Africana Studies
History and Biographies
Negroes with Guns
Robert F. Williams
A southern black community’s struggle to defend itself against racist groups.
Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson
Sunnie Wilson with John F. Cohassey
The life of legendary businessman Sunnie Wilson.
Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919–1933
Richard Bak
A historical, social and cultural look at the history of Detroit and Negro League baseball.
A History of the African American People: The History, Traditions, and Culture of African Americans
Edited by James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton
An illustrated collection of essays on the history of African Americans.
The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia de un Esclavo
Bilingual Edition
Juan Francisco Manzano • Introduction by Ivan A. Schulman • Translated by Evelyn Picon Garfield
Bilingual edition of the only known autobiographical account by a slave in Hispanic literature.
From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890–1935
Thomas J. Hennessey
Traces the development of jazz from a series of regional music to the most popular music in America at the beginning of the Swing Era.