African American History

Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis, Jr. Gates
from BasicCivitas Books

At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America
by Philip Dray
from Random House

The Forgotten Heroes: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers
by Clinton Cox 
Listed under Buffalo Soldiers

Iron Riders: Story of the Buffalo Soldier Bicycle Corps
by George Niels Sorensen
Listed under Buffalo Soldiers

The Black Cowboys (African-American Achievers)
by Gina De Angelis

Black Cowboys of Texas (Centennial Series of the Assoc. of Former Students, Texas A&m Univ., No 86)
by Sara R. Massey (Editor), Alwyn Barr (Introduction)
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; (March )

The Black West: A Documentary & Pictorial History of the African American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States
by William Katz (Author)

Black Baby White Hands: A View from the Crib by Jaiya John Paperback from Soul Water Publishing

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride Paperback from Riverhead Books

Black People Who Made the Old West
by William Loren Katz 
Book Description: From earliest times, black men and women helped shape the frontier of this country. yet, their participation in american history has often been neglected. William Loren Katz tells the story of thirty-five black people whose activities and accomplishments are a testimony to their unique contribution.
Publisher: Africa World Press; (March 1993)

Black Pioneers: An Untold Story
by William Katz (Author)

Black Women of the Old West
by William Katz (Author)

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage
by William Katz (Author)

Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People

Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas

Africans & Native Americans: The Language of Race & the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

Black, Red and Deadly: Black & Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907

Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues
by John B. Holway, Lloyd Johnson, Rachel Borst, Buck O'Neil
Listed under Negro Baseball Leagues

Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
by Robin D.G. Kelley
Paperback from Beacon Press

 

A Hundred Little Hitlers : The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America by Elinor Langer Hardcover from Metropolitan Books

The Negro Cowboys
by Philip Durham, Everett L. Jones (Photographer)

The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
by Alex Kotlowitz
Paperback from Anchor

Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America
by Stephen G. Bloom
Paperback from Harvest Books

The Quilts of Gee's Bend
by John Beardsley et al.
Listed under Quilting

Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
by Josh Gottheimer, Bill Clinton, Mary Frances Berry
Listed under Civil Rights Movement

The Racial State
by David Theo Goldberg
Paperback from Blackwell Publishers

The Souls of Black Folks
by W. E. B. Du Bois, Theodore Eagans
Audio CD from Phoenix Publishing Corp.

 

The Known World by Edward P. Jones Hardcover from Amistad Press

The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Lisa Frazier Page Paperback from Riverhead Books

The New Anti-Semitism : The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It by Phyllis Chesler Hardcover from Jossey-Bass

A Testament of Hope : The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King
Listed under Martin Luther King, Jr

Uneven Lies : The Heroic Story of African-Americans In Golf
by Pete McDaniel, et al
Listed under History of Golf
 
 

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