Thoughts While Chillin'
by Denise Meridith
The autobiography of a black public servant.
Post-Soul Nation
By Nelson George
Publisher: Viking
Price: $23.95
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Rachel Phillips'
Books and Reviews for African Americans
"This Side of The Sky"
This book by newcomer Elyse Singleton is a good afternoon in the making. Add a quiet corner, a comfy couch and a cup of your favorite beverage, and the recipe is complete.
Patricia Boone
Winston-Salem Journal
1943: War was hell. Love was hard. Friendship could save your life.
2003: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Available in paperback:
September 2
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Confessions of a Sister Out of Time
by
Marna Leaks
How reincarnation and karma may affect the character of Ramona Preston. This book is not for the weak in mind or spirit.
The Face Of Our Past
by
Kathleen Thompson
Maya Angelou said:
"It is wonderful to view the pictures of these women. Their intelligence and kindness are evident in the photographs. I am inspired by their stories and their brave hearts."
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
By Donald Bogle
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
Price: $26.95
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What It Is... What It Was!;
The Black Film Explosion of the '70s in Words and Pictures
Slow Fade to Black:
The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942
The Adventures of Amos 'N' Andy:
A Social History of an American Phenomenon
Best Seat in the House:
A Basketball Memoir
That's Blaxploitation:
Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury)
Black Women As Cultural Readers
(Film and Culture Series)
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Operation Hollywood
By David L. Robb and Jonathan Turley
Movies Enlist Military Might!
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The Life and Work of Oscar Micheaux
By Earl James Young
Publisher: KMT Publications
Price: $24.95
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"Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About The Magic of Cinema"
By
George Alexander
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Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
by
Manu Herbstein
Hurricane:
The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
Framing Blackness:
The African American Image in Film (Culture and the Moving Image)
Spike Lee: Filmaker
(Black Americans of Achievement)
Black Film/White Money
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