African-American Nonfiction

Plays from the boom box galaxy : theater from the hip-hop generation

2009-11-18T08:36:36-05:00

New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2009.

xxx, 397 p. ; 23 cm.

Ruminations on identity. The evidence of silence broken / by Zell Miller III -- Peaches / by Cristal Chanelle Truscott -- The no black male show / by Carl Hancock Rux -- Cautionary tales. Free Jujube Brown! / by Psalmayene 24 -- Beatbox / by Tommy Shepherd and Dan Wolf -- Death of a ho / by Jake-ann Jones -- Transformationals. Word becomes flesh / by Marc Bamuthi Joseph -- Thieves in the temple / by Aya de Le�n -- Flow / by Will Power.

Financial aid for African Americans.

2009-11-18T00:00:00-05:00

El Dorado Hills, Calif. : Reference Service Press,

v. ; 29 cm.

"A list of: scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, awards, and internships open primarily or exclusively to African Americans."

Editors: 1997/99-<2009/11> Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber.

In her hands : the story of sculptor Augusta Savage

2009-11-16T00:00:00-05:00

Schroeder, Alan.

New York : Lee & Low Books, c2009.

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm

"A biography of African American sculptor Augusta Savage, who overcame many obstacles as a young woman to become a premier female sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword about Savage's adult life and works, plus photographs"--Provided by publisher.

Wrong place, wrong time : trauma and violence in the lives of young black men

2009-11-13T00:00:00-05:00

Rich, John A., 1958-

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

xvii, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Kari in pain -- Roy in prerelease -- Jimmy in the hospital -- Jimmy in the street -- In the wrong place -- A stone in the heart -- Roy in D.C. -- Kari in the clinic -- Mark in the neighborhood -- Kari in his grandmother's house -- Jimmy in jail -- Roy in the pizzeria -- Roy back in touch -- Roy settles in.

Doc : the rise and rise of Julius Erving

2009-11-11T11:03:04-05:00

Mallozzi, Vincent M.

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2010.

xviii, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

The definitive biography of basketball genius Julius Dr. J Erving--the icon who transcended his sport and defined an era--"Doc" follows Erving's career from college through his years in the NBA to life after the game. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Includes index.

The African book of names : 5,000+ common and uncommon names from the African continent

2009-11-10T01:12:29-05:00

Hodari, Askhari Johnson.

Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c2009.

xiv, 343 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

This resource for expectant parents, and for adults wishing to change their names, provides 5,000 names from 37 African cultures and from over 70 different ethnic and language groups. Names are organized by meaning and theme, including religion, birth circumstance, physical characteristics, and desired characteristics, and come with notes on origin, pronunciation, and gender. An introductory section explores the spiritual, social, and political importance of African names, and a final section describes naming ceremonies and traditions. There is also a pronunciation guide. Appendices offer a map of Africa, and a 200-year naming calendar. The author has studied and collected African names for 20 years, and has performed and participated in naming ceremonies in the US and abroad. Annotation©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

So loved the world: embracing African names -- Let my people go: authentic African names -- It is written: pronunciation guide and phonetics -- Naming ceremonies and traditions.

The shadows of youth : the remarkable journey of the civil rights generation

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Lewis, Andrew B., 1967-

New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.

356 p. ; 24 cm.

A group portrait of leading civil rights activists who comprised the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee draws on original sources to illuminate their challenges to American perspectives on human rights, politics, and moral obligation.

African Americans and standardized tests : the real reason for low test scores

2009-11-10T00:00:00-05:00

Jairrels, Veda.

Sauk Village, Ill. : African American Images, c2009.

x, 166 p. ; 22 cm.

With a surprisingly honest and hard-hitting approach, this volume postulates that a lack of reading experiences in the African American household is the true cause of low scores on today's standardized tests. The discussion stresses the significance of literacy in a child's future and the importance of parental involvement toward shaping that future. In an educational climate where most of the blame for a child's poor performance is placed upon the teachers, the curricula, and the social structure of the schools, this discussion ultimately places the responsibility back in the hands of the family and offers them suggestions for improvement. It also provides reccomendations for educators, churches, concerned citizens, and Black Greek sororities and fraternities. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Nat Turner

2009-11-09T09:19:31-05:00

Baker, Kyle.

New York : Abrams, 2008.

207 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.

Acclaimed author and illustrator Kyle Baker depicts the evils of slavery in this moving and historically accurate story of Nat Turner's slave rebellion. Every image resonates in this nearly wordless graphic novel that collects all four issues of Baker's miniseries for the first time. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

I know why the caged bird sings : by Maya Angelou

2009-11-09T00:00:00-05:00

Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2010.

ix, 285 p. ; 24 cm.

The original essays in this set examine Maya Angelou's pivotal work from several perspectives. One essay discusses the historical events that surround Angelou's life: the civil rights, black power, and black arts movements as well as the emergence of black women's literature. Another provides a survey of the major pieces of criticism on Caged Bird, paying special attention to the book's early reception and how it fits in the autobiographical genre and the history of slave narratives, as well as issues of race, gender, aesthetics, and identity. The third essay discusses the struggle for black identity through readings of both Caged Bird and James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

On I know why the caged bird sings / Mildred R. Mickle -- Biography of Maya Angelou / Judith Barton Williamson -- The Paris review perspective / Christopher Cox -- I know why the caged bird sings: African American literary tradition and the civil rights era / Amy Sickels -- The critical reception of I know why the caged bird sings / Pamela Loos -- The matter of identity in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings and James Baldwin's If Beale Street could talk / Neil Heims -- "The only teacher I remembered": school, schooling, and education in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Robert C. Evans -- Death as metaphor of self in I know why the caged bird sings / LIliane K. Arensberg -- Breaking the slience: symbolic violence and the teaching of contemporary "ethnic" autobiography / Martin A. Danahay -- Reembodying the self: representations of rap in Incidents in the life of a slave girl and I know why the caged bird sings / Mary Vermillion -- I know why the caged bird sings: "childhood revisited" / Lyman B. Hagen -- Racial protest, identity, words, and form / Pierre A. Walker -- "What you looking at me for? I didn't come to stay": displacement, disruption, and black female subjectivity in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Yolanda M. Manora -- Role-playing as art in Maya Angelou's Caged bird / Myra K. McMurry -- Singin' de blues, writing black female survival in I know why the caged bird sings / Cheron A. Barnwell -- A discursive trifecta: community, education, and language in I know why the caged bird sings / Clarence Nero -- Maya Angelou's Caged bird as trauma narrative / Suzette A. Henke.

The chemistry of color : African-American artists in Philadelphia, 1970-1990

2009-11-06T12:58:20-05:00

Sajet, Kim.

Philadelphia, Pa. : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, c2005.

96 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

"The Harold A. and Ann R. Sorgenti Collection of Contemporary African-American Art."

Published on the occasion of the exhibit, January 11-April 10, 2005, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God

2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2009.

109 p. ; 23 cm.

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of the rediscovered masterpieces of the American canon. The novel depicts a woman's struggle for personal awareness and self-empowerment and has inspired many of the African-American women writers who have followed in Hurston's footsteps. This study guide to the novel features short excerpts of critical essays, an annotated bibliography, an index, and an introductory essay by renowned literature professor Harold Bloom. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : an American slave

2009-10-30T00:00:00-04:00

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.

New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005.

xxxiii, 126 p. ; 23 cm.

Conversations with Samuel R. Delany

2009-10-27T08:37:13-04:00

Delany, Samuel R.

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

xx, 214 p. ; 23 cm.

Black is the new white : a memoir

2009-10-26T12:55:02-04:00

Mooney, Paul, 1941-

New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.

264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"Black Is the New White" is a fascinating and fearless memoir by one of the most enduring and brilliant comedic minds of all time. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Michael Jackson : before he was king

2009-10-21T10:24:31-04:00

Gray, Todd.

San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, c2009.

141 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

"Photographer Todd Gray worked with Michael Jackson for several years before Michael requested that he become his personal photographer, a relationship that would encompass Michael's performances with The Jacksons through the release of his solo albums Off the wall and Thriller. This collection of unseen and intimate pictures of Michael taken over a span of 10 years reveal him at home, with his family and fans, in career-making live performances, and on the Beat it video shoot"--Dust jacket.

We troubled the waters : poems

2009-10-21T00:00:00-04:00

Shange, Ntozake.

New York : Amistad/Collins, 2009.

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Shange's stirring poems and Brown's raw, striking paintings evoke the turbulence of the civil rights movement. Illustrations. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Maneater

2009-10-20T00:00:00-04:00

Morrison, Mary B.

Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.

393 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.

"New York Times"-bestselling author Morrison and "Essence"-bestselling author Noire collaborate on this too-hot-to-handle novella that proves there's nothing more powerful than a woman bent on seduction and revenge. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Character of a man / by Mary B. Morrison -- Sugar-honey-ice-tee / by Noire.

The Tuskegee airmen : the men who changed a nation

2009-10-19T08:51:02-04:00

Francis, Charles E.

Boston [Mass.] : Branden Books, c2008.

559 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Slave census of Green County, Kentucky, 1850 and 1860

2009-10-16T00:00:00-04:00

Houk, Martha T.

Greensburg, Ky. : Green County Genealogical Society, c2008 (Utica, Ky. : McDowell Publications)

142 p. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Green County Black records : Green County, Kentucky

2009-10-16T00:00:00-04:00

Bishop, Mary.

Greensburg, Ky. (P.O. Box 273, Greensburg [42743]) : Green County Genealogical Society, [2006?]

224 p. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Ralph Ellison's Invisible man

2009-10-15T00:00:00-04:00

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, c2009.

viii, 205 p. ; 25 cm.

Many critics view Invisible Man as the greatest African-American literary achievement to date. This classic novel reflected race relations in America at the beginning of the civil rights movement. Few works have brought to life with such candor and lyrical grace, the life of a man who feels himself marginalized to the point of being rendered invisibly nonexistent. This new offering in the Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series considers Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man through a selection of critical essays. Additional features include an index for easy reference, notes on the contributing writers, a bibliography of the author's work, a chronology detailing the author's life, and an introductory essay by literature professor Harold Bloom. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Gridiron gauntlet : the story of the men who integrated pro football, in their own words

2009-10-14T02:23:28-04:00

Piascik, Andy, 1957-

Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. : Distributed by National Book Network, c2009.

ix, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first African-American pro football players in the modern era. Players who began their careers from 1946 to 1955 reminisce about the violence they faced on and off the field, the world of segregation and the violence it brought, but also of white players and coaches who assisted and supported their careers. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

John Brown -- Bob Mann -- Joe Perry -- Sherman Howard -- George Taliaferro -- Emerson Cole -- Charlie Powell -- Eddie Macon -- Harold Bradley -- Eddie Bell -- Henry Ford -- Bobby Watkins.

Includes index.

I am the new black

2009-10-13T03:49:35-04:00

Morgan, Tracy, 1968-

New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.

xx, 198p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

The outrageously funny, heartbreaking, and surprising story of Tracy Morgan's rise from ghetto wiseass to superstar comedian.

Contemporary Black biography.

2009-10-12T00:00:00-04:00

Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1992-<2009>

v. : ill. ; 29 cm.

"Profiles from the international Black community."

Official negligence : how Rodney King and the riots changed Los Angeles and the LAPD

2009-10-09T00:00:00-04:00

Cannon, Lou.

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.

xxi, 706 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Originally published by Times Books in 1997.

The streets don't love you back

2009-10-08T17:00:51-04:00

Boyd, Robert D., 1963-

[Cincinnati, Ohio] : Boyd Pub., c2008.

187 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Michael Jackson : 1958-2009, life of a legend

2009-10-08T09:51:48-04:00

Heatley, Michael.

London : Headline, 2009.

192 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

The midnight clear : stories of love, hope & inspiration.

2009-10-08T00:00:00-04:00

Stone Mountain, GA : KNB Publications, LLC, 2006.

316 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Racism and Black on Black crime : from a biblical perspective

2009-10-07T13:38:21-04:00

Springs, Oressa.

Greenville, S.C. : Ambassador International, c2008.

141 p. ; 22 cm.

Michael Jackson : a visual documentary 1958-2009 : the official tribute edition

2009-10-07T00:00:00-04:00

London ; New York : Omnibus ; New York, NY : Music Sales Corp. (distributor), c2009.

280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

An illustrated photo book featuring an interview with the "King of Pop." Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Includes UK discography 1972-2009 (p. 278-280) and filmography (p. 280).

Warriors don't cry : the searing memoir of the battle to integrate Little Rock's Central High

2009-10-06T00:00:00-04:00

Beals, Melba.

New York : Simon Pulse, 2007.

226 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Originally published more than a decade ago, this searing account of the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock--an ALA Nonfiction Book of the Year--is written by one of the black teenagers chosen to become warriors on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Scared silent : the Mildred Muhammad story : a memoir

2009-10-06T00:00:00-04:00

Muhammad, Mildred.

New York : Strebor Books, c2009.

261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"Mildred Muhammad, the former wife of convicted 'D.C. Sniper' John Muhammad, breaks her silence about the domestic violence she suffered during their marriage and the tragic events that occurred after their divorce, which led up to the October 2002 sniper killings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area"--Jacket.

"When the one you love-- becomes the one you fear."

"Published by Atria Books"--Jacket.

Includes discussion guide, listing of state coalitions against domestic violence, and a safety plan for victims in a domestic violence situation.

Cotton and race in the making of America : the human costs of economic power

2009-10-06T00:00:00-04:00

Dattel, Eugene R.

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2009.

xiv, 416 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm.

Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of the republic. America's most serious social tragedy, slavery and its legacy, spread only where cotton could be grown. Both before and after the Civil War, blacks were assigned to the cotton fields while a pervasive racial animosity and fear of a black migratory invasion caused white Northerners to contain blacks in the South. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.