Anthology of
Literature
Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for Young
People
Charles Sullivan
1991 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8109-3170-2
Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American
experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.
Arts and
Crafts - African
African Art
Duncan Clarke
1995 Crescent Books
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 0-517-12080-1
This book shows the full range of African creativity from sophisticated
bronze sculpture to headdresses and from carved thrones to colorful textiles.
Eighty colored plates and informative text cover each region of Africa and
their many art forms.
African Arts and Cultures
Jacqueline Chanda
1993 Davis Publications, Inc.
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 87192-249-5
This richly documented text on African arts includes photographs with
accompanying explanations of the form, function and symbolic meaning of
the art work.
African Designs From Traditional Sources
Geoffrey Williams
1971 Dover Publications Inc.
Available from Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-22752-9
A collection of 200 African designs from textiles, ornaments, tools,
carvings, wall decorations and other art forms. Background information is
provided for each design.
African Punch-out Masks
A.G. Smith and Josie Hazen
1994 Dover Publications Inc.
Available from Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-27933-2
Six color, full-size masks from Africa including a hyena mask from Mali
and a dance mask from the Congo.
Coloring Book of Ancient Africa
1995 Bellerophon Books
Available from Bellerphon Books
ISBN# 0-88388-090-3
Black and white illustrations of art work from the ancient royal palaces
in Benin.
Royal Art of Benin, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1994 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Available from Crizmac
ISBN# 0-87099-702-5
This resource collection for educators includes two posters, twenty color
slides, background text, classroom activities and a bibliography on the
royal art of Benin.
Arts and
Crafts - African American
Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art For Young
People
Charles Sullivan
1991 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8109-3170-2
Poems, prose, photographs, and paintings explore the African-American
experience as seen through art and literature by blacks or about black subjects.
Free Within Ourselves: African-American Artists in the Collection
of the National Museum of American Art
Regina Perry
1992 Smithsonian Institution
Available from Pomegranate
ISBN# 1-56640-072-4
This exhibition catalog from an exhibit at the National Museum of American
Art features the work of more than 100 African American artists from the
1800s to the present. Full-color reproductions of art work. A print collection
under same title is also available.
Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America
Studio Museum in Harlem
1994 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN# 0-8109-8128-9
This exhibition catalogue from the exhibition "Harlem Renaissance:
Art of Black America," includes color illustrations of the art of the
Harlem Renaissance and accompanying essays by known authorities on this
influential period of American art.
Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet
Tubman series of 1938-40
Ellen Harkins Wheat
1991 University of Washington Press
ISBN# 0-9616982-5-x
Color reproductions of all panels in the two series with accompanying
essays on the paintings, the artist, and the subjects Douglass and Tubman.
Biography - African American
African America: Portrait of a people
Kenneth Estell
1994 Visible Ink Press
ISBN# 0-8103-9453-7
Biographical sketches of famous African Americans arranged by professional
field. Photographs and essays compliment the biographies.
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
1965 Ballantine Books
ISBN# 0-345-35068-5
An established classic of modern America, the Autobiography of Malcolm
X is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the civil rights
movement.
Having Our Say
Sarah Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany
1993 Dell Publishing
ISBN# 0-440-22042-4
The Delany sisters tell their story of growing up in the South, moving
North in the Great Migration, coping with racism, and building lives in
Harlem as professional women during the Harlem Renaissance.
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
Walter Myers
1993 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-48109-6
This biography of Malcolm X won the 1994 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
award. Also see the CD-ROM Smart Book under the same title.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
1995 Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN# 1-486-28499-9
In this, the first of his three autobiographies, Douglass provides graphic
descriptions of his childhood and experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing
record of his dramatic escape to the North.
Twelve Years a Slave: Excerpts From the Narrative of Solomon Northup
A Lucas
1991 Many Cultures Publishing
Available from Many Cultures Publishing
ISBN# 0-936434-39-2
Excerpts from the biography of Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and
sold into slavery in the mid 1850s. Three audio cassettes, script and teacher's
guide are included.
When We Were Colored
Clifton Taulbert
1989 Penguin Books
ISBN# 0-14-024477-8
In this bittersweet memoir of growing up in rural Mississippi during
the last days of segregation, Taulbert salutes the extended family that
nurtured him. His family and community come to life with humor and optimism.
Celebrations
For Every Season: The Complete Guide to African American Celebrations,
Traditional to Contemporary
Barbara Eklof
1997 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-017818-3
Eklof provides a practical and historical guide to African American traditions
for ceremonies and celebrations of the four major passages of the human
experience: birth, adolescence, marriage, and death.
Merry Christmas, Baby
Paula Woods and Felix Liddell
1996 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-017395-5
Woods and Liddell have brought together the many voices and experiences
of African Americans at Christmas and Kwanzaa in this collection of text
selections from African American writers. Also included are full-color reproductions
of African American art and recipes by leading chefs.
Christmas
Merry Christmas, Baby
Paula Woods and Felix Liddell
1996 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-017395-5
Woods and Liddell have brought together the many voices and experiences
of African Americans at Christmas and Kwanzaa in this collection of text
selections from African American writers. Also included are full-color reproductions
of African American art and recipes by leading chefs.
Civil Rights
Movement
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
1965 Ballantine Books
ISBN# 0-345-35068-5
An established classic of modern America, the Autobiography of Malcolm
X is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the civil rights
movement.
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own
Stories
Ellen Levine
1993 G.P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN# 0-399-21893-9
Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil rights movement
during the 1950s and 1960s describe their experiences.
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
1965 Ballantine Books
ISBN# 0-345-35068-5
An established classic of modern America, the Autobiography of Malcolm
X is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the civil rights
movement.
Civil War
On the altar of freedom: A Black soldier's Civil War Letters From
the Front
Virginia Adams
1991 Warner Books
Available from Multicolor Workshop
ISBN# 0-446-39414-9
Letters from Corporal James Henry Gooding of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry Regiment, one of the most renowned black regiments serving in the
Union Army during Civil War.
Dress and
Adornment
Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who've Considered Weaves When the
Chemicals Became Too Ruff
Lonnice Bonner
1991 Crown Trade Paperbacks
ISBN# 0-517-88151-9
A "how-to" beauty book for African-American women and a hilarious
autobiography of Lonnice Bonner's search for natural, healthy hair.
Fiction -
African American
Fallen Angels
Walter Myers
1988 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-40942-5
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of high school, enlists in
the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty
in Vietnam.
Glory Field, The
Walter Dean Myers
1994 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-45897-3
Follows a family's two-hundred-fifty-year history, from the capture of
an African boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as their
dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small plot
of land in South Carolina that they call the Glory Field.
LeRoy and the Old Man
W.E. Butterworth
1980 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-42711-3
LeRoy witnesses a murder committed by one of Chicago's toughest gangs.
The gang is convinced that LeRoy informed on them and wants revenge. Leroy
flees to his grandfather's home and finds a way to deal with his problem.
Rite of Passage
Richard Wright
1994 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-023419-9
When fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs is told that he is really a foster
child, he runs off into the streets of Harlem and meets up with a gang that
wants him to participate in a mugging.
Folktales
- African
Bury My Bones But Keep My Words: African Tales for Retelling
Tony Fairman
1991 Henry Holt and Company
ISBN# 0-8050-2333-X
A collection of traditional African tales, including "The Man with
a Tree on His Head" from Botswana, "There's One Day for the Victim"
from Nigeria, and "Hare and the White Man" from South Africa.
Ox of the Wonderful Horns and Other African Folktales
Ashley Bry
1993 Macmillan Publishing Company
ISBN# 0-689-31799-9
A collection of five traditional stories from Africa: "Ananse the
spider in search of a fool," "Frog and his two wives," "Elephant
and frog go courting," "Tortoise, hare, and the sweet potatoes,"
and "The ox of the wonderful horns."
Tokoloshi
Diana Pitcher1981 Tricycle Press
Available from Tricycle Press
Presents retellings of seventeen African folktales, most of which are
Bantu tales of southern and central Africa set against a background of Zulu
family life and customs.
Frontier
Life
Black West, The (3rd ed.)
William Katz
1987 Open Hand Publishing Inc.
Available from Multicolor Workshop
ISBN# 0-940880-18-0
A history of the black people who participated in the development of
the Western frontier in the United States including explorers, fur traders,
early settlers, slaves, cowboys, and soldiers. Illustrated with archival
photographs.
Gangs
Roy and the Old Man
W.E. Butterworth
1980 Scholastic
ISBN# 0-590-42711-3
LeRoy witnesses a murder committed by one of Chicago's toughest gangs.
The gang is convinced that LeRoy informed on them and wants revenge. Leroy
flees to his grandfather's home and finds a way to deal with his problem.
Rite of Passage
Richard Wright
1994 HarperCollins
ISBN# 0-06-023419-9
When fifteen-year-old Johnny Gibbs is told that he is really a foster
child, he runs off into the streets of Harlem and meets up with a gang that
wants him to participate in a mugging.
Great Migration
Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940
Spencer Crew
1987 Smithsonian Institution
Available from National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
This exhibition catalogue from Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Field
to Factory: Afro-American migration 1915 - 1940" includes brief descriptions
with accompanying photographs of everyday events in the lives of African
Americans as they moved north in the early 1900s. Topic headings range from
"The decision to move" to "Blacks and unions."
Having Our Say
Sarah Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany
1993 Dell Publishing
ISBN# 0-440-22042-4
The Delany sisters tell their story of growing up in the South, moving
North in the Great Migration, coping with racism, and building lives in
Harlem as professional women during the Harlem Renaissance.
History -
African
Through African Eyes (Vol. 1): Teaching Strategies
He Past - The Road to Independence
Leon E. Clark
1989 Center for International Training and Education
Available from Social Studies School Service
ISBN# 0-938960-32-6
Teacher's guide with lesson plans to accompany "Through African
Eyes".
Through African Eyes (Vol. 1)
The Past - The Road toIindependence
Leon E. Clark
1988 Center for International Training and Education
Available from Social Studies School Service
ISBN# 0-938960-27-X
This collection of readings focuses on major themes in African history
and presents material that re-creates, as authentically and concretely as
possible, the reality of African life. This volume is divided into four
parts: the African past; the coming of the European; the Colonial experience,
and the rise of nationalism. The selections in each part come from a variety
of sources: autobiographies, fiction, poetry, newspaper and magazine articles,
letters, diaries, speeches and historical documents. An introduction with
background information introduces each selection.
Timelines of African-American History: 500 Years of Black
Achievement
Tom Cowan and Jack Maguire
1994 Roundtable Press/Perigee Books
Available from Dale Seymour Publications
ISBN# 0-399-52127-5
From 1492 to the present, this reference includes information about exploration,
politics and civil rights, religion, education, business and employment,
the military, literature and journalism, science and technology, and important
statistics pertaining to the African American community.
History - African American
American Historical Images on File: The Black Experience
Carter Smith
1990 Facts On File
Available from Social Studies School Service
ISBN# 0-8160-2227-5
This resource collection of over 250 captioned pictures includes photographs
and drawings of the important people and events in African-American history
from slavery to the Civil Rights movement. The images with explanatory text
are printed on heavy stock and reproduction rights are included.
Black West, The (3rd ed.)
William Katz
1987 Open Hand Publishing Inc.
Available from Multicolor Workshop
ISBN# 0-940880-18-0
A history of the black people who participated in the development of
the Western frontier in the United States including explorers, fur traders,
early settlers, slaves, cowboys, and soldiers. Illustrated with archival
photographs.
Facing History: The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
Guy McElroy
1990 Chronicle Books
ISBN# 0-938491-38-5
Facing History examines both the grotesquely dehumanizing images as well
as the ground-breaking work of Black artists who helped change the face
of Blacks in the visual arts.
Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940
Spencer Crew
1987 Smithsonian Institution
Available from National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
This exhibition catalogue from Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Field
to Factory: Afro-American migration 1915 - 1940" includes brief descriptions
with accompanying photographs of everyday events in the lives of African
Americans as they moved north in the early 1900s. Topic headings range from
"The decision to move" to "Blacks and unions."
On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters From
the Front
Virginia Adams
1991 Warner Books
Available from Multicolor Workshop
ISBN# 0-446-39414-9
Letters from Corporal James Henry Gooding of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry Regiment, one of the most renowned black regiments serving in the
Union Army during Civil War.
Language
Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American slang
Clarence Major
1994 Penguin Books
ISBN# 0-14-05.1306x
From words and phrases more than 200 years old to the latest expressions
of rap and hip hop, "Juba to Jive" documents the vibrant contributions
of African-Americans to American English. The book features four areas of
African-American slang: early rural Southern slang, which started during
slavery; the sinner-man/black musician period between 1900 and 1960; the
street slang out of which rap and hip hop emerged; and working-class language.
Military
Fallen Angels
Walter Myers
1988 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-40942-5
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of high school, enlists in
the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty
in Vietnam.
Music
Central Avenue - Its Rise and Fall (1890 - 1955)
Bette Yarborough Cox
1996 BEEM Publications
ISBN# 0-9650783-0-2
Through oral histories and research, Bette Cox has recreated the rich
world of African American music in Los Angeles during the first half of
the 20th century.
Poetry
Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Langston Hughes
1994 Knopf
ISBN# 0-679-84421-X
A collection of 66 poems, selected by the author for young readers, including
lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.
Rural Life
When We Were Colored
Clifton Taulbert
1989 Penguin Books
ISBN# 0-14-024477-8
In this bittersweet memoir of growing up in rural Mississippi during
the last days of segregation, Taulbert salutes the extended family that
nurtured him. His family and community come to life with humor and optimism.
Slavery
Glory Field, The
Walter Dean Myers
1994 Scholastic Inc.
ISBN# 0-590-45897-3
Follows a family's two-hundred-fifty-year history, from the capture of
an African boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as their
dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small plot
of land in South Carolina that they call the Glory Field.
Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series
of 1938-40
Ellen Harkins Wheat
1991 University of Washington Press
ISBN# 0-9616982-5-x
Color reproductions of all panels in the two series with accompanying
essays on the paintings, the artist, and the subjects Douglass and Tubman.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
1995 Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN# 1-486-28499-9
In this, the first of his three autobiographies, Douglass provides graphic
descriptions of his childhood and experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing
record of his dramatic escape to the North.
Twelve Years a Slave: Excerpts From the Narrative of Solomon Northup
A Lucas
1991 Many Cultures Publishing
Available from Many Cultures Publishing
ISBN# 0-936434-39-2
Excerpts from the biography of Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and
sold into slavery in the mid 1850s. Three audio cassettes, script and teacher's
guide are included. | 
