Black History

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(1/19/00) - Also listed on U.S. Politicians and Government Leaders.

By Ella Mazel (editor). 1998, Argonaut Press, 164pp. (Near Fine)

By Terry Eastland. 1996, Basic Books, 229pp. "Programs designed to advance racial justice have instead created an ugly reality of race-based decision making, social antagonism, debased standards and perverse incentives." (VG+ in VG DJ. Remainder mark on bottom)

By Marsha Hunt. 1996, Harper Collins, 290pp. A black woman searches for her white heritage. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

By Lerone Bennett. 1982, Penguin, 681pp. "Classic account of the struggles and triumphs of Black Americans." (Good. Fifth edition)

By Robert Edgar Conrad. 1993, Krieger Publishing Company, 227pp. Second edition. A history of slavery in Brazil and the factors that brought it to an end. (Library discard with usual markings. VG)

By Spike Lee. 1992, Hyperion, 314pp. (Fair. Library discard with usual markings)

By Charlayne Hunter-Gault. 1992, Farrar Straus Giroux, 257pp. Tells of her story from birth in the Deep South to enrolling in the University of Georgia. Black and white photos. . (Library discard with discreet markings. VG+ in VG+ DJ in mylar wraps. )

By Arthur L. Smith. 1969 (1970), Allyn And Bacon, 199pp, 8x5". (Good+)

(6/6/00) - Also listed on Southeastern U.S..

By Kristin Clark Taylor. 1993, Doubleday, 303pp. (Library discard with usual markings. VG in Good DJ in mylar wraps. Code #'s cut from bottom of spine on DJ)

By Ralph Wiley. 1991, Penguin, 199pp. (Fine)

By Diane J. Johnson (edited by). 1995, Peter Pauper Press Book, 64pp. African-American women speak thier minds on courage and struggle, creativity, being black, and life and love. (VG+ in VG DJ)

By Anthony Robbins and Joseph Mcclendon. 1997, Simon & Schuster, 425pp. Robbin's self-help philosophy marketed to a black audience. (VG- in VG DJ in wraps. Library discard with usual markings)

By Theophus H. Smith. 1994, Oxford University Press, 287pp. (Library discard with discreet markings. VG in VG DJ in mylar wraps)

By George Davis and Glegg Watson. 1982, Anchor Press, 204pp. (VG+ in Fair DJ)

By Malcolm X and Alex Haley. 1964 (1992), Ballantine Books, 527pp, 7x4". "If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s it is probably Malcollm X." (VG)

By Michael Friedly. 1992, Carroll & Graf, 238pp. Photo insert. (Good. Remainder mark, some pages dog eared)

By Lawrence H. Fuchs. 1990, Wesleyan University Press, 618pp. "This text combines a masterful account of America's evolution into a multicultural society with an incisive analysis of the capacity of our civic culture to reserve unum in the midst of pluribus. Filled with w isdom and hope." (Near Fine, unread)

By Gilbert Osofsky. 1971, Harper Torchbacks, 276pp. "Includes eight pages historic b/w photos. Carefully documented, neither sentimental nor belligerent." (Fair. second edition)

By Mose Pleasure and Fred C. Lofton. 1995, Zondervan, 220pp. Christian. "African-Americans can reclaim their identity and direction through faith in God, belief in self, and a solid moral base." (Library discard with usual markings. Good+)

By Unstated. 1998, Philip Morris Companies, 204pp, 5x8". A corporate-sponsored directory of African-American organizations, from universities to political organizations. Each organization has a half-page, including address, website, description and photo of leader. (Near Fine)

By C. Vann Woodward. 1966 (1967), Oxford, 206pp. "Already recognized as a landmark in the history of American race relations, this book, in this revised and expanded edition, is indispensible for properly understanding the great Negro revolution of our own times." (Good)

By Harold R. Isaacs. 1963, The John Day Company, 366pp. "The impact of world affairs on the race problem in the USA and particularly oin the Negro, his view of himself, his country and of Africa." (Library discard with usual markings. (Markings are discreet and not immediately noticeable.) Good+, no DJ)

By John Cooley. 1982, Univ of Delaware, 206pp. "First literary study to examine black portraits by white writers." (Library discard with usual markings.. Good in Good DJ in mylar wraps)

(4/1/00) - Also listed on The Prophesies of Edgar Cayce: New and Used Titles.

(6/28/00) - Also listed on Actors and Male Comedians.

By Andrew Young. 1994, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 172pp. Christian memoirs of the former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. (Fine)

By Zora Neale Hurston. 1937 (1965), Fawcett Premier Book, 159pp. A classic of black literature which tells the story of Janie Crawford's evolving selfhood through 3 marriages. (VG)

By Jamaica Kincaid. 1996, Farrar Straus Giroux, 228pp. Story of a woman's life on the island of Dominica. Fiction. (Library discard with usual markings. VG- in VG- DJ)

By Alexs Pate. 1997, Signet, 316pp, 7x4". Novelization of the Steven Spielberg movie. Tells of 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship. Includes photo insert of scene from the movie. (Fine. Unread)

By Bebe Moore Campbell. 1992, Ballantine Books, 332pp. "The novel traces the years from the '50's to the late '80's. Chicago-born Armstrong Todd is fifteen, black, and unused to the segregated ways of the Deep South when his mother sends him to spend the summer with relatives in her native rural Mississippi. For speaking a few innocuous words in French to a white woman, Armstrong pays the ultimate price. Campbell's first novel." (Near Fine)

(8/11/00) - Also listed on Books on Management.

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