The
Biography Channel
A cable channel that features stories of celebrities and other famous people. At the web site you can watch many of these shows on demand.
Source: Eileen H. Kramer
ASALH-
Association for the Study of African American Life and
History
ASALH's mission is to
create and disseminate knowledge about Black History, to be, in short, the nexus between the Ivory Tower
and the global public.
Source:
http://www.asalh.org/
aboutasalhmain.html
Digital Schomburg
Relying on the expertise of distinguished curators and scholars, Digital Schomburg provides access to trusted information, interpretation and scholarship on the global black experience. Users worldwide can find, in this virtual Schomburg Center, exhibitions, books, articles, photographs, prints, audio and video streams, and selected external links for research in the history and cultures of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora.
Source: http://www.nypl.org/
locations/tid/
64/node/65914
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This display celebrates Black History Month with books and web sites about African American history, biographies of famous African Americans, and the Civil Rights Movement. The selection is not large, but even six years after this display was made, it is still timely. Adrienne Langston created the original web page for this display. The book descriptions appear courtesy of Book Index with Reviews to which the library no longer subscribes. The image in the logo appears courtesy of Baseball Collection and is available under a Creative Commons license. |
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After the Glory by
Shaffer, Donald Robert
A study of the two boxing competitions between Joe Louis
and Max Schmeling, in 1936 and 1938, examines the global
significance of the sporting events in terms of a world on
the brink of war.
Autobiography of Medgar Evers, The
by
Evers,
Medgar Wiley
Presents the life of the assassinated NAACP leader as
revealed through his correspondence, notes, and transcribed
speeches, describing his strong commitment to the cause of
civil rights despite threats to his personal safety.
Beyond Glory by
Margolick, David
A study of the two boxing competitions between Joe Louis
and Max Schmeling, in 1936 and 1938, examines the global
significance of the sporting events in terms of a world on
the brink of war.
Black Diva by
Weaver, David
The life of Ruby Elzy
Can't Stop Won't Stop by
Chang, Jeff
A history of hip-hop cites its origins in the post-civil
rights Bronx and Jamaica, drawing on interviews with
performers, activists, gang members, DJs, and others to
document how the movement has influenced politics and
culture.
Footprints by
Mercer, Michelle
A portrait of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter
traces the course of his fifty-year career, from his youth
in 1930s Newark, New Jersey, to the present day, and
assesses his influence on the development of modern jazz.
Hell Without Fires by
Pierce, Yolanda Nicole
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by
Dobkin, Matt
The story of Aretha Franklin's creation of her first hit
album sets her music against a background of the feminist
and civil rights movements of the late 1960s, offering
insight into the artist's complex personality and cultural
impact.
Louis Armstrong & Paul Whiteman by
Berrett, Joshua
Juxtaposes the lives and careers of Louis "Satchmo"
Armstrong and bandleader Paul Whiteman.
Room Full of Mirrors by
Cross, Charles R
A biography of Jimi Hendrix.
She Would not be Moved by
Kohl, Herbert R
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery
bus boycott, Kohl has expanded and updated his
groundbreaking discussion of Rosa Parks and her part in the
boycott. Kohl, a recipient of the National Book Award and
the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, was the first author to
dispel the myth that Parks acted on impulse and emotion
rather than moral conviction.
Thunder of Angels, The by
Williams, Donnie
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the people who broke the
back of Jim Crow.
What I learned from Jackie Robinson by
Erskine, Carl
The former Brooklyn Dodger recalls lessons learned from
Jackie Robinson, sharing memories from Robinson's widow and
his own recollections of Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Pee Wee
Reese, Whitey Ford, Billy Martin, and others.
Why not Every Man? by
Hendrick, George
African Americans and civil disobedience in the quest for
the dream.
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