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
Right to Fight: a History of African Americans in the
Astor, Gerald Military UB418.A47.A84 1998
Baker, James T. Nat Turner: Cry Freedom in America F232.S7.B34 1998
Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of
Ball, Howard 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 Race in the American South: From Slavery to Civil
Webb, Clive Rights E185.92.B76 2007
Carr, Ian Miles Davis: a Biography ML419.D39.C35 1982*
Uncle Tom or New Negro? African Americans Reflect on
Booker T. Washington and Up From Slavery 100 Years
Carroll, Rebecca Later E185.97.W4.U53 2006
Carson, Clayborne and Call to Conscience: the Landmark Speeches of Dr.
Shepard, Kris Martin Luther King, JR. E185.97.K5.A5 2002
Chamberlain, Wilt and Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who
Shaw, David 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*
Jackson Phenomenon: The Man, The Power, The
Colton, Elizabeth O. Message E840.8.J35.C65 1989
Curtis, Susan First Black Actors on the Great White Way PN 2270.A35.C87 1998
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma"
Davis, Angela Y. 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
Creating Their Own Image: the History of African-
Farrington, Lisa E. American Women Artists N6538.N5.F27 2005
Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and
Fehrenbacher, Don E. 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
Appalachians and Race: the Mountain South From
Inscoe, John C. 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
BlackOut: the Untold Story of Jackie Robinson's First
Lamb, Chris Spring Training GV865.R6.L36 2004
Lampe, Gregory P. Frederick Douglass: Freedom's Voice, 1818-1845 E449.D75.L36 1998
Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait
Larson, Kate Clifford 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*
Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to
Mabry, Marcus Power E840.8.R48.M33 2007
Marable, Manning W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat E185.97.D73.M37 2005
Proudly we can be Africans: Black Americans and
Meriweather, James H. Africa, 1935-1961 E185.61.M56 2002
Righteous Propagation: African Americans and the
Mitchell, Michele Politics of Racial Identity After Reconstruction E185.61.M674 2004
Crosstown Traffic: Jimmy Hendrix and the Post-War
Murray, Charles Shaar 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*
Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar
Nossiter, Adam Evers F350.N4.N67 1994
To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John
Oates, Stephen B. Brown E451.O17 1984
Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of
Owen, David 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
Hammer in Their Hands: a Documentary History of
Pursell, Carroll Technology and the African-American Experience T21.H38 2005
Reynolds, David S. John Brown, Abolitionist E451.R49 2005
Growing Up Jim Crow: How Black and White Southern
Ritterhouse, Jennifer Children Learned Race E185.61.R59 2006
Stealing Home: an Intimate Family Portrait by the
Robinson, Sharon Daughter of Jackie Robinson GV9865.R6.R595 1997
Rogers, Mary Beth Barbara Jordan: American Hero E840.8.J6.R63 1998
Brown v. Board of Education at Fifty: a Rhetorical
Roundtree, Clarke 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
Education of Booker T. Washington: American
West, Michael Rudolph Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations E185.97.W4.W47 2006
White, Evelyn C. Alice Walker: A Life PS 3573.A425.Z93 2004