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Samuel W. Black
Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington, August 1963
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by
Frederick Douglass
Call Number: E449 .D749 1986X - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1845
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by
Harriet A. Jacobs
Call Number: E444 .J17 A3 1988 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1861
The Souls of Black Folk
by
W. E. B. Du Bois
Call Number: E185.6 .D797 1997 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1903
The Wretched of the Earth
by
Frantz Fanon
Call Number: DT33 .F313 2004 - Phen Center, 1st Floor
Publication Date: 1961
Manchild in the Promised Land
by
Clause McKay
Call Number: E185.97.B86 A3 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1965
Soul on Ice
by
Eldridge Cleaver
Call Number: E185.97 .C6 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1968
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by
Alex Haley
Call Number: E185.97 .H24 A33 1976X - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1976
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
by
Martin Luther King
Call Number: E185.97 .K5 A25 1991 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1986
The New Negro: Readings on Race, Representation, and African American Culture, 1892-1938
by
Henry Louis Gates (Editor)
Call Number: PS153 .N5 N49 2007 - 2nd Floor
Publication Date: 2007
March, Book 1
by
John Lewis
Call Number: E840.8 .L43 A3 2013X - Curriculum Center, Chapter Books, 5th Floor
Publication Date: 2013
Gumberg Library owns volumes 2 & 3 also
Between the World and Me
Call Number: E185.615 .C6335 2015bx - 1st Floor, Phen Center
Publication Date: 2015
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York
by
Solomon Northup
Call Number: E444 .N87 2013X - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1853
Up From Slavery: An autobiography
by
Booker T. Washington
Publication Date: 1901
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Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
by
Richard Wright
Call Number: PS3545.R815 Z96 2006 - 2nd Floor
Publication Date: 1945
The Fire Next Time
by
James Baldwin
Call Number: E185.61 .B195 1993 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1963
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by
Malcolm X.; Alex Haley (As told to)
Call Number: BP223.Z8 L57943 1992ax - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1965
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya Angelou
Call Number: PS3551.N464 Z466 2015x - Curriculum Center, Chapter Books, 5th Floor
Publication Date: 1969
Brothers and Keepers
by
John Edgar Wideman
Call Number: PS3573.I26 Z464 2005 - 2nd Floor
Publication Date: 1984
From Slavery to Freedom; A History of Negro Americans
by
John Hope Franklin
Call Number: E185 .F825 1967 - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 1967
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by
Isabel Wilkerson
Call Number: E185.6 .W685 2011X - 3rd Floor
Publication Date: 2010
Hip Hop Family Tree: 1970-1981 (Book 1)
by
Ed Piskor
Call Number: ML3531 .P571 2016x - Music, 5th Floor
Publication Date: 2013
Gumberg Library owns volumes 2-4 also
Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
Call Number: F159.P69 N487 2018
Publication Date: 2018
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