| Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Editor) ~ Legendary scholar-activist W.E.B. Du Bois labored to complete an "Encyclopedia Africana" before his death in 1963. Just over 35 years later, two Harvard educators, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Ghanaian-born Kwame Anthony Appiah, have brought Du Bois' intellectual dream to life in Africana | You might also enjoy the CD-rom edition. | Microsoft Encarta Africana Third Edition by Microsoft ~ Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me
Check out other Encarta Software at Microsoft Encarta Software | | Back to Black History New Releases | | Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad by Randolph Paul Runyon ~ Explores the conflicting reports surrounding the roles of a mild- mannered school teacher and a Methodist preacher in transporting slaves for the Underground Railroad. For those interested in Kentucky history, the antislavery movement, and the role of women in the 19th century. | | Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity, Revised and Expanded by Dee P. Woodtor | | Freedomways Reader: Prophets in Their Own Country by Esther C. Jackson, Constance Pohl (Contributor) When it was created in 1961, the goal of the publication Freedomways was "to serve as a vehicle of communication, which will mirror developments in the diversified many-sided struggles of the Negro people." | | Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, et al ~ When quiltmaker Ozella McDaniels told Jacqueline Tobin of the Underground Railroad Quilt Code, it sparked Tobin to place the tale within the history of the Underground Railroad. Hidden in Plain View documents Tobin and Raymond Dobard's journey of discovery | See also | | African American Movie Favorites | | Hidden Witness | | The Face of Our Past | | The Struggle for Civil Rights |
| | Hidden Witness : African American Images from the Dawn of Photography to the Civil War by Jackie Napolean Wilson | | In Search of Black America: Discovering the African American Dream by David J. Dent ~ If you watch the news, it is possible to misconstrue African Americans as an undereducated, hyperathletic, and jail-prone demographic group residing largely in urban areas. This is precisely the kind of cliché that journalist David J. Dent seeks to undermine | | Let Nobody Turn Us Around by Manning Marable (Editor), Leith Mullings (Editor) | | My Soul Is a Witness : A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era 1954-1965 by Bettye Collier-Thomas, V. P. Franklin ~ A powerful and inspiring record of one of the most significant periods in America's history, which presents the full historic scope of the hard-fought battle for civil rights. | | Spirit Dive : An African-American's Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship's Past by Michael H. Cottman ~ For most Afro-Americans, the slave ship was the vessel that ushered their unwilling ancestors from their homeland to the New World. That is why Michael Cottman's Spirit Dive resonates with such horror and history, as he uncovers the sordid tale of the Henrietta Marie | | The Black New Yorkers: The Schomburg Illustrated Chronology by Howard Dodson, et al ~ The Black New Yorkers is the companion volume to the Schomburg Center exhibit as well as a resource for the PBS history of New York City. With over 200 illustrations and 480 pages, it traces the nearly 400-year-old black presence in New York | | The Face of Our Past: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present by Kathleen Thompson (Editor), et al | | The Hairstons : An American Family in Black and White by Henry Wiencek ~ The Hairstons traces the complex lineage and fascinating legacy of one of America's largest families. Henry Wiencek explores the lives of black and white members of the Hairston clan, as they have accepted each other as one family, easing the historical divide between the races, | | The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference ~ This is exactly the type of reference book you'd expect from the New York Public Library--it is packed with tables, charts, timelines, and summaries devoted, in this case, to the African American experience. Chapters cover a variety of topics, including the saga of African American history, politics... Read more | | More Black History New Releases |
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