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DOUBLE
V: THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE OF THE TUSKEGEE
AIRMEN. Lawrence P. Scott and William M.
Womack.
A celebrated flying unit battles
segregation during World War II.
A
FIRE IN THE BONES: REFLECTIONS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RELIGIOUS HISTORY. Albert J. Raboteau.
How the faith of a people adapted to a new
culture without losing its roots.
GHOSTS
OF MISSISSIPPI: THE MURDER OF MEDGAR EVERS, THE
TRIALS OF BYRON DE LA BECKWITH AND THE HAUNTING OF
THE NEW SOUTH. Maryanne Vollers.
THE
HARLEM RENAISSANCE: HUB OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
CULTURE, 1920-1930. Steven Watson.
Richly illustrated.
I
SHARED THE DREAM: THE PRIDE, PASSION AND POLITICS
OF THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
Georgia Davis Powers.
The only black woman to sit in the
Kentucky State Senate. Also a companion of Martin
Luther King.
LINCOLN'S
UNKNOWN PRIVATE LIFE: AN ORAL HISTORY BY HIS BLACK
HOUSEKEEPER MARIAH VANCE 1850-1860. Edited by Lloyd
Ostendorf and Walter Oleksy.
LONG
TIME COMING: AN INSIDER'S STORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM
CHURCH BOMBING THAT ROCKED THE WORLD. Elizabeth H.
Cobbs and Petric J. Smith.
Told by the perpetrator's niece who sealed
his conviction.
THE
MARTINSVILLE SEVEN: RACE, RAPE, AND CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT. Eric W. Rise.
Hostility, prejudice, and a flawed
judicial system condemned seven men to death.
THE
MEMPHIS DIARY OF IDA B. WELLS. Edited by Miriam
DeCosta-Willis.
The youthful frustrations and aspirations
of this powerful crusader against lynching.
SOL
WHITE'S HISTORY OF COLORED BASEBALL: WITH OTHER
DOCUMENTS ON THE EARLY BLACK GAME 1886-1936.
Compiled by Jerry Malloy.
Firsthand account by a player and manager
in the Negro Leagues.
SPEAK
NOW AGAINST THE DAY: THE GENERATION BEFORE THE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOUTH. John
Egerton.
Forerunners in the battle against
segregation.
TARA
REVISTED: WOMEN, WAR, AND THE PLANTATION LEGEND.
Catherine Clinton.
Black and white women face the Civil War.
WOMAN
OF COLOR, DAUGHTER OF PRIVILEGE: AMANDA AMERICA
DICKSON, 1849-1893. Kent Anderson Leslie.
The life of a mulatto ex-slave who died
the richest African American in the South.
*Recommended
for Teens
This
selected list was compiled by Alan Babner, Fields
Corner Branch; Elisa Birdsseye-Clark,
General Library Reader and Information Services;
Sara F. Ennis, Brighton/Faneuil Branch Libraries;
Jacquelyn Hogan, Egleston Square/Grove Hall Branch
Libraries; Marilyn Poindexter, General Library,
Teen Services; Karen L. Williams, Connolly
Branch; Sara Markell, Chairperson, Codman
Square Branch.
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