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Jefferson, Alexander. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskeegee Airman and POW. New York: Fordham University Press, 2005.
D805 .G3 J43 2005.
Jefferson, a Tuskegee Airman who was shot down during World War II and held in a German prison camp for nine months, recalls better treatment as a prisoner of war than as a black citizen in the U.S.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/
Red-Tail-Captured-Free-
Tuskegee/dp/0823223663

Jordan, Barbara and Sherman, Max ed. Barbara Jordan: Speaking Truth with Eloquent Thunder. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2007.
E838.5 .J6735 2007.
Revered by Americans across the political spectrum, Barbara Jordan was "the most outspoken moral voice of the American political system," in the words of former President Bill Clinton, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Throughout her career as a Texas senator, U.S. congresswoman, and distinguished professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Barbara Jordan lived by a simple creed: "Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth, and doing what you said you were going to do."
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Barbara-
Jordan-Speaking-
Eloquent-Thunder/dp/0292716370

Kahn, Ashley. The House that Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
ML3792 .K34 2006.
Traces the story of Impulse Records and the pivotal contributions of avant-garde jazz musician John Coltrane in the 1960s and 1970s, explaining how the label was shaped by thirty-eight of his politically charged recordings.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Keys, Alicia. Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics. New York: G.P. Putnam, 2004.
ML54.6 .K48 2004.
The popular musician presents a collection of lyrics for all twenty-eight songs on her CDs "The Diary of Alicia Keys" and "Songs in A Minor," along with a selection of her original poetry.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

King, Martin Luther Jr. The Papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992-
E185.97 .K5 A2 1992.
More than two decades since his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas--his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society--are as vital and timely as ever. The wealth of his writings, both published and unpublished, that constitute his intellectual legacy are now preserved in this authoritative, chronologically arranged, multi-volume edition.
Source: https://www.ucpress.edu/search.php?q=Papers+of+Martin+Luther+King+Jr.&submit=

Lusane, Clarence. Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice: Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006.
E902 .L87 2006.
Lusane has created a groundbreaking analysis of the intersection of racial politics and American foreign policy. This insightful work critically examines the roles played by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and current Secretary of State (and former National Security Advisor) Condoleezza Rice in the construction of U.S. foreign policy, exploring the ways in which their racial identity challenges conventional notions about the role of race in international relations.
Source: http://books.google..com

Morrison, Toni. Paradise. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1997.
PS3563 O8749 P37 1997.
Toni Morrison's Paradise takes place in the tiny farming community of Ruby, Oklahoma, which its residents proudly proclaim "the one all-black town worth the pain." Settled by nine African American clans during the 1940s, the town represents a small miracle of self-reliance and community spirit.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/
Paradise-Toni-Morrison/
dp/0679433740

Mosley, Walter. 47. New York: Little, Brown, 2005.
PS3563 .O88456 A15 2005
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Nelson, Jill. Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island. New York: Doubleday, 2005.
F72 .M5 N45 2005.
A portrait of the thriving African-American community on the island of Martha’s Vineyard describes the various groups who settled in Oak Bluffs, including vacationing families, local domestics, and multi-generational professionals.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Painter, Nell Irvin. Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings 1619 to the Present. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
E185 .P15 2006.
This new study by Princeton historian Painter (Standing at Armageddon, etc.) aims not merely to provide an updated scholarly account of African-American history, but to enrich our understanding of it with the subjective views of black artists, which she places alongside the more objective views of academics.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/gp
/product/0195137566/
ref=cm_rdp_product

Parker, Linda Busby. Seven Laurels: A Novel. Cape Girardeau, MO: Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2004.
PS3616 .A7453 S48 2004.
Set in a small community between Montgomery and Birmingham, this first novel brings home the historic struggle for civil rights through the personal story of one man and his family from the 1950s onward.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/
Seven-Laurels-Linda-Busby-
Parker/dp/0972430474

Poitier, Sidney. The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography. San Francisco, CA: Harper SanFrancisco, 2000.
PN2287 .P57 A3 2000.
The acclaimed actor reveals the depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that have driven his life and career, citing the elements of his childhood that gave him his sense of worth, family, and ethics and how these qualities are essential to spiritual development.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Rampersad, Arnold and Hilary Herbold eds. The Oxford Anthology of African-American Poetry. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
PS591 .N4 O97 2006.
If daring and argument forge identity, Stanford professor Rampersad (Life of Langston Hughes) has succeeded in "allowing black poets to create with their own words a portrait of the African-American people." Neither consonant nor cautious, the diversity of the anthology's subject matter is trumped only by its poetic range: Amiri Baraka's and Sonia Sanchez's experimentation vibrate against the classic lyrics of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, mixing visions and trading trials.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Anthology-African-American-Poetry/dp/0195125630

Scott, Jill. The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
PS3619 .C66 M66 2005.
A collection of poetic works drawn from the personal writings of the award-winning music artist and lyricist explores such themes as love, the self, and the author’s experiences as an African-American woman.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Sunshine, Linda ed. Ray: A Tribute to the Movie, the Music, and the Man. New York: Newmarket Press, 2004.
PN1997.2 .R38 R38 2004.
This handsome book is as much an homage to musical genius Ray Charles as it is a behind-the-scenes look at how a film was made about his life. Although the bulk of the text is made up of the film’s screenplay, it’s the accompanying images of Charles and of Jamie Foxx (who plays Charles in the film), as well as the insightful essays (by Foxx, director Taylor Hackford, music supervisor Curt Sobel, producer Stuart Benjamin and others), that make up the book’s best parts.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/
Ray-Tribute-Newmarket-Pictorial-
Moviebooks/dp/1557046492

Taylor, John. The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and the Golden Age of Basketball. New York: Random House, 2005.
GV884 .A1 T39 1995.
Taylor (The Count and the Confession) offers a vivid account of the fledgling days of the National Basketball Association and the intense competition between two of its biggest early stars: Bill Russell (of the Boston Celtics) and Wilt Chamberlain (of the Philadelphia 76ers).
Source: http://www.amazon.com/
Rivalry-Russell-Chamberlain-Golden-Basketball
/dp/1400061148

Tidwell, John Edgar and Cheryl R. Ragar eds. Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of Langston Hughes. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007.
PS3515 .U274 Z6845 2007.
"Contributors reexamine the continuing relevance of Langston Hughes’s work and life to American, African American, and diasporic literatures and cultures. Includes fresh perspectives on the often overlooked 'Luani of the Jungles,' 'Black Magic,' and works for children, as well as Hughes’s more familiar fiction, poetry, essays, dramas, and other writings"--Provided by publisher.
Source: http://gilfind.gsu.edu

Vinson, Ben. Flight: The Story of Virgil Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman in Mexico. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
E745 .V56 2004.
Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman unwilling to live with the racial constraints he found upon returning to the U.S. following World War II, eventually relocated to Mexico, joining a community of black expatriates.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Flight
-Virgil-Richardson-Tuskegee-
Airman/dp/1403966184

Wiggins, David Kenneth. Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 2006.
GV697 .A1 W534 2006.
This book examines 100 years of race relations, using 20 athletes as a lens on American society. Some names are familiar- Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson-but others are mostly unknown today-Jimmy Winkfield, Ora Washington. Each entry contains information about the athlete's career and post-career life, as well as an analysis of the role race played in the individual's success.
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Out
-Shadows-Biographical-American
-Athletes/dp/1557288267

Wintz, Cary ed. Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Media Fusion, 2007.
PS153 .N5 H267 2007.
For three decades after World War I, Harlem was the site of burgeoning racial and cultural awareness and ambitions among African Americans. In the opening section of this book, Wintz provides the historical context for what became known as the Harlem Renaissance. In separate sections devoted to poetry, music, politics, art, and the phenomenon of the New Negro, contributors profile many of the era's major figures…
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Speaks-Living-History-Ranaissance/dp/1402204361

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