Black History Month: Celebrate the Book with Penrose Library! Below is a selection of books dealing with African-American history. More books can be found in the PEAK catalog. Books with an asterisk after the call number are located in the Music Library.

Author/Editor Name Title Call Number Aaron, Henry I Had a Hammer: the Hank Aaron Story GV865.A25.A3 1991

Amaki, Amalia K. Century of African American Art N6538.N5.C45 2004

Armstrong, Louis Louis Armstrong: a Self Portrait ML419.A75.A7*

Arthur, John Race, Equality, and the Burdens of History E185.615.A79 2007

Ashe, Arthur Days of Grace GV994.A7.A3 1993

Astor, Gerald

Right to Fight: a History of African Americans in the

Military UB418.A47.A84 1998

Baker, James T. Nat Turner: Cry Freedom in America F232.S7.B34 1998

Ball, Howard

Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of

Racism in America KF8745.M34.B35 1998

Beaulieu, Elizabeth Ann Toni Morrison Encyclopedia PS3563.O8749.Z913 2003

Berry, Chuck Chuck Berry: the Autobiography ML420.B365.A3 1987*

Blum, Edward J. W.E.B. DuBois: American Prophet E185.97.D73.B58 2007

Breitman, George Malcolm X Speaks E185.61.L58 1966a

Brown, David and

Webb, Clive

Race in the American South: From Slavery to Civil

Rights E185.92.B76 2007

Carr, Ian Miles Davis: a Biography ML419.D39.C35 1982*

Carroll, Rebecca

Uncle Tom or New Negro? African Americans Reflect on

Booker T. Washington and Up From Slavery 100 Years

Later E185.97.W4.U53 2006

Carson, Clayborne and

Shepard, Kris

Call to Conscience: the Landmark Speeches of Dr.

Martin Luther King, JR. E185.97.K5.A5 2002

Chamberlain, Wilt and

Shaw, David

Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who

Lives Next Door GV884.C5.A38

Cleaver, Kathleen and Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party E185.615.L4777 2001

Katsiaficas, George

Cole, Mary Nat King Cole: an Intimate Biography ML420.C63.C6*

Colton, Elizabeth O.

Jackson Phenomenon: The Man, The Power, The

Message E840.8.J35.C65 1989

Curtis, Susan First Black Actors on the Great White Way PN 2270.A35.C87 1998

Davis, Angela Y.

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma"

Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday ML3521.D355 1999*

DeYoung, Karen Soldier: the Life of Colin Powell E840.P64.D49 2006

Dorinson, Joseph and

Pencak, William Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy E185.97.R63.P375 2002

Farrington, Lisa E.

Creating Their Own Image: the History of African-

American Women Artists N6538.N5.F27 2005

Fehrenbacher, Don E.

Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and

Politics KF4545.S5.F43

Fishgall, Gary Gonna Do Great Things: the Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. PN2287.D322.F57 2003

Foner, Philip S. Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings E449.D7345 1999

Franklin, Aretha Aretha: From These Roots ML420.F778.A3 1999*

Goggin, Jacqueline

Anne Carter G. Woodson: a Life in Black History E175.5.W65.G64 1993

Greene, Bob Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael Jordan GV884.J67.G74 1992

Haley, Alex Roots: the Saga of an American Family E185.97.H24.A33 2000

Harris, Jennifer and

Watson, Elwood Oprah Phenomenon PN1992.4.W56.O67

Hauser, Thomas Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times GV1132.A44.H38 1991

Hilliard, David and

Weise, Donald Huey P. Newton Reader E 185.97.N48.A28 2002

Inscoe, John C.

Appalachians and Race: the Mountain South From

Slavery to Segregation E185.912.A67 2001

Jacques-Carvey, Amy Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey E185.97.G3.A25 1992

Johnson, F. Roy Nat Turner Story F232.S7.J62

Jones, James Earl and

Niven, Penelope James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences PN2287.J589.A3 1993

Jules-Rosette, Bennetta Josephine Baker in Art and Life: the Icon and the Image GV1785.B3.J85 2007

Kaplan, Carla Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters PS3515.U789.Z48 2001

Kersten, Andrew E. A. Phillip Randolph: A Life in the Vanguard E185.97.R27.K47 2007

King, Martin Luther Jr. Why We Can't Wait E185.61.K54 2000

Lamb, Chris

BlackOut: the Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First

Spring Training GV865.R6.L36 2004

Lampe, Gregory P. Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845 E449.D75.L36 1998

Larson, Kate Clifford

Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait

of an American Hero E444.T82.L37 2004

Lewis, David L. King: A Biography E185.97.K5.L45 1978

Logan, Rayford W. What the Negro Wants E185.61.W57 2001

Louis, Joe My Life: Joe Louis GV1132.L6.A29 1997

Lydon, Michael Ray Charles: Man and Music ML420.C46.L93 2004*

Mabry, Marcus

Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to

Power E840.8.R48.M33 2007

Marable, Manning W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat E185.97.D73.M37 2005

Meriweather, James H.

Proudly we can be Africans: Black Americans and

Africa, 1935-1961 E185.61.M56 2002

Mitchell, Michele

Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the

Politics of Racial Identity After Reconstruction E185.61.M674 2004

Murray, Charles Shaar

Crosstown Traffic: Jimmy Hendrix and the Post-War

Rock-n-roll Revolution ML410.H476.M9 1989*

Nesbett, Peter T. and

DuBois, Michelle Over the Line: the Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence ND237.O94 2000

Nicholson, Stuart Ella Fitzgerald: a Biography of the First Lady of Jazz ML420.F52.N5 1994*

Nossiter, Adam

Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar

Evers F350.N4.N67 1994

Oates, Stephen B.

To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John

Brown E451.O17 1984

Owen, David

Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of

Greatness GV964.W66.O94 2001

Painter, Nell Irvin Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol E185.97.T8.P35 1996

Powell, Richard J. Black Art: a Cultural History N6538.N5.P64

Pursell, Carroll

Hammer in Their Hands: a Documentary History of

Technology and the African-American Experience T21.H38 2005

Reynolds, David S. John Brown, Abolitionist E451.R49 2005

Ritterhouse, Jennifer

Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black and White Southern

Children Learned Race E185.61.R59 2006

Robinson, Sharon

Stealing Home: an Intimate Family Portrait by the

Daughter of Jackie Robinson GV9865.R6.R595 1997

Rogers, Mary Beth Barbara Jordan: American Hero E840.8.J6.R63 1998

Roundtree, Clarke

Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty: a Rhetorical

Perspective KF4155.B7583 2004

Sernett, Milton C. Harriet Tubman: Myth, Memory, and History E444.T82.S45 2007

Stetson, Erlene and

David, Linda Glorying in Tribulation: the LifeWork of Sojourner Truth E185.97.T8S74 1994

Tracey, Steven C. Historical Guide to Langston Hughes PS3515.U274.Z663 2004

Turner, Richard Brent Islam in the African-American Experience BP67.U6.T87 1997

Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery E185.97.W4.A3 1996

West, Michael Rudolph

Education of Booker T. Washington: American

Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations E185.97.W4.W47 2006

White, Evelyn C. Alice Walker: A Life PS 3573.A425.Z93 2004