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African American History

Asante, Molefi K., and Mark T. Mattson. The African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture. Macmillan, 1998. A beautifully illustrated chronicle of the important periods in African American history.

Boyd, Herb, ed. Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It. Doubleday, 2000. More than 100 entries covering three centuries.

Buckley, Gail Lumet. American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military, from the Revolution to Desert Storm. Random House, 2001. The untold story of black bravery in America's wars.

Ciment, James. Atlas of African-American History. Facts on File, 2001. Presents a visual understanding of African American history and events.

Earle, Jonathan. The Routledge Atlas of African American History. Routledge, 2000. A comprehensive reference, well-illustrated.

Franklin, John Hope, and Alfred A. Moss. From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. 8th ed. Knopf, 2000. Originally published in 1947, this classic remains the most comprehensive, engaging, and informed single-volume study of the African American experience.

Gates, Henry Louis, and Cornel West. The African American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country. Free Press, 2000. Profiles of important figures, organized by decade.

Gates, Henry Louis. The African-American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Century. Simon & Schuster, 2000. Provides an engaging historical narrative on the lives and achievements of 100 African Americans.

Kelley, Robin D., and Earl Lewis, eds. To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans. Oxford University Press , 2000. A sweeping survey of the dramatic saga of the black experience in America.

Kolchin, Peter. American Slavery, 1619-1877. Hill & Wang, 1993. A thorough synthesis of all aspects of slavery and the diverse approaches to the subject.

Koslow, Philip, ed. The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference. Wiley , 1999. The consummate reference guide to the culture of Africans in America.

Montgomery, William E. Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree: The African-American Church of the South, 1865-1900. Louisiana State University Press, 1994. A compelling study on the rise of the African American church that served as an autonomous institutional refuge after emancipation.

White, John. Black Leadership in America: From Booker T. Washington to Jesse Jackson. 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 1990. A general survey of the African American strategies for racial advancement in the 20th century.

For younger readers

Cooper, Michael L. Bound for the Promised Land. Dutton/Lodestar, 1995. For middle school readers.

Cryan-Hicks, Kathryn, ed. Pride and Promise: The Harlem Renaissance. Discovery Enterprises, 1993. For readers in grades 4 to 8.

Currie, Stephen. Life of a Slave on a Southern Plantation. Lucent, 1999. For middle school readers.

George, Charles. Life Under the Jim Crow Laws. Lucent, 1999. For middle school readers.

Haskins, James. The Geography of Hope: Black Exodus from the South After Reconstruction. Twenty-First Century, 1999. For readers in grades 6 and up.

Lawrence, Jacob. The Great Migration: An American Story. HarperCollins, 1993. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Reef, Catherine. Civil War Soldiers. Twenty-First Century, 1993. The role of African American soldiers. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Thomas, Velma Maia. Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation. Crown, 1997. An interactive book with photographs.

Troy, Don. Booker T. Washington. Child's World, 1999. For readers in grades 7 and up.

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