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African Americans

Berlin, Ira; Marc Favreau; and Steven Miller, eds. Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Freedom. New Press, 1998. This set of tapes and books with original interviews with former slaves provides a firsthand view of African American life before emancipation.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ed. Bearing Witness: Selections from African-American Autobiography in the Twentieth Century. Pantheon, 1991. First-person accounts of being black in America.

Hansen, Joyce. Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves. Franklin Watts, 2000. A contextual primer on the roots of black America. For young adults.

Johnson, Charles, and Patricia Smith. Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery. Harcourt Brace, 1998. This companion volume to a WGBH/PBS television series provides an in-depth look at American slavery through the eyes of the people who lived through it and the modern scholars who are uncovering its details.

Kenan, Randall. Walking on Water: Black America on the Eve of the 21st Century. Knopf, 1999. A narrative based on the author's travels and conversations with African Americans on what it's like to be black in America.

Mabunda, L. Mpho, ed. The African American Almanac. Gale Research, 1999. A comprehensive reference work on black American culture and history.

Russell, Dick. Black Genius and the American Experience. Carroll & Graf, 1998. Thirty-three men and women and the communities that fostered their accomplishments.

Salzman, Jack; David Lionel Smith; and Cornel West, eds. The African American Experience. Simon & Schuster, 1998. A single-volume selection from Macmillan's five-volume Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History.

Salzman, Jack; David Lionel Smith; and Cornel West, eds. Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. Macmillan, 1995. A comprehensive reference work.

Thernstrom, Stephan, and Abigail Thernstrom. America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible. Simon & Schuster, 1997. A controversial survey of race relations arguing that government intervention will not fix racial inequalities.

For younger readers

Ashabranner, Brent. The New African Americans. Linnet, 1999. Photographs and profiles of recent African immigrants to the United States.

Bolden, Tonya. Tell All the Children Our Story: Memories and Mementos of Being Young and Black in America. Abrams, 2002. For readers in grade 6 and up.

Cryan-Hicks, Kathryn, ed. Pride and Promise: The Harlem Renaissance. Discovery Enterprises, 1994. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Katz, William Loren. Black Pioneers: An Untold Story. Atheneum, 1999. The story of black settlers who sought a new life on the frontier. For middle school and high school readers.

Raboteau, Albert J. African-American Religion. Oxford University Press, 1999. How African American history shaped beliefs and faiths. For middle school and high school readers.

Reef, Catherine. Africans in America: The Spread of People and Culture. Facts on File, 1999. For middle school readers.

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