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*THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE COOKBOOK: TRADITIONAL
RECIPES AND FOND REMEMBRANCES FROM ALABAMA'S
RENOWNED TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE by Carolyn
Quick Tillery.
BASIC
BLACK: HOME TRAINING FOR MODERN TIMES by Karen
Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse
Hudson.
An African-American etiquette book for the
90s.
DORINDA'S
TASTE OF THE CARIBBEAN COOKBOOK by Dorinda
Hafner.
Colorful photographs plus introductory tidbits
about each recipe and each island.
ELI
REED: BLACK IN AMERICA by Eli Reed.
A study in photographic contrasts from the ordinary
to the famous.
EULOGIES
by Amiri Baraka.
Tributes to famous and not so famous people who
"represent a developed and advanced way of living
in the world."
*EVEN
THE STARS LOOK LONESOME by Maya
Angelou.
Reflections on topics from Africa to
Oprah.
FACE
FORWARD: YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN IN A CRITICAL
AGE by Julian C.R. Okwu.
Photographic profiles of brothers who are positive
forces in their communities.
FAMILY
PRIDE: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRACING
AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY by Donna
Beasley.
Lists resources unique to
African-Americans.
FATHER
SONGS: TESTIMONIES BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN SONS AND
DAUGHTERS ed. by Gloria Wade-Gayles.
Complex relationships between fathers and their
children.
*LOVE
POEMS by Nikki Giovanni.
Romantic and erotic poetry. Dedicated to
Tupac.
MAMA'S
LITTLE BABY: THE BLACK WOMAN'S GUIDE TO PREGNANCY,
CHILDBIRTH, AND BABY'S FIRST YEAR by
Dennis Brown, M.D. and Pamela
Toussaint.
Also African, Caribbean, and African-American
traditional folklore.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS, BABY: A CHRISTMAS AND KWANZAA TREASURY
ed. by Paul L. Woods and Felix H.
Liddell.
Poetry, art, recipes, and remembrances.
THE
MUSIC OF BLACK AMERICANS: A HISTORY. 3rd edition by
Eileen Southern.
From the legacy of Africa to today's gospel, blues,
jazz, and rap.
*THE
NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE ed.
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Nellie
Y. McKay.
A comprehensive sampling from slavery to the
present.
RHAPSODIES
IN BLACK: ART OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE by
Richard J. Powell.
SINBAD'S
GUIDE TO LIFE (BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING) by
Sinbad with David Ritz.
From money to dating to kids to underwear, teh
comedian's point of view.
STILL
LIFE IN HARLEM by Eddy Harris.
"Here they and we and I could live completely
within ourselves, in a world all black, all our
own, and of our own making." A memoir.
*SUGAR
IN THE RAW: YOUNG BLACK GIRLS IN AMERICA ed by
Rebecca Carroll.
What's it like to be a black teenager in America
today? From Mattapan and Roxbury to Seattle
and San Francisco.
*Recommended
for Teens
This
list is dedicated to the memory of KAREN L.
WILLIAMS. A frequent contributor to Black
Is...
This
selected list was compiled by: Moonyean
Carlton, General Library, Adult Reader and
Information Services; Marylou Coveney, Dudley
Branch; Janice Knight, Mattapan Branch; Amy Manson, Jamaica Plain Branch;
Sarah Markell, Charlestown Branch; Marilyn
Poindexter, General Library, Teen Services;
Jacquelyn Hogan, Chairperson, Grove Hall/Egleston
Square Branch Libraries. Boston Public
Library, 1998.
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