Black History Month – Embrace the Present

Celebrate Black History Month @ the SCC Libraries…..

Non-Fiction Collection

The Billion Dollar BET: Robert Johnson and the

Inside Story of Black Entertainment Television

by Brett Pulley  HE8700.8 .P85 2004

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Ida: A Sword among Lions; Ida B. Wells and the

Campaign against Lynching

by Paula Giddings  E185.97 .W55 G53 2008

Journalist, Ida B. Wells, not always celebrated by

contemporaries because of her difficult personality,

crusaded against lynching, not least by revealing the

connection between racism and sexuality.

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Come on, People!: on the Path from Victims to Victors

by Bill Cosby  E185.625 .C75 2007

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Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to

Power by Marcus Mabry  E840.8 .R48 M33 2007

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Letter to My Daughter

by Maya Angelou PS3551. N464 Z468 2008

Maya Angelou dedicated this book to the daughter she never had but sees all around her. This book reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living  a meaningful life. This book transcends genres and categories (guidebook, poetry, and memior).

Fiction Collection

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

This novel reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. This is a disturbing story of a mother who abandons her daughter in order to save her from a life of slavery.

Black History Month – Respect the Past

Celebrate Black History Month @ the SCC Libraries……….

Non-Fiction Collection

Before the Mayflower: a History of Black America

by Lerone Bennett     E185 .B4 2007

This book contents the entire historical timeline of African American history from the colonial period through the civil rights period.

 

Up Against the Wall: violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party

by Curtis Austin    E185.615 .A88 2006

Curtis Austin interviewed a number of Black Panther Party’s members to achieve a helpful resource about the BPP. 

Inhuman Bondage: the Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

by David Davis     E441 .D2495 2006

Slavery is not a pleasant subject to discuss, but it is an important part of American History. This book allows every reader to acquire a broad understanding of this historical story.

 

The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle to Equal Rights.

by Russell Freedman       ML3930 .A5 F73 2004

This book is a biography of Marian Anderson, African American vocalist. Anderson symbolized the civil rights movement with dignity and grace; she was the first African-American to be named a permanent member of Metropolitan Opera Company and was a frequent performer at the White House.

Celebrate Black History

Celebrate Black History Month at the SCC Library

Breath, Eyes, Memory                                                                                                                    

by, Edwidge Danticat     

PS3554. A5815 B74  1994

This novel is told by Sophie, a young Haitian American girl.  Sophie follows her mother to the United States from Haiti. As her mother finds work, Sophie must come to terms with the conflicts of growing up in New York.

Escape to Freedom: a Play About Young Frederick Douglass

by, Ossie Davis

PS3507. A74444 E84 1990

Frederick Douglass became the first black man to hold a diplomatic office. This book emphasizes his contributions to black history.

The Darker Face of the Earth: a Play

by, Rita Dove

PS3554. O884 D68 2000

This book uncovers the tragedy of interracial love on a plantation during the  pre-Civil War in South Carolina. A rich white woman who gives birth to a slave’s child.

The Good House

by, Tananarive Due

PS3554. U3413 2003

This novel centers on a haunted house under a deadly family curse. Angela Toussaint returns to her dead grandmother’s house seeking to heal her relationships with her son and husband. What planned to be a family retreat becomes destruction, Angela must somehow uncover the secrets of her unknown heritage before everything is lost.

                                                                                             

Celebrate Black History

Celebrate Black History Month at the SCC Library

 Singing in the Comeback Choir

by Bebe Moore Campbell

PS3553. A4395 S56 1996

Maxine McCoy, professional television produced in L.A., returns to Philadelphia to check on her grandmother. During her visit, she rediscovers her roots and learns the true meaning of community.

 A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich

by Alice Childress

PS3553. H553 H476 2003

Benjie Johnson, a thirteen year old, is on his way to becoming a heroin addict on the streets of Harlem, New York. The reader will have a clear viewpoint of an addict and witness that affects drugs has on everyone involved.

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage

PS3553. L389 W48 1995

Ava Johnson decided to sell everything in Atlanta and move to San Francisco. On the way, she visits family in northern Michigan where she grew up.  Ava needs to make a decision, move on or begin a new life in Michigan.

 A Mother’s Love

by Francine Craft, Bette Ford, and Mildred Riley

PS3556. O67 M684 1996

Three stories in one novel is a treat for any romance reader.   Take a peek at three women’s lifestyle, experience motherhood with them, and envy the men who love them.

 Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

PZ7. C94137 BU 2000

Bud is ten years old and living in a foster home in Michigan. One day he escaped the foster home and begins a journey in search to find his father. Bud’s only information about the man is that he is a famous bandleader.