CONTEMPORARY FICTION (shelved in order by author's last name; click on the link to see if it is available and to find out if it is shelved with YA paperbacks or regular fiction.)

Brooks, Bruce. The Moves Make the Man.

Draper, Sharon M. Forged By Fire.

Grimes, Nikki. Jazmin's Notebook.

Guy, Rosa.
The Disappearance.
The Friends.

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye.

Myers, Walter Dean.
Motown and Didi.
Slam!

Schraff, Anne E. Lost and Found.

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple.

Woodson, Jacqueline.
From the Notebooks of MelaninSun.
The House You Pass on the Way.

Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Fast Talk on A Slow Track.
Like Sisters on the Homefront.

HISTORICAL FICTION

Ayres, Katherine. North by Night.

Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker.

Carbone, Elisa Lynn. Stealing Freedom.

Dlovu, Nandi. A Bride for the King.

Gaines, Ernest. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Hamilton, Virginia.
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush.
A White Romance.

Johnson, Angela. Toning the Sweep.

Lester, Julius.
Long Journey Home
Othello: A Novel.

Lyons, Mary. Letters From a Slave Girl.

Paulsen, Gary. Nightjohn.

Rinaldi, Ann. Mine Eyes Have Seen.

NON-FICTION

Harris-Johnson, Debra. The African-American Teenagers Guide to Personal Growth, Health, Safety, Sex, and Survival. YA 646.7 HAR

Lanier, Shannon. Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family. 973.46 JEF

Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave. YA 326.73 LES

Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy: A Memoir. YA BIO MYE

Snodgrass. Mary Ellen. Black History Month Resource Book. REF 973.049 BLA

Stretch Your Wings: Famous Black Quotations for Teens. YA 973.049 STR

Tessitore, John. Muhammad Ali. YA 796.83 ALI

Thomas, Velma. Lest We Forget: The Passage From Africa to Slavery and Emancipation. YA 306.362 THO

X, Malcolm. The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
BIO MAL

Web Sites

Through the Lens of Time: Images of African Americans from the Cook Collection of Photographs

You may also be interested in this list of books about slavery, created by Jervis Public Library.

Check out Cultures and scroll down to African American under ethnicity/nationality. This list was also created by Jervis Public Library.

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Updated 8/06/04by Lisa Matte