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Ely,
Melvin. THE ADVENTURES OF AMOS 'N' ANDY: A SOCIAL
HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN PHENOMENON.
Cashman,
Sean. AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE QUEST FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, 1900-1990.
*Hayden,
Robert C. AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN BOSTON: MORE THAN
350 YEARS.
Chalmers,
David. AND THE CROOKED PLACES MADE STRAIGHT: THE
STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE 1960s.
*Wright,
Roberta. THE BIRTH OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT.
Westwood,
Howard C. BLACK TROOPS, WHITE COMMANDERS AND
FREEDMEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Civilian goals conflicted with those of the
military.
Salzman,
Jack, editor. BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES:
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND AMERICAN JEWS.
Essays describe a unique relationship.
*Blumberg,
Rhoda. CIVIL RIGHTS: THE 1960s FREEDOM STRUGGLE,
Revised Edition.
The role of women in this historic
struggle.
*Carson,
Clayborne, et al., editors. THE EYES ON THE PRIZE
CIVIL RIGHTS READER: DOCUMENTS, SPEECHES, AND
FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS FROM THE BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLE
1954-1990.
Thum,
Marcella. HIPPOCRENE USA GUIDE TO BLACK
AMERICA.
Landmarks of Black history in every state.
Potter,
Lou. LIBERATORS: FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS IN WORLD
WAR II.
Black soldiers liberated the death camps
of Buchenwald and Dachau; Japanese-Americans cared
for the newly freed. A companion to the American
Experience program on PBS.
Mills,
Nicolaus. LIKE A HOLY CRUSADE: MISSISSIPPI
1964--THE TURNING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN
AMERICA.
Did the Mississippi Summer Project succeed
or fail?
*Myers,
Walter Dean. NOW IS YOUR TIME!: THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.
An award-winning author takes a fresh look
at the civil rights movement.
Greenberg,
Cheryl Lynn. OR DOES IT EXPLODE? BLACK HARLEM IN
THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
The social and economic plight of the
people who lived in Harlem in the 1930s.
Sandler,
Stanley. SEGREGATED SKIES: ALL-BLACK COMBAT
SQUADRONS OF WWWII.
They fought Hitler and American racism.
Abrahams,
Roger D. SINGING THE MASTER: THE EMERGENCE OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE SOUTHERN
PLANTATION.
Was the corn-shucking ceremony more than
just a simple slave holiday?
Irvin,
Dona L. THE UNSUNG HEART OF BLACK AMERICA: A
MIDDLE-CLASS CHURCH AT MIDCENTURY.
Members of a California congregation tell
the stories of their lives.
Cornelius,
Janet. WHEN I CAN READ MY TITLE CLEAR: LITERACY,
SLAVERY AND RELIGION IN THE ANTIBELLUM SOUTH.
The overwhelming importance of literacy to
slaves and to freedmen.
*Recommended
for Teens
This
selected list was compiled by Moonyean Carlton,
General Library, Reader and Information Services;
Winsome Hudson, Brighton Branch; Janice
Knight, Mattapan Branch; Deborah Roach,
Codman Square Branch; Miriam Temsky,
General Library, Teen Department; Denice
Thornhill, Dudley Branch; and Jacquelyn
Hogan, Grove Hall Branch,
Chairperson.
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