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BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKS 

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
The great autobiography.

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope written by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier
Inspirational is the word for this glowing picture-book biography...— Booklist

Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern edited by Ivan Van Sertima
Classic book of little known scientific history.

Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass edited by Henry Louis Gates
This is a one volume set of the autobiographies of the great abolitionist.

Great Black Leaders: Ancient and Modern edited by Ivan Van Sertima
Another classic book by Van Sertima.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson, M.D. with Cecil Murphey

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman written by Alan Schroeder and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Beautifully illustrated picture book about the childhood of the legendary woman.

More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
Picture book about young Booker T. Washington and his thirst for reading.

My Fellow Americans: A Family Album by Alice Provensen
Interesting, unique picture book of American groups by categories.

AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS 

African American Inventors (Black Stars) by Otha Richard Sullivan

Black Inventors of America by McKinley Burt, Jr.

The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation, 1619-1930
by Portia P. James

ANTHOLOGIES RELATED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE — FICTION AND NONFICTION

The African American Book of Values edited with commentary by Steven Barboza
A rich collection.

Ark of Bones and Other Stories by Henry Dumas, edited by Hale Chatfield and Eugene Redmond

An Illustrated Treasury of African American Read-Aloud Stories: More than 40 of the World's Best-Loved Stories for Parent and Child to Share edited by Susan Kantor

The Norton Anthology of African American Literature edited by Nellie Y. McKay and Henry Louis Gales

FOLKTALES

African Folktales selected and retold by Roger D. Abrahams

African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World selected by Roger D. Abrahams

HIP HOP YOUTH CULTURE

Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop Pedagogy and the Politics of Identity
by Marc Lamont Hill

Decoded by Jay-Z

Hip Hop America by Nelson George
An insightful look at the hip hop world by a prolific writer of African American popular culture.

The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture
by Bakari Kitwana

The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur
A book of the great rapper's poems.

EBONICS — THE LANGUAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS

Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America by Geneva Smitherman

The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language and the Education of African American Children edited by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit 

AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAYS

The Story of Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington
Excellent picture book.

MAGAZINES

American Legacy
"The Magazine of African American History and Culture."

Black Enterprise
There are many articles about young people in their 20’s and 30’s.

Johnson Publications:
Ebony
Jet
On newsstands and by subscription.

Rethinking Schools
A non-profit independent magazine advocating the reform of elementary and secondary public schools, with an emphasis on urban schools and issues of equity and social justice.