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African American History Bibliography by Year

The bibliographies listed below by year are excellent sources of general information for research on African American History.

 

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Yearsort iconAuthorEditorBook/Article TitleAmazon Availability
2013Branch, TaylorThe King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights MovementYes
2013Carson, ClayborneMartin’s Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther KingYes
2013Willis, Deborah and Krauthamer, BarbaraEnvisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of SlaveryYes
2013Greason, Walter DavidSuburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in New JerseyYes
2013Marable, ManningThe Portable Malcolm X ReaderYes
2013Theoharis, JeanneThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksYes
2013Theoharis, JeanneThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksYes
2013Wrinkle, MargaretWashYes
2013Barnes, L. DianeFrederick Douglass: Reformer and StatesmanYes
2013McKinney, CynthiaAin't Nothing Like FreedomYes
2013Arsenault, RayShadow and Light: The Life and Times of Arthur Ashe
2013Parker, Christopher S.Change They Can't Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics In AmericaYes
2012Kruse, Kevin M. and Stephen TuckFog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights MovementYes
2012Miller, EbenBorn Along the Color Line: The 1933 Amenia Conference and the Rise of a National Civil Rights MovementYes
2012Delmont, Matthew F. The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s PhiladelphiaYes
2012Runstedtler, Theresa Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color LineYes
2012Schiff, DavidThe Ellington CenturyYes
2012Wilson, Mabel O.Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and MuseumsYes
2012Hall, Gwendolyn MidloBlack Communist in the Freedom Movement: The Autobiography of Harry Haywood
2012J. Todd MoyeFreedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen in World War IIYes
2012Armstead, Myra B. YoungFreedom's Gardener: James F. Brown, Horticulture, and the Hudson Valley in Antebellum AmericaYes
2012Robinson, GregPacific Citizens: Larry and Guyo Tajiri and Japanese American Journalism in the World War II EraYes
2012Robinson, GregAfter Camp: Portraits in Midcentury Japanese American Life and PoliticsYes
2012Robinson, GregA Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North AmericaYes
2012Gibran, KhalilThe Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, the Making of Modern AmericaYes
2012Asante, Molefi KeteAfrican American History in Global Context
2012Brady, DianeFraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of Holy Cross and Changed Their LivesYes
2012Johnston, James H.From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of An African American Family Context
2012Chavez-Garcia, MiroslavaStates of Delinquency: Race and Science in the Making of California’s Juvenile Justice SystemYes
2012Davis, EdmondPioneering African-American Aviators Featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas
2012Delmont, Matthew F.The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s PhiladelphiaYes
2012Jones, AngelaModern African American Political Though Reader: From David Walker to Barack Obama
2012Locke, AtticaThe Cutting Season: A NovelYes
2012Bates, Beth TompkinsThe Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry FordYes
2012Benjaminson, PeterMary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First SuperstarYes
2012Biondi, MarthaThe Black Revolution on CampusYes
2012Davis, Edmond and Draper, Roscoe D.Pioneering African-American Aviators Featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas
2012Frymer, PaulBlack and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party Yes
2012Hine, Darlene Clark and McCluskey, John Jr.The Black Chicago RenaissanceYes
2012Jablonski, Nina G.Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin ColorYes
2012Jelks, RandalBenjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography Yes
2012Sander, Richard Henry and Taylor, Stuart Jr.Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit ItYes
2012Mack, Dwayne et al.Mentoring Faculty of Color: Essays on Professional Development and Advancement in Colleges and UniversitiesYes
2012Takara, KathrynFrank Marshall Davis: The Fire and the Phoenix, A Critical Biography Yes
2012Yellin, Eric S.Racism in the Nation’s Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson’s America Yes
2012Barnes, L. DianeFrederick Douglass: Reformer and StatesmanYes
2012White, Deborah GrayFreedom on My MindYes
2012Shelton, James E. and Michael O. EmersonBlacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial Discrimination Shapes Religious ConvictionsYes
2012Mulligan, Terry BakerSugar Hill: Where the Sun Rose Over HarlemYes
2012Van Wormer, Katherine S.The Maid Narratives: Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow SouthYes
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