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African-American Voices (February 2004) Recent titles by and about African-Americans.


	America behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans Gates Jr., Henry Louis \| Warner Books, © 2004 \| 305.896 G Gates's companion piece to the PBS documentary features interviews with African Americans from all walks of life. Reserve This Title
	Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad Hagedorn, Ann \| Simon and Schuster, © 2003 \| 940.5412 C Recounts how citizens of a small Ohio town sheltered and escorted hundreds of enslaved Africans and their American-born children to the Canadian border. Reserve This Title
	The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game Robertson, Oscar \| Rodale Press \| B Robertson Covers life on and off the basketball court including attainments, struggles and controversies. Reserve This Title
	Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero Clifford Larson, Kate \| Ballatine Books, © 2003 \| B Tubman A revealing, well-researched and full-length portrait of the legendary abolitionist. Reserve This Title
	The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts Whitehead, Colson \| Doubleday, © 2003 \| 818 Whitehead An evocative view of New York City through a series of vignettes, reminiscences and personal observations. Reserve This Title
	Daughter: A Novel bandele, asha \| Scribner, © 2003 \| FIC B A black mother's rage and sorrow drive this passionate first novel about a beloved daughter shot dead by the police on the streets of Brooklyn. Reserve This Title
	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Packer, ZZ \| Riverhead Books, © 2003 \| FIC P Darkly humorous stories depicting youth caught in the struggle for identity. Reserve This Title
	The Ecstatic, or, Homunculus LaValle, Victor \| Crown, © 2003 \| FIC L A startling, imaginative novel about a mentally ill young man who returns to his family's home after being expelled from college. Reserve This Title
	Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights Due, Tananarive and Patricia Stephens Due \| One World \| 323.1196 D Two activists relate struggles against racial discrimination and stories of achievement. Reserve This Title
	Getting Mother's Body: A Novel Parks, Suzan-Lori \| Random House \| FIC P A hard-luck teenager embarks on a road trip from Texas to Arizona in search of her deceased mother's unconfirmed fortune. Reserve This Title
	Ghetto Celebrity: Searching for My Father in Me Alexander, Donnell \| Crown \| B Alexander A veteran hip-hop journalist contemplates the alternative press scene, his rural family history and search for an absent father. Reserve This Title
	Hottentot Venus Chase-Riboud, Barbara \| Doubleday \| FIC C A moving novel based on the tragic life of Sarah Baartman, an African bushwoman who became the subject of scientific curiosity in nineteenth-century Europe. Reserve This Title
	In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. Haygood, Wil \| A.A. Knopf \| B Davis H This rich biography traces the performer's achievements as tap dancer, singer and actor in New York, Las Vegas and Hollywood. Reserve This Title
	In Montgomery and Other Poems Brooks, Gwendolyn \| Third World \| 811 B The posthumous collection features a series of monologues which dramatically capture the voices of children living in Chicago's South Side. Reserve This Title
	Jelly Roll: A Blues Young, Kevin \| Knopf \| 811 Young Lyrical and sassy poetry inspired by the rhythms of the blues and the sounds of ragtime, calypso and Dixieland. Reserve This Title
	The Known World Jones, Edward P. \| Amistad Press \| FIC J A challenging story about slave-owning free blacks in antebellum America. Reserve This Title
	Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin D'Emillio, John \| Free Press \| B Rustin D An intimate portrait of the Civil Rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Reserve This Title
	Love Morrison, Toni \| Random/Knopf \| FIC M A spellbinding novel about two feuding women and their obsession with the deceased owner of a once popular seaside resort. Reserve This Title
	Night Journey Kalam, Murad \| Simon and Schuster \| FIC K First novel about a boxer fighting his way out of a poor Phoenix ghetto. Reserve This Title
	The Polished Hoe Clarke, Austin \| Amistad Press \| FIC C An eloquent novel about a middle-aged woman who confesses to killing a plantation owner on a West Indian island. Reserve This Title
	Race Music: From Bebop to Hip-Hop Ramsey, Guthrie P. \| University of California Press \| 784.7 R Discusses the musical traditions of jazz, rhythm and blues, bebop, gospel and hip-hop. Reserve This Title
	The Salt Roads Hopkinson, Nalo \| Warner Books \| FIC H This panoramic epic fantasy tells the story of a deity and three Caribbean slave women. Reserve This Title
	Such Sweet Thunder Carter, Vincent O. \| Steerforth Press \| FIC C An astonishing, lyrical portrayal of African-American urban life in pre-World War II. Reserve This Title
	The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love hooks, bell \| Atria Books \| 155.332 H A sociological and cultural exploration of masculinity, maleness and the interior lives of men. Reserve This Title
	Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston Boyd, Valerie \| Scribner \| B Hurston B An engaging, well-researched biography of a pivotal literary figure. Reserve This Title
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African-American Voices (February 2004) Recent titles by and about African-Americans.

African-American Voices (February 2004)
Recent titles by and about African-Americans.