FAMU Libraries Celebrating 125 Years in Literature: 1887-2012

Celebrating 125 years of Excellence
in Literature
1887-2012
As we celebrate the 125th anniversary of FAMU's founding, the University
Libraries have chosen 125 books, one from each of the years that the University
has been in existence. All titles can be found in the Library’s collections, mainly
the African American Collection, located in Room 403 Coleman Library. Some
may be accessible from the Library’s online collections via the Internet and
others are in the Heritage Collection, Room 412, Coleman Library.
Books that chronicle events that were pivotal to the University’s history or
African American history and literature were selected. Some were very
controversial at the time of publication such as Richard Wright’s, Native Son
and James Baldwin’s, The Fire Next Time. Some were selected based they
repeatedly appeared on the best seller lists, such as Toni Morrison’s Beloved.
Others were chosen based on their popularity with the faculty and students and
constantly appearing on class syllabi.
1887
Book:
Alexander, W. T. (1887). History of the colored race in America:
Containing also their ancient and modern life in Africa ... the
origin and development of slavery in the Old World, and its
introduction on the American continent; the slave trade; slavery,
and its abolition in Europe and America. The civil war,
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1888
1889
*Available asan ElectronicResource
Book:
Williams, G. W. (1888). A history of the Negro troops in the War of the
Rebellion, 1861-1865. New York: Harper & Bros. AAC E540.N3 W7
Overview:
Soldier George Washington Williams describes the Negro experience in the
War of the Rebellion.
Book:
Deland, M. W. C., & Harlow, L. K. (1889). Florida days. Boston: Little, Brown
and Co. Florida Collection F317.S2 D3
Overview:
From the original Carnegie Library, Florida Days describes some of Florida’s
most beautiful spots with illustrations included.

1890
1891
1892
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Book:
Hagood, L. M. (1890). The colored man in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe. AAC BX8435 .H3 1890a
Overview:
Explains the plight of the black man in the Methodist Episcopal Church in
the past.
Book:
Smith, H. (1891). Fifty years of slavery in the United States of America.
Grand Rapids, Mich: West Michigan Printing Co. AAC E444 .S63 1891
Overview:
Smith's narrative relates not only his personal experiences, but also
includes many anecdotes about other Kentucky slaves and masters.
Liberia
Journal:
Liberia
Overview:
The African Repository changed its name to Liberia in 1892. Issues
included the names of slave owners, estates, and freed slaves.
AAC E 448 .L66 1967-69

1893
1894
1895
Book:
Smith, A. (1893). An autobiography, the story of the Lord's dealings with
Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist: Containing an account of her
life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland,
India, and Africa, as an independent missionary. Chicago, Ill: Christian
Witness Co. Heritage Collection BV3785.S56 A3 1893
Overview:
The story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored
evangelist; containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels
in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an
independent missionary
Book:
Langston, J. M. (1894). From the Virginia plantation to the national
capitol; or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the
Old Dominion. Hartford, Conn: American Pub. Co. AAC E185.97 .L27
Overview:
Insight into the story of John Mercer Langston a former slave turned
politician.
Book:
McClelland, M. G. (1895). Mammy Mystic. New York: Merriam Co.
AAC PZ3.M133 Ma
Overview:
Fictional book about a white male’s interpretations and observations of
African-American behaviors and rituals.

1896
1897
1898
Book:
Davidson, J. N. (1897). Negro slavery in Wisconsin and the
Underground Railroad. Milwaukee, Wis.: Printed for the Parkman
Club by E. Keogh. AAC F576 .P24
Overview:
Book composed of many letters from people who helped fugitive
slaves escape through Wisconsin in the mid-19th century.
Book:
Anderson, M. (1897). Presbyterianism; its relation to the Negro.
Philadelphia: J.M. White. AAC BX 9211.P5 B4
Overview:
Explains the Berean Church, a Presbyterian Church, and its
relationship with Negroes.
Book:
Macaulay, T. B. M., & Smith, H. A. (1898). Macaulay's Essays on
Addison and Milton. Boston: Ginn. Heritage Collection AAC
PR3306 .M3 1898
Overview:
Rare book which was often a required reading in English
Literature curriculums.

1899
1900
1901
Book:
Johnson, Edward A. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-
American War: And Other Items of Interest. Raleigh: Capital
Print. Co, 1970. Print. AAC E725.5 .N3 J6
Overview:
Includes sections on African Americans in the Navy, on San Juan
Hill, the Buffalo Soldiers, and African American officers and
regiments. Contains photos and illustrations.
Book:
Dunbar, P. L., & Kemble, E. W. (1900). The strength of Gideon:
And other stories. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
AAC PZ 3 .D 911 .St8 1969
Overview:
Book written by Paul Laurence Dunbar an early pioneer in
African-American literature.
Book:
Dunbar, P. L., Armstrong, M., Armstrong, M., Hampton Normal and
Agricultural Institute (Va.)., Oliver Wendell Holmes Library
Collection (Library of Congress), & Margaret Armstrong Binding
Collection (Library of Congress). (1901). Candle-lightin' time. New
York: Dodd, Mead. AAC PS1556 .C2 1901
Overview:
In black dialect Candle-lightin’ time describes slave experiences with
illustrations.

1902
*Reprint(originallypublished
In 1902)
1903
1904
Book:
Taylor, S. K., & Romero, P. W. (1988). A Black woman's Civil
War memoirs: Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd U.S.
Colored Troops, late 1st South Carolina Volunteers. New York:
M. Wiener Pub. AAC E492.94 .T3 1988
Overview:
Taylor traces her matrilineal line back to Africa to impart her story.
A freed slave at age fourteen she became a volunteer field nurse for
black Union soldiers advancing through South Carolina
Book:
Cotter, J. S. (1903). Caleb, the degenerate: A play in four acts; a
study of the types, customs, and needs of the American Negro.
Louisville, Ky: The Bradley & Gilbert Company.
AAC PS3505.O862 C3 1903
Overview:
A four-act play that’s a study of the types, customs, and needs of
the American Negro.
Book:
Henderson, E. B. (1904). Plantation echoes: A collection of
original Negro dialect poems. Columbus, O: Press of F. J. Heer.
AAC PS3515.E434 P6 1904
Overview:
A collection of a variety of Negro poems with dialect used during
slavery.

1905
1906
1907
Book:
Johnston, A. F. (1905). In the desert of waiting: The legend of Camel-back
mountain. Boston: I.C. Page & Co. AAC PS3519.O3 I5 1905
Overview:
This small book relates the story of Shapur, a salt merchant traveling across
the desert to sell his wares at the palace of the Rajah. Along the way,
misfortune overcomes Shapur and he is faced with decisions that change his
life.
Book:
Dumas, A. (1951). The three musketeers. New York: Dutton. Heritage
Collection PZ3.D89 Th
Overview:
The Three Musketeers tells the story of three great swordsmen, Porthos, Aramis,
and Anthos, with their protege, D'Artagnan, who match wits with the sinister
Cardinal Richelieu who seeks to divide the royalty in his own quest for power.
Book:
Washington, B. T. (1907). The negro in business. Boston: Hertel,
Jenkins & Co. AAC E185.8 .W31
Overview:
Sheds light on Negro businesses in America in the early 1900s and
the formation of the National Negro Business League.

1908
1909
1910
Book:
Braithwaite, W. S. (1908). The house of falling leaves: With other
poems. Boston: J.W. Luce and Co. AAC PS3503.R246 H7 1908
Overview:
A compilation of various poems.
Book:
Johnston, H. H. (1910). The Negro in the New world. London: Methuen
& Co. AAC E29.N3 J7
Overview:
Detailed information concerning the Negro in every part of the Western
Hemisphere.
NAACP Annual
Report
Book:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (1909). NAACP
Annual Report. New York: National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. AAC E185.5 .N275
Overview:
The NAACP Annual Report published in the 1909 is a journal that provides
articles related to the organization.

1911
1912
1913
Book:
Du, B. W. E. B. (1911). The quest of the silver fleece: A novel.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. AAC PZ3.D8525 Q
Overview:
Silver Fleece was black activist Du Bois's first foray into fiction. The
1911 novel remains true to the author's roots, as it tells the story of a
Southern woman and Northern man while expounding on politics,
power, finances, and corruption.
Book:
Udall, N., & In Child, C. G. (1912). Ralph Roister Doister. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co. Heritage Collection PR3176.U3 A7 1912
Overview:
One of the oldest plays in English history.
Book:
Dunbar, P. L. (1913). The complete poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar:
With the introduction to "Lyrics of lowly life,". New York: Dodd, Mead
and Co. AAC PS1556 .A1 1913
Overview:
A compilation of America's first African-American poet's work

1914
1915
1916
Book
Schomburg, A. A., & Heartman, C. F. (1916). A bibliographical
checklist of American Negro poetry. New York: C.F. Heartman.
AAC Z1231.P7 S3
Overview
Bibliography of the poetical works of Phillis Wheatley
Book:
Cromwell, J. W. (1914). The Negro in American history: Men and
women eminent in the evolution of the American of African descent.
Washington: The American Negro academy. AAC E185 .C92
Overview:
Book which explains slavery and showcases African-Americans that
were critical in obtaining equality.
Book:
Work, J. W. (1915). Folk song of the American Negro. Nashville, Tenn:
Press of Fisk University. AAC ML3556 .W78
Overview:
An investigation into traditional American Negro folk songs with lyrics
and sheet music examples

1917
1918
1919
Book
United States., Jones, T. J., Phelps-Stokes Fund., & United States.
(1917). Negro education: A study of the private and higher schools for
colored people in the United States. Washington: Govt. Print. Off.
AAC L111 .A6 1916 no.38-39 copy 2
Overview
This book focuses on the study/evaluation of private and public
schools for colored people
Book:
Porter, K. H. (1918). A history of suffrage in the United States.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. AAC JK1846.P8
Overview
Describes the vigorous fight which had been going on since 1776 to
secure suffrage for some large and discontented groups
Book:
Beasley, D. L., & Bancroft Library. (1919). The Negro trail blazers of
California: A compilation of records from the California archives in the
Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley, and from the
diaries, old papers and conversations of old pioneers in the State of
California : it is a true record of facts, as they pertain to the history of the
pioneer and present day Negroes of California. Los Angeles, Calif: Times
Mirror Print. and Binding House.
AAC F870.N38 B3 1919b
Overview:
A compilation of records from the California archives in the Bancroft
Library at the University of California, in Berkeley; and from the diaries,
old papers and conversations of old pioneers in the State of California.

1920
1921
1922
Book
Woofter, T. J. (1920). Negro migration: Changes in rural
organization and population of the Cotton Belt. New York: W.D.
Gray AAC HD207 .W6 1920a
Overview
Accounts of agriculture, land tenure, and economic aspects in the
southern states in relation to the Negro
Book
Brawley, B. G. (1921). A social history of the American Negro, being
a history of the Negro problem in the United States, including a
history and study of the republic of Liberia. New York: The
Macmillan Company AAC E185.61.B82
Overview
This book accounts for the history of the Negro in the United States
and in Liberia.
Book:
Gore, G. W. (1922). Negro journalism: An essay on the history and
present conditions of the Negro press. Greencastle, Ind. AAC
PN4888.N4 G6
Overview:
This book shows the various stages of development through which
the Negro press has evolved. It is too written to present the
problems and inherent possibilities of Negro journalism, to point
out progress which is being made today, and to suggest future
possibilities

1923
1924
1925
Book
Clinkscales, J. G. (1924). On the old plantation: Reminiscences of his
childhood. Spartanburg, S.C: Band & White. AAC F273.C64 1924
Overview
In On the Old Plantation, Clinkscales records his memories of life on
his father's plantation. Clinkscales recounts his childhood pranks,
adventures, and school experiences, which combine to present his
happy memories of antebellum South Carolina.
Book:
Ertz, S. (1923). Madame Claire. New York: A.L. Burt.
AAC PZ3.E737 Ma 7
Overview:
A warm, engaging tale whose main character is an elderly lady who
repairs the tangled romances of her children and grandchildren
Book:
Heyward, D. B., & Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of
Congress). (1925). Porgy. New York: George H. Doran company.
AAC PZ3.H1586 Po 1925
Overview:
When Porgy returns home after his brief imprisonment he hopes in
vain to find Bess. His neighbors inform him that a group of stevedores
plied Bess with alcohol and then took her to Georgia. Certain that he
will never see Bess again, Porgy allows his neighbor Serena, to take the
couple’s adoptive baby. –Literature Resource Center

1926
1927
1928
Book:
Pickens, W. (1926). American Aesop: Negro and other humor.
Boston: The Jordan & More press. AAC PN6161 .P58 1926
Overview:
One of the last books written by orator, educator, and journalist
William Pickens.
Book:
Peterkin, J. M. (1927). Black April. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.AAC
PS3531.E77 B5 1927
Overview:
Black April is characterized by a rugged power, despite its loose,
episodic plot and its lengthy digressions on folklore; and the novel was
well received by critics in such important journals as the Saturday
Review and the New Republic. The narrative has definite and
deliberate tragic overtones which suggest that Peterkin was a more self-
conscious literary craftsman than most commentators have been willing
to admit. But the approval she did receive encouraged her to write
another novel which was to reveal an even greater ability to control and
order her subject matter."
---Literature Resource Center
Book:
Odum, H. W. (1928). Rainbow round my shoulder: The blue trail of black
Ulysses. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. AAC E185.86 .O27 1928
Overview:
The Black Ulysses Trilogy presents a compendium of African American
folklore collected by pioneer sociologist/folklorist Howard W. Odum. The
trilogy collects stories, songs, and folktales, which Odum uses to weave the
narrative of his chief informant John Wesley Gordon (Black Ulysses) as he
travels the country, fights in World War I, and returns to the South.

1929
1930
1931
Book:
Odum, H. W. (1972). Wings on my feet: Black Ulysses at the
wars. New York: Kraus Reprint. AAC PZ3.O279 Wi
Overview:
One of the few depictions of African Americans in World War
I, Wings on My Feet (1929) follows the tale of Black Ulysses,
John Wesley "Left Wing" Gordon, begun in Howard W.
Odum's Rainbow Round My Shoulder.---Amazon Book Review
Book:
Leavell, U. W. (1930). Philanthropy in Negro education. Nashville,
Tenn: George Peabody College for Teachers.
AAC LC2801 .L37 1930
Overview:
Discusses those who helped make Negro education attainable.
Book:
Spero, S. D., & Harris, A. L. (1931). The black worker: The Negro
and the labor movement. New York: Columbia University Press.
AAC E185.8 .S74
Overview:
Discusses the job duties, responsibilities, and inequities associated
with being African American in the Labor Movement

1932
1933
1934
*Available as an E-book
Book:
Thurman, W. (1932). Infants of the spring. New York: Macaulay Co.
AAC PZ3.T4258 In
Overview:
"… Throughout all these comings and goings, Thurman maintains
suspense while he dissects his surroundings and, ultimately, uncovers a
number of truths."
--- Literature Resource Center
Book:
Raper, A. F., & Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching.
(1933). The tragedy of lynching. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press. AAC HV6464 .R3
Overview:
"...providing an investigation of lynching crimes from mob formation
to justice efforts."
---Literature Resource Center
Book:
Carmer, C., & Baldridge, C. L. (1934). Stars fell on Alabama.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart. AAC F326 .C27
Overview:
Stars Fell On Alabama by Carl Carmer is a book of folkways. It is
not journalism, or history, folklore, or a novel. It is at times
impressionistic, and at other times it conveys deep insights into
the character of Alabama's people and places.
---Google Books

1935
1936
1937
Book:
Du, B. W. E. B. (1935). Black reconstruction: An essay toward a history
of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct
democracy in America, 1860-1880. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.
AAC E668 .D83
Overview:
A blend of Marxist theories and how they fall short in explaining race.
Book:
Van, E. E. (1936). Joe Louis: Man and super-fighter. New York: F.A.
Stokes Co. AAC GV1132.L6 V3 1936
Overview:
Biography of the legendary boxer Joe Louis.
Book:
Bontemps, A. (1937). Sad-faced boy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
AAC PZ7.B6443 Sad
Overview:
Sad-faced boy, written by poet Arna Bontemps, is a juvenile fiction
book based on the adventures of Negro boys who visit Harlem.

1938
1939
1940
Book:
Aptheker, H. (1938). The Negro in the Civil War. New York:
International Publishers. AAC E453 .A67
Overview:
Explains the Negro experience in the Civil War.
Book:
Du, B. W. E. B. (1939). Black folk, then and now: An essay in the
history and sociology of the Negro race. New York: H. Holt and
Co. Heritage Collection HT1581 .D75
Overview:
Describes the Negro experience beginning with our African
ancestral roots.
Book:
Wright, R., & Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of
Congress). (1940). Native son. New York: Harper & Bros.
Heritage Collection PZ3.W9352 Nat 16
Overview:
Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as
powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of
poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in
America.

1941
1942
1943
Book:
Handy, W. C., & Bontemps, A. (1941). Father of the
blues: An autobiography. New York: The Macmillan
Co.AAC ML410.H18 B6
Overview:
Autobiography of blues star W.C. Handy describing
his life before and during the height of his career.
Book:
Walker, M., & Hubbard, C. M. (1942). For my people. New Haven:
Yale University Press. AAC PS3545.A517 F6 1968
Overview:
Powerful poem expressing the hardships endured by African
Americans.
Book:
Miller, B. (1943). George Washington Carver: God's ebony scientist.
Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan Pub. House. AAC S417.C33 M5
1943a
Overview:
The story of scientist George Washington Carver and his role as a
philanthropist, educator, and empowerer of farmers.

1944
1945
1946
Book:
Korngold, R. (1944). Citizen Toussaint. Boston: Little, Brown and
company. AAC F1923 .T855
Overview:
An understanding and intelligent biography of the Haitian patriot
and martyr Toussaint Louverture.
Book:
Woodson, C. G. (1945). The history of the Negro church.
Washington, D.C: Associated Publishers.
AAC BR563.N4 W6 1945
Overview:
Explains the early foundations of the African American church.
Book:
Means, F. C. (1946). Great day in the morning. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin. AAC PZ7.M5124 Gr
Overview:
Fired from her job after her ideas clash with those of her
conservative school board, schoolteacher Lilybelle
Lawrence attends college, where a series of accidents leads
her to consider a career in nursing.

1947
1948
1949
Book:
Franklin, J. H. (1967). From slavery to freedom: A history of
Negro Americans. New York: Knopf.
AAC E185.F825
Overview:
This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the
experiences of African Americans from the time they left
Africa to their continued struggle for equality at the end of the
twentieth century.
Book:
Ottley, R. (1948). Black odyssey: The story of the Negro in
America. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. AAC E185.O85
Overview:
"This readable history skillfully combines anecdote with breadth
of observation. Making available to a wider audience the results
of the excellent scholarship in this field, Mr. Ottley covers the
early days of slavery, the Revolutionary period, the pre-Civil
War era, the Civil War and Reconstruction." --Morroe Berger
The New York Times October 24, 1948
Book:
Sprigle, R. (1949). In the land of Jim Crow. New York: Simon
and Schuster. AAC E185.61.S75
Overview:
The African American Experience from when Jim Crow laws
were in effect.

1950
1951
1952
Book:
Redding, J. S. (1969). They came in chains: Americans from
Africa. Philadelphia: Lippincott. AAC E185 .R4 1968
Overview:
The dramatic history of the American Negro.
Book:
Rubin, M. (1951). Plantation County. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press.AAC F215 .R8
Overview:
Rubin’s conceptual scheme for the study of culture and social
structure in a rural county of the Old South includes the
structural-functional, the situational, and the culture-personality
approaches.
Book:
Du, B. W. E. B. (1952). In battle for peace: The story of my 83rd
birthday. New York: Masses & Mainstream.
AAC JX1908.U6 P375
Overview:
Lays out much of DuBois's thinking on the struggle to achieve
peace.

1953
1954
1955
Book:
Eppse, M. R. (1953). A guide to the study of the Negro in
American history. Nashville: National Publication Co.
AAC E185 .E69 1953
Overview:
History of African Americans in the United States.
Book:
Hughes, L., & Smythe, M. M. (1954). Famous American
Negroes. New York: Dodd, Mead. AAC E185.96 .H8
Overview:
Langston Hughes’s Famous American Negroes is a collection of
brief biographical essays highlighting the individual
achievements of seventeen African Americans who have
contributed to the history and development of the United States.
Book:
Humphrey, L. M. (1955). Aggie. New York: Vantage.
AAC PZ4.H926 Ag
Overview:
Written by a Florida-born and educated school teacher.
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1956
Book:
Stampp, K. M. (1956). The peculiar institution: Slavery in the ante-bellumSouth.New York:
Vintage Books. AAC E441 .S8 1956
Overview:
The research sweeps over the geographic, agricultural, economic sources of slavery, pries
into the so-called psychological predispositions of oppressor and oppressed and their
tragic symbiosis, gathers statistics and breakdowns on the spread and prevalence of
slavery, seizes details about individual planters and their domestic tribulations, blows
clean and terrible through the moral rationalizing of the South and the unthinking lachry-
mosities of the Yankee humanitarian.
1957
1958
Book:
Gibson, A. (1958). I always wanted to be somebody. New York: Harper.
AAC GV994.G5 A3
Overview:
Life story of former FAMU tennis star Althea Gibson the first African-American to ever
win at Wimbledon.
Book:
Shapiro, M. J. (1957). Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. New York:
Messner. AAC GV865.R6 S51
Overview:
Recreates the phenomenal athletic career of the Black baseball player who
became the first Negro to play in the major leagues.

1959
1960
Book:
Anti-negro prejudice : when it began, when it will end (1960). Retrieved from
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/DT/361651
Overview:
Explains the history of slavery and prejudice in America.
1961
Book:
Hansberry, L. (1959). A raisin in the sun. New York: Modern Library. AAC
PS3515.A515 R3 1994
Overview:
A Chicago South Side black family experiences the impact of an unexpected
insurance bequest. Each family member sees it as the means of realizing
long-nurtured dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
Book:
Achebe, C. (1961). No longer at ease. New York: I. Obolensky.
AAC PZ4.A17 .No 2
Overview:
The story of a man whose foreign education has separated him from
his African roots and made him parts of a ruling elite whose corruption
he finds repugnant. More than thirty years after it was first written,
this novel remains a brilliant statement on the challenges still facing
African society.

1962
Book:
Frazier, E. F. (1962). Black bourgeoisie. New York: Collier Books.
AAC E185.61 .F833 1962a
Overview:
Studies the origin and development of the Black middle-class, accentuating its behavior,
attitudes, and values
1963
Book:
Neyland, L. W., & Riley, J. W. (1963). The history of Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. AAC LC2851.F63 N4
Overview:
The history of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University from when it was
founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students, to present day as an
established university.
1964
Book:
Baldwin, J. (1964). The fire next time. New York: Dell Press. AAC E185.61 .B195 1964
copy 4
Overview:
The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil
rights movement. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of
the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the
terrible legacy of racism.

1965
Book:
Johnson, P. A. (1965). Call me neighbor, call me friend: The case history of the
integration of a neighborhood on Chicago's South side. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday.
AAC F548.9.N3 J6
Overview:
As pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Chicago, IL, Philip A. Johnson earned death
threats and civic awards for his drive to peacefully integrate a large section of the city's
South Side. The minister and social activist described his work in the book.
1966
1967
Book:
Eckman, F. M. (1966). The furious passage of James Baldwin. New York: M. Evans;
distributed in association with Lippincott, Philadelphia. AAC PS3503.A5527 Z65
Overview:
Biography based on the life of James Baldwin.
Book:
Styron, W. (1967). The confessions of Nat Turner. New York: Random
House. AAC PZ4.S938 Co
Overview:
A fictionalized account of the 1831 slave revolt led by Nat Turner in
Southampton County, Virginia.

1968
Book:
Walker, A. (1968). Once: Poems. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.
AAC PS3573.A425 O5 1968
Overview:
This first volume of poetry established Alice Walker as a poet of unusual sensitivity and
power. The collection is remarkably mature and varied: the opening group of graceful,
witty poems remains an enduring "snapshot" of Africa viewed by a black American
woman, while other works focus on the civil rights struggle, the South, and love.
1969
Book:
Phillips, U. B. (1969). American Negro slavery: A survey of the supply, employment and
control of Negro labor as determined by the plantation regime. Baton Rouge: Louisiana
State University Press. AAC E441 .P549 1969
Overview:
The author shows his primitive views and opinions on the subject of slavery.
1970
Book:
Neyland, L. W. (1970). Twelve Black Floridians. Tallahassee: Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University Foundation. AAC E185.93.F5 N4
*Available as an Electronic Resource
Overview:
Twelve notable blacks who have given fifteen or more years of service to the state of
Florida who have been selected and historical adaptations of their lives and works are
presented in an interesting manner.

1971
1972
Book:
Leyland, J. (1972). Adventures in the far interior of South Africa. Cape Town: C. Struik.
AAC DT756 .L68 1972
Overview:
A traveler’s expedition about the notices of native tribes and wild animals.
1973
Book:
Hogg, P. C. (1973). The African slave trade and its suppression: A classified and annotated
bibliography of books, pamphlets and periodical articles. London: Frank Cass.
AAC Z7164.S6 H63 1973
Overview:
A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with the African slave trade.
Book:
Gaines, E. J. (1971). The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. New York: Bantam
Books. AAC PS3557.A355 A89 1971x
Overview:
Presents the story of the long life of Miss Jane Pittman, who began her life as a slave
in the South and who marched for her civil rights in the 20th century at the age of 110.

1974
Book:
Bontemps, A. (1974). American Negro poetry. New York: Hill and Wang.
AAC PS591.N4 B58 1974
Overview:
With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology for decades has been seen as a fundamental
collection of African-American verse.
1975
1976
Book:
Wesley, C. H. (1976). The quest for equality: From Civil War to civil rights. New York:
Publishers Co. AAC E185.5 .I58 W49 1976
Overview:
In period details, showing how much African-Americans have come a long way since
slavery to the era of the Civil Rights Movement.
Book:
Segy, L. (1975). African Sculpture Speaks. New York : Da Capo Press.
AAC NB1098 .S44 1975
Overview:
Seeking to bring the African carver's work within the scope of the Western observer,
Segy stresses the need for appraising African art within its own context, suspending
established procedures for art appreciation and viewing the object as it actually is, not
as we think it is or should be.

1977
Book:
Association of Research Coordinators. Bicentennial Committee. (1977). Development of
Research at historically Black Land-Grant institutions. s.l: s.n. AAC LC2781.D48
Overview:
Exploring the history and achievements of some popular historically black colleges and
universities.
1978
Book:
Robertson, I., & Whitten, P. (1978). Race and politics in South Africa. New Brunswick,
N.J: Transaction Books. AAC DT763 .R27
Overview:
Explains the history of race and struggles between the blacks and whites, and the rise of
Apartheid.
1979
Book:
Parker, M. H. (1979). Alpha Kappa Alpha in the eye of the beholder.
Washington, D.C: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. AAC LJ145 .A4967 1979
Overview:
Donated by former Dean of Student Affairs Annie L. Cooper, Alpha Kappa
Alpha In The Eye of the Beholder describes the history and the legacy of the
oldest Black Greek-letter sorority.

1980
1981
1982
Book:
Phinazee, A. L., & North Carolina Central University. (1980). The Black
librarian in the Southeast: Reminiscences, activities, challenges : papers
presented for a colloquium. Durham, N.C: The School.
AAC Z720.A45 A133 1980
Overview:
Donated by former FAMU Dean of the School of Library Science Emily
Copeland, The Black Librarian in the Southeast describes the experiences of
African Americans enrolled in the School of Library Science.
Book:
Boles, J. B. (1988). Masters & slaves in the house of the Lord: Race and
religion in the American South, 1740-1870. Lexington, Ky: University Press
of Kentucky. AAC E446 .M4 1988
Overview:
Masters & Slaves in the House of the Lord provides insight into religion
during slavery in South. The book also compares and contrasts differences in
religion from a white and black perspective.
Book:
Morant, M. B. (1982). The insane nigger. Holly Hill, S.C: R & M Pub. Co.
AAC E185.625 .M66 1982
Overview:
The controversial titled book recounts the experiences, perceptions, and
hardships of a Black male living in America.

1983
1984
1985
Book:
Ploski, H. A., & Williams, J. D. (1983). The Negro almanac: A
reference work on the Afro-American. New York: Wiley.
AAC E185 .P55 1983
Overview:
A Reference book containing information and facts pertaining
to African Americans and the African American experience.
Book:
Baldwin, J. (1984). Notes of a native son. Boston: Beacon Press.
AAC E185.61 .B2 1984
Overview:
Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin’s first non-fiction book,
describes his troubled life in Harlem.
Book:
Snodgrass, J. W., & Woody, G. T. (1985). Blacks and media: A
selected, annotated bibliography, 1962-1982. Tallahassee:
University Presses of Florida. AAC Z5633.A37 S56 1985
Overview:
An annotated bibliography of African Americans in mass media
compiled by former FAMU University Librarian Gloria Woody.
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1986
1987
1988
Book:
Wilson, A., & Richards, L. (1986). Fences: A play. New York:
Plume/Penguin. AAC PS3573.I45677 F4 1986c
*Also available in the database Black Drama
Overview:
Fences is one of several plays by August Wilson. The play reflects on
racism, fatherhood, and the fear of the unknown in a changing society
in the 1950s. AAC PS3573.I45677 F4 2007
Book:
Morrison, T. (1998). Beloved: A novel. New York: Penguin.
AAC PS3563.O8749 B4 1987
Overview:
Named the single best work of American fiction in the last 25
years by the New York Times Book Review in 2006.
Book:
Franklin, J. H., & Moss, A. A. (1988). From slavery to freedom:
A history of Negro Americans. New York: Knopf.
AAC E185 .F825 1988 copy 3
Overview:
An account of the African American experience from slavery to
end of the twentieth century

1989
1990
1991
Book:
Smith, C. U., & Collins, L. R. (1989). The Civil rights
movement in Florida and the United States: Historical and
contemporary perspectives. Tallahassee, FL: Father and Son
Pub. AAC E185.93.F5 C58 1989b
Overview:
Written by Emeritus FAMU Professor and former Graduate
Dean Charles C.U. Smith; The Civil Rights Movement in
Florida describes the Civil Rights movement locally,
regionally, and nationally.
Book:
Hayes, B., & Pack, R. (1990). Run, bullet, run: The rise, fall, and
recovery of Bob Hayes. New York: Harper & Row.
AAC GV939.H34 A3 1000
Overview:
Run, Bullet Run chronicles the life and struggles of former FAMU
star athlete turned Olympic champion Bob “Bullet” Hayes
Book:
Haley, A. (1991). Roots. London: Vintage.
AAC E185.97.H24.A33
Overview:
Fiction novel centered around main character Kunta Kinte who
accurately depicts experiences endured in slavery
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1992
1993
1994
Book:
Gaines, E. J. (1994). Of love and dust. New York: Vintage Books.
AAC PS3557.A355 O36 1994
Overview:
A Black, who seeks revenge against his oppressive white
employers, is doomed when he breaks the most honored rule of
love in the South
Book:
Gaines, E. J. (1993). A lesson before dying. New York: A. A. Knopf.
AAC PS3557.A355 L47 1993
Overview:
Fictional novel based on a young black male implicated in the death of
white store owner in a small Cajun Louisiana community.
Book:
Gaines, E. J. (1992). A gathering of old men. New York: Vintage
Books. AAC PS3557.A355 G3 1992
Overview:
Set on a Louisiana sugarcane plantation in the 1970s, A
Gathering of Old Men is a powerful depiction of racial tensions
arising over the death of a Cajun farmer at the hands of a black
man.

1995
1996
1997
Book:
Shange, N. (1997). For colored girls who have considered
suicide, when the rainbow is enuf: A choreopoem. New York:
Scribner Poetry.
AAC PS3569.H3324 F6 1997
Overview:
Critically acclaimed fiction novel turned screen play that
embraces realistic experiences of four African American
women.
Book:
Sapphire, . (1996). Push: A novel. New York: Vintage
Contemporaries/Vintage Books.
AAC PS3569.A63 P87 1997
Overview:
PUSH, a fiction novel turned screenplay is based on the life
of a 16 year old female named Precious. PUSH expounds on
incest, teenage pregnancy, and HIV.
Book:
Johnson, J. W. (1995). The autobiography of an ex-colored man.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
AAC PS3519.O2625 A95 1995
Overview:
The fictional autobiography of a fair skinned bi-racial male who
explains his experiences of being able to exist in two different worlds.

1998
1999
2000
Book:
Ross, L. C. (2000). The divine nine: The history of African
American fraternities and sororities. New York, NY:
Kensington Books. AAC LC2781.7 .R67 2000
Overview:
The Divine Nine provides the history behind America's nine
Black fraternities and sororities and explores the roles of
these organizations in shaping generations of African-
American leaders.
Book:
Naylor, Gloria. 1999. The men of Brewster Place. Rockland,
MA: Wheeler Pub. AAC PS3564.A895 M45 1999
Overview:
Explores the lives and fates of seven men, from Basil Michael,
who marries a women he does not love for the sake of her
children, to Eugene Turner, torn between his homosexuality and
his beloved wife
Book:
Morrison, T. (1998). Sula. London: Vintage.
AAC PS3563 .O8749 .M872 1998
Overview:
Sula is the story of the fear that makes people accept self-pity;
the fear that will not countenance escape and that justifies
itself through myth and legend.

2001
2002
2003
Book:
Butler, Octavia E. Kindred. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.
Internet resource. E-Book
Overview:
Popular fiction book that chronicles the life of a 26 year old
woman snatched from her hometown and forced to deal with
slavery in the antebellum South.
Book:
Brown, T. (2002). Faithful, firm, and true: African
American education in the South. Macon, Ga: Mercer
University Press. AAC LC2779 .B76 2002
Overview:
Faithful, Firm, & True published by History professor
Titus Brown reflects on the educational experience and
history of African American schools in the South.
Book:
Neyland, L. W. (2001). Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University: Sixteen years of excellence with
caring (1985-2001). Tallahassee, Fla: Florida
A &M Universiy Foundation.
AAC LC2851.F63 N45 2001
Overview:
Publication written by former Vice President for
Academic Affairs Leedell Neyland describing Florida
A&M University administration under former President
Humphries.
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2004
2005
2006
Book:
Obama, B. (2006). The audacity of hope: Thoughts on
reclaiming the American dream. New York: Crown
Publishers. AAC E901.1.O23 A3 2006
Overview:
The Audacity of Hope written by the first African
American U.S. President and former Senator Barack
Obama calls for a different brand of politics.
Book:
Jackson, D. H., & Brown, C. (2005). Go sound the
trumpet!: Selections in Florida's African American
history. Tampa, Fla: University of Tampa Press for the
Florida A & M University Dept. of History, Political
Science/Public Administration, Geography, and
African American Studies. AAC E185.93.F5 G6 2005
Overview:
Edited by FAMU History Chair David Jackson, Go
Sound the Trumpet explains the African American
Experience in Florida from the Spanish era to present.
Book:
Koons, J., & Taschen, B. (2004). Greatest of all
time: A tribute to Muhammad Ali. Köln: Taschen.
AAC GV1132.A44 B35 2001
Overview:
The limited edition GOAT is located in the
Heritage Room in Rm. A410 of Coleman Library.
GOAT is signed by Muhammad Ali and reflects
on the life and legacy of the boxer with
illustrations.

2007
2008
2009
Book:
Draper, S. M. (2008). Copper sun. New York, N.Y: Simon Pulse.
AAC PZ7.D78325 Cop 2008
Overview:
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an
indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to
make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that
gives sanctuary to slaves.
Book:
Hine, D. C., Hine, W. C., & Harrold, S. (2009). African
Americans: A concise history. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson Prentice Hall.AAC E185 .H534 2009
Overview:
A popular reserve book that is a compelling story of
survival, struggle, and triumph over adversity.
Book:
Stauffacher, S. (2007). Nothing but trouble: The story of
Althea Gibson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. AAC
GV994.G53 S72 2007
Overview:
Children’s book that tells the story of former FAMU athlete
and tennis star Althea Gibson.

2010
2011
2012
Book:
Common, ., & Bradley, A. (2011). One day it'll all make sense: A
memoir. New York: Atria Books. AAC ML420.C656 A3 2011
Overview:
Biography of former FAMU student turned famous rapper Common.
Book:
Perkins-Valdez, D. (2010). Wench: A novel. New York:
Amistad. AAC PS3616.E7484 W46 2010
Overview:
Wench FAMU’s 2011-2012 Freshman Summer Reading
Program Book explores the lives of 4 slave mistresses and
their relationships with their white slave masters.
Book:
Harris, Frederick (2012). Oxford University Press,
Oxford, New York. AAC E185.615 .H288 2012
Online Resource:
http://famuproxy.fcla.edu/login?url=http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=362551
Overview:
The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and Rise and Decline of
Black Politics. This is a historical significance of Barack Obama's
triumph in the presidential election of 2008.

Acknowledgment: Thanks to Ms. Khalilah Hayes, former Special Collections Librarian at Florida A&M
University Libraries for coordinating this project and making it a reality.

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