Lifestyle
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 23, 1989
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Celebrate Black HISTORY
Story by Cynthia Smith Photo illustrations by Kelly Lamson
The first black people in the United States arrived before the Mayflower.
But U.S. historians have traditionally ignored black achievements and history.
So Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History,
Inc., in Washington, D.C., established Black History Week in 1926. The observance was expanded in 1976 to a month.
Yet, the need for all U.S. citizens to celebrate black history does not end on the last day of February.
A statement by former President Gerald R. Ford in February 1975 said, "With the growth of the civil rights movement has come a healthy awareness on the part of all of us of achievements that have gone too long unsung."
KU experts in black history have suggested the following list of reading material for those interested in continuing to learn about black history in the United States. The list, in alphabetical order by author's last name, includes fiction, non-fiction, magazines and black poets.
Although the list is not all inclusive, it is intended to be a representative sampling of works.
A-F
BOOKS
Allen, Robert L., "Black Awakening in Capitalist America," published in 1969.
Anderson, Alan B., "Confronting the Color Line: the Broken Promise of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago." 1986.
Angelou, Maya, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?" 1970.
Bardolph, Richard, "The Civil Rights Record: Black Americans and the Law, 1849-1970," published in 1970.
Bell, Derek, "Race, Racism and American Law," 1980.
Bennett, Lerone,
"Before the Mayflower:
A History of Black
America," 1982.
Billingsley, Andrew,
"Black Families in White
America." 1968.
Blumberg, Rhoda Lois,
"Civil Rights: The 1960's
Freedom Struggle," 1984.
Bremner, R.H. and Reichard, G.W., "Reshaping America: Society and Institutions, 1945-1960," published in 1982.
Burk, Robert.
"The Eisenhower Administration and Black Civil Rights." 1984.
Cross, Theodore L., "The Black Power Imperative: Racial Integrity and the Politics of Nonviolence," 1984.
DuBois, W.E.B., "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade," and "The Soul of Black Folk." Publishing dates were not available.
Dulles, Foster, "The Civil Rights Commission: 1957-1965," published in 1968.
Ellison, Ralph, "The Invisible Man." 1952.
Fanon, Frantz, "The Wretched of the Earth," 1965.
Farmer, James,
'Lay Bare the
Heart: An Autobiography
.
F-M
of the Civil Rights Movement." 1985.
Franklin, John Hope,
"From Slavery to Freedom;
A History of Negro Americans." 1980.
Frazier, E. Franklin,
"The Negro Church in
America." 1974.
Friedman, Leon, "The Civil Rights Reader; Basic Documents of the Civil Rights Movement." 1967.
Golden, James L., "The Rhetoric of Black Americans," 1971.
Howard, Gene L., "Death at the Cross Plains," 1984.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?" 1967.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., "Strength to Love." Publishing date was not available.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., "Why We Can't Wait." 1964
Meier, August, "Negro Thought in America 1880-1915: Racial Ideologies in
M-Z
the Age of Booker T. Washington."1968.
Morrison, Toni,
"Beloved: A Novel," 1988.
Morrison, Toni, "Tar Baby." Publishing date was not available.
Morrison, Toni, "Song of Solomon." Publishing date was not available.
Oates, Stephen B., "Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." 1985.
Ethnic Information Sources of the United States Wasserman Morgan
POETS
ATRUELIKENESS
1942-1968" published in 1975 Saunders, Doris, "The Kennedy Years and the Negro, a Photographic Record," 1964.
"Black Enterprise"
"The Black Scholar"
"Crisis" (NAACP)
"Ebony"
"Essence"
Walker, Alice, "The Color Purple: A Novel."1982.
Maya Angelou
Wendolyn Brooks
Nikki Giovanni
Claude McKay
Alice Walker
White, John, "Black Leadership in America 1895-1968," published in 1985
X, Malcolm and Alex Haley, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," 1964.
Walter, John C., "The Harlem Fox; J. Raymond Jones and Tamanny" 1988. Hogan, C. Harris. 1988.
GALE
Wesley, C. Harris, "The Quest for Equality," 1968.
JOHNSON
MAGAZINES
BRUCOLEC CLARK