Reflections of You
NetNoirAfrican American WomenAfrican American Web Connection Afrinet
MelanetBrown Eyed IntelligenceUniversal Black Pages
Black Facts A Deeper Shade of BlackAfro-American Newspaper
World African NetworkBlack Information Network
Nubia NetworkAfrican American Homepage

Expand
African American Holocaust~Maafa African American Inventors Series
African American History and LiteratureMuseum of Slavery
Underground RailroadFemale Genital MutilationRevolutionary Petunia
Harlem RenaissanceHBCU'sUNCFAndinkra SymbolismAfrican Burial GroundsColorismAfrican Names

Politic It
Urban LeagueBlack PanthersNation of IslamAME Church
NAACPAffirmative Action

Sororities/Fraternities
Alpha Kappa AlphaDelta Sigma ThetaZeta Phi BetaSigma Gamma Rho
Alpha Phi AlphaOmega Psi PhiPhi Beta SigmaKappa Alpha Psi

Be Healthy
Harambee!Amassi Center of Los AngelesSankofa TimesArk of Refuge
Safer Sex Sickle Cell Anemia

Play Hard!
Bid WhistSpadesDominoes

Book of the Week Book List

If This World Were Mine by E. Lynn Harris ISBN 0385486561
A novel about four friends whose deep bonds of intimacy are threatened by conflicts of career and romance. When one of them faces death, the crisis forces them to recognize and accept the inner strength that their friendship has nurtured in each of them.--Atlanta Journal and Constitution

I have tried to make these lists comprehensive yet succinct-between 5 and 10 books per topic. If you have any suggestions for books to be added to the book list, for book of the week, or would like more references from me, please email(include title and author name with suggestions).

History
The Slave Community-John Blassingame
The Fire Next Time-James Baldwin
Before the Mayflower-Lerone Bennett Jr.
Civil Rights:The 1960 Freedom Struggle-Rhoda Lois Blumberg
The African Origin of Civilization-Cheikh Anta Diop
The Souls of Black Folk-W.E.B. DuBois
Slavery in American Society-ed. Lawrence B. Goodheart
Black Protest-Joanne Grant
Why We Can't Wait-Martin Luther King Jr.
The Struggle for Black Equality-Harvard Sitkoff

Biography/Autobiography
Nelson Mandela:The Man and the Movement-Mary Benson
Unbought and Unbossed-Shirley Chisolm
Soul on Ice-Eldridge Cleaver
Marcus Garvey-E. David Cronon
Angela Davis-Angela Davis
Laughing in the Dark-Patrice Gaines
Autobiography of Malcolm X-Alex Haley
The Delaney Sisters:Book of Everyday Wisdom-Amy Hill Hearth
Part of My Soul Went With Him-Winnie Mandela
Makes Me Wanna Holler:A Young Black Man In America-Nathan McCall

Slave Narratives
Prince Among Slaves-Terry Alford
Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass-Frederick Douglass
Equiano's Travels-ed. Paul Edwards
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl-Harriet Jacobs
Up From Slavery-Booker T. Washington
Our Nig-Harriet E. Wilson

Psychology
Chains & Images of Psychological Slavery-Dr. Na'im Akbar
Shades of Black:Diversity in African American Identity-William Cross
Who Is Black?-F. James Davis
Race Rules-Michael Eric Dyson
The Black Image in the White Mind-George Frederickson
The Color Complex-ed. Kathy Russell
The Isis Papers-Dr. Frances Cress Welsing
Mis-Education of the Negro-Carter G. Woodson

Fiction
Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
Big Girls Don't Cry-Connie Briscoe
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man-James Weldon Johnson
Quicksand and Passing-Nella Larsen
The Street-Ann Petry
Meridian-Alice Walker
The Temple of My Familiar-Alice Walker
Jubilee-Margaret Walker
The Wedding-Dorothy West
Native Son-Richard Wright

Poetry/Anthologies
Black Voices-Abraham Chapman
The New Cavalcade-ed. Arthur P. Davis
Harlem Renaissance Reader-ed. David Levering Lewis
Black Women in White America-ed. Gerda Lerner
Poems-Maya Angelou
An Ordinary Woman-Lucille Clifton
The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni-Nikki Giovanni
The Color of Culture-Mona Lake Jones
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down-Alice Walker

Children's
Anansi Finds a Fool(Ashanti Folktale)-Verna Aardema
Talk,Talk(Ashanti Folktale)-Deborah M. Newton Chocolate
The First Pink Light-Eloise Greenfield
Nathaniel Talking-Eloise Greenfield
The People Could Fly-Virginia Hamilton
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt-Deborah Hopkinson
The Black Snowman-Phil Mendez
Baby Earth-Michele Petit-Jean
Abiyoyo-Pete Seeger
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters-John Steptoe

Inspirational
The Holy Bible
Black Pearls:Daily Meditations, Affirmations and Inspirations for African Americans-Eric Copage
Acts of Faith:Daily Meditations for People of Color-Iyanla Vanzant

 

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws