African American Studies

1. The Souls of Black Folk

   W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Terri Hume Oliver

   When it was published in 1903, The Souls of Black Folk revolutionized thinking about the experience of African Americans in the United States.More

2. Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South

   Deborah Gray White

   Revised Edition

   "This is one of those rare books that quickly became the standard work in its field. Professor White has done justice to the complexity of her subject."—Anne Firor Scott, Duke UniversityMore

3. His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad

   John P. Parker, Stuart Seely Sprague

   "Surpasses all previous slave narratives. . . . Usually we need to invent our American heroes. With the publication of Parker's extraordinary memoir, we seem to have discovered the genuine article." —Joseph J. Ellis, CivilizationMore

4. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

   Nell Irvin Painter

   A monumental biography of one of the most important black women of the nineteenth century.More

5. We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century

   Dorothy Sterling, Mary Helen Washington

   "A remarkable documentary and the first in-depth record of many black women, slave and free."--Dorothy B. Porter, curator emeritus, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
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6. The Music of Black Americans: A History

   Eileen Southern

   Third Edition

   A new edition of the classic text on African American music.
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7. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

   Frederick Douglass, William L. Andrews, William S. McFeely

   Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller.More

8. Up From Slavery

   Booker T. Washington, William L. Andrews

   Upon its publication in 1901, Up From Slavery became the most influential book written by an African American. As one of a handful of classic American autobiographies, its place in the literary and historical canons is assured. This Norton Critical Edition includes as its text the first book edition, published by Doubleday, Page and Company. The text is fully annotated and includes the index that appended the first book edition.More

9. Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction

   Nell Irvin Painter

   The first major migration to the North of ex-slaves.More

10. Cane

    Jean Toomer, Darwin T. Turner

    Originally published in 1923, Cane is a literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance. The growing interest in African-American literature that began in the 1960's led to the rediscovery of earlier African-American writers, one of whom is Jean Toomer, author of Cane. It is an innovative literary work—part drama, part poetry, part fiction.More

11. Readings in Black American Music

    Eileen Southern

    Second Edition