FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
| AMERICA
BEHIND THE COLOR LINE: DIALOGUES WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Scholar and best-selling author examines the social & economic journey since the civil rights era. |
| HARRIET
TUBMAN: THE ROAD TO FREEDOM by Catherine Clinton First full-scale biography written by an acclaimed historian. |
| IN
HIS OWN WORDS by Nelson Mandela A collection of historic & inspirational addresses. |
| BURY
THE CHAINS: PROPHETS, SLAVES AND REBELS IN THE FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS CRUSADE by Adam Hochschild In 1787 London, the first grassroots human rights campaign freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. |
| BONDSWOMAN'S
NARRATIVE by Hannah Crafts Only known novel written by an American slave about a self-educated house slave, her beautiful mistress, and their bid for freedom. |
| CHILDREN
OF PROMISE: AFRICAN -AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Poems, prose photographs and paintings explore the experience of African-Americans. |
| GREAT
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN LITERATURE by Pat Rediger Profiles notable authors. |
| SWEET
WORDS SO BRAVE: THE STORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE by Barbara K. Curry & James Michael Brodie Survey from slave narratives to the present, told in the voice of a grandfather speaking to his granddaughter. |
| IN
THE HOLLOW OF YOUR HAND: SLAVE LULLABIES collected by Alice McGill Orally transmitted songs of hardships and hope. (includes CD) |
| THE
MAGIC HOUR by Wynton Marsalis |
| THE
ULTIMATE COLLECTION by Smokey Robinson |
| WHISKEY
IS MY HABIT, WOMEN IS ALL I CRAVE: THE BEST OF LEROY CARR |
| TRUTH,
JUSTICE & THE BLUES by James Williams |
| NOW
YOU HAS JAZZ: LOUIS ARMSTRONG AT MGM by Louis Armstrong |
| MR.
JELLY LORD - STANDARD
TIME, VOLUME 6: by Wynton Marsalis |
| MAKING CALLALOO: 25 YEARS OF BLACK LITERATURE |
| THE
WHITE IMAGE IN THE BLACK MIND: A STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE by Jane Davis |
| BEING
& RACE: BLACK WRITING SINCE 1970 by Charles Johnson |
| DOUBLE STITCH: BLACK WOMEN WRITE ABOUT MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS |
| WAS
HUCK BLACK? : MARK TWAIN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN VOICES by Shelley Fisher Fishkin |
| SHIMMY
SHIMMY SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE: LOOKING AT THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE THROUGH POEMS |
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Marta Campbell, Head of Collection Management |  |
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