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Celebrate Black History Month with these recommended titles by, for and about African Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
Gene Roberts (Knopf, c2006)
Shelf Number: 070.449/R6443r
Drawing on interviews, private correspondence and notes, and unpublished articles, Roberts, a journalism professor, and Klibanoff, managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, describe the personal and professional difficulties faced by southern-born white reporters as they took up the coverage, mostly for northern publications. |
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Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity
Edward Gilbreath (InterVarsity Press, c2006)
Shelf Number: 277.3083/G466r
Some worry that the church, which should be leading efforts in racial reconciliation, is fostering racial division instead. Gilbreath, an editor for Christianity Today, offers a poignant, often humorous look inside evangelical Christianity specifically. Part memoir and part history of the struggle. |
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A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom
David W. Blight (Harcourt,c2007)
Shelf Number: 973.7115/B6485s/BIOGRAPHY
John Washington (1838-1918) was born a slave in Virginia and Wallace Turnage (1846-1916) was born a slave in North Carolina. Blight, an award-winning historian, uses the autobiographies of these two men to recreate their lives. Through their stories, the book evokes a treasury of experiences and impressions of African American slavery and emancipation. |
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Sweety Pies: An Uncommon Collection of Womanish Observations, with Pie
Patty Pinner (Taunton Press, c2007)
Shelf Number: 641.8652/P656s
In this culinary memoir featuring over 50 home-baked pies, each recipe is accompanied by an anecdote from the author's childhood, giving readers the feeling of being in the kitchen with Pinner as she reflects on family and friendship. |
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