African American History and Culture

• Americanah by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

  Call Number: PZ4.A23 AME 2017

  Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time.
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  Call Number: E185.615 .C6553 2015

  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * Hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading," a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States" (The New York Observer)
• March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin

  Call Number: E840.8 .L43 A3 2013

  "Congressman John Lewis has been a resounding moral voice in the quest for equality for more than 50 years, and I'm so pleased that he is sharing his memories of the Civil Rights Movement with America's young leaders. In March, he brings a whole new generation with him across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, from a past of clenched fists into a future of outstretched hands." - President Bill Clinton
• X : a novel by Shabazz, Ilyasah

  Call Number: PZ7.1 .S47 XAN 2015

  Cowritten by Malcolm X's daughter, this riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world.