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*THE
BLACK ‘O’: Racism and Redemption in an
American Corporate Empire
by Steve Watkins. What happened after
white managers, fired for ignoring the application
forms of black job seekers, sued Shoney’s
restaurant chain.
HD8081 .A65 W38 1997
DOUBLE
BURDEN: Black Women and Everyday Racism
by Yanick St. Jean and Joe R. Feagin.
Middle-class black women tell of their lives and
experiences "in their own words, as they see and
deal with them."
E185.86 .S695 1998
*A
HOPE IN THE UNSEEN: An American Odyssey from the
Inner City to the Ivy League
by Ron Suskind. The efforts of an
ambitious youth as he struggles for acceptance into
Brown University and then in his studies there is
based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning Wall Street
Journal series.
LC2803 .W3 .S87 1998
IN
THE MEANTIME: Finding Yourself and the Love that
You Want
by Iyanla Vanzant. "You cannot love
someone else until you know and love yourself.
"
BL626.4 .V36 1998
LIFT
EVERY VOICE: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a
New Vision of Social Justice
by Lani Guinier. Her views and her
tumultuous experiences with government and politics
during the Clinton years.
E185.97 .G94 G85 1998
LOVE
LESSONS: African Americans and Sex, Romance and
Marriage in the 90s
by George Davis. Another compilation of
interviews by the author of Love, Black
Love.
E185.86 .D3855 1998
*ON
THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Stories from an Inner City
High School
by Cristina Rathbone. A year in the
lives&emdash;and sometimes deaths&emdash;of a group
of inner city students at a "last chance" high
school.
LC5131 .R38 1998
*THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER: A Story of Two Towns, a
Death, and America’s Dilemma
by Alex Kotlowitz. Examines the case of an African
American teenager found dead in a Michigan River
separating white and black communities.
F574.S26 K68 1998
RACE
FOR SUCCESS: The Ten Best Business Opportunities
for Blacks in America
by George C. Fraser.
HD2344.5.U6 F73 1998
REACHING
UP FOR MANHOOD: Transforming the Lives of Boys
in America
by Geoffrey Canada. "More and more I have
become concerned with what boys think they should
be, and what they believe it means to be a
man."
HQ775 .C35 1998
WAITING
FOR A MIRACLE:
Why Schools Can’t Solve Our Problems and How
We Can
by Dr. James P. Comer. Calls for the inclusion
of child development in public education
reform.
HQ769 .C6325 1997
*Recommended
for Teens
This
selected list was compiled by: Kendall
Brothers, General Library, Teen Services;
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; Jacquelyn Hogan, Chairperson,
Grove Hall Branch Libraries. Boston Public
Library, 1999.
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