberry.
The
inspirational story tells of this devoted
couple’s side-by-side battle to achieve
Darryl’s comeback against substance abuse and
cancer.
RC
280 C6 S77
RON
BROWN: AN UNCOMMON LIFE by Steven A.
Holmes.
The
man who transformed Clinton’s 1992 campaign
into a winner is remembered.
E840.8
.B77 H65 2000
ROSA
PARKS by Douglas Brinkley.
F334
.M753 B75
*A
SEASON ON THE RESERVATION: MY SOJOURN WITH THE
WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHES by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
NBA
great turns run-and-gun reservation players into a
team good enough to win the state championship.
GV884
.A24 A33 2000
*SEE
HOW SHE RUNS: MARION JONES AND THE MAKING OF A
CHAMPION by Ron Rapoport.
The
book tells the story of the Olympic gold
medal-winner before the 2000 Games.
GV1061.15
J67 R36 2000
*SOLDIER:
A POET’S CHILDHOOD by June
Jordan.
Her
first twelve years were shaped by the abusive
father that she dearly loved.
PS3560
.O73 Z47 2000
TAKE
ME TO THE RIVER by Al Green with Davin Seay.
Singer
or preacher, entertainer or evangelist, man of the
world or man of the cloth &endash; his internal and
external struggles.
ML420
.G843 A3 2000x
*THA
DOGGFATHER : THE TIMES, TRIALS, AND HARD CORE
TRUTHS OF SNOOP DOGG by Snoop Dogg with
Davin Seay.
Life
as a gangbanger, a jailed drug dealer and a
musician including graphic anecdotes and candid
introspection. Black and white photographs.
ML420
.S6735 A3 1999
TROUBLE
MAN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MARVIN GAYE by
Steve Turner.
Despite
his musical genius, a life of financial problems,
failed relationships and drug addiction led to his
untimely death at the hands of his father.
ML420
.G305 T87 2000
UNDER
THE KNIFE: HOW A WEALTHY NEGRO SURGEON WIELDED
POWER IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH by Hugh Pearson.
F294
.B35 P43 2000
W.E.B.
DU BOIS: THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY AND THE AMERICAN
CENTURY, 1919-1963 by David Levering Lewis.
Volume
two of a Pulitzer winning biography explores
DuBois’ ideological conflict with Marcus
Garvey, his conversion to communism and his
self-imposed exile to Ghana.
E185.97
D73 L483 2000x
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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