African American Leaders–January 2009

Readings Selected and Compiled by

Adam Smith and Natalie Mitchell (Research Center)

Barber, John T. / The Black Digital Elite: African American Leaders of the Information Revolution / E185.615.B297 2006
Bracey, Christopher Alan / Saviors or Sellouts: The Promise and Peril of Black Conservatism, from Booker T. Washington to Condoleezza Rice / E185.B798 2008
Bumiller, Elisabeth / Condoleezza Rice: An American Live / E840.8.R48 B86 2007
Bunche, Ralph J. / A Brief and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership / E185.61.B929 2005
Bynoe, Yvonne / Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership and Hip Hop Culture / E185.86.B94 2003
Carey, Charles W. / African-American Political Leaders / E185.96.C18 2004
Clayton, Ed / Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior / E185.97.K5 C5
Collier-Thomas, Bettye, Franklin, V.P., eds. / Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement / E185.61.S615 2001
Conyers, James L., ed. / Malcolm X: A Historical Reader / BP223.ZI M35 2008
Cruse, Harold / The Essential Harold Cruse: A Reader / E185.6.C964 2002
Cuyjet, Michael J. / African American Men in College / LC2781.A39 2006
Davis, Leroy / A Clashing of the Soul: John Hope and the Dilemma of African American Leadership and Black Higher Education in the Early Twentieth Century / LA2317.H72 D38 1998
Davison, James / Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom / E185.625.D385 2008
Ellis, Catherine, Smith, Stephen Drury, eds. / Say it Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches / PS663.N4 S39 2005
Farrakhan, Louis / A Torchlight for America / E185.F377 1993
Fax, Elton C. / Contemporary Black Leaders / E185.93.F38
Franklin, John Hope, Meier, August, eds. / Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century / E185.96.B536 1982
Gaines, Kevin Kelly / Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century / E185.86.G35 1996
Gates, Henry Louis, West, Cornel / The Future of the Race / E185.86.G377 1996
Gillespie, Marcia / Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration / PS3551.N464 Z67 2008
Goff, Keli / Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence / E185.G55 2008
Gordon, Jacob U. / Black Leadership for Social Change / E185.615.G666 2000
Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy, Mitchell, Elvis / The Black List / E185.96.G757 2008
Harari, Oren / The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell / E840.5P68 H36 2002
Hauser, Thomas / Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times / GV1132.A44 H38 1991
James, Joy / Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals / E185.86.J36 1997
Johnson, Cedric / Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics / E185.615.J59 2007
Kirk, John A. / Martin Luther King, Jr. / E185.97.K5 K575 2005
Landess, Thomas H., Quinn, Richard M. / Jesse Jackson and the Politics of Race / E185.97.J5 L35 1985
Litwack, Leon, Meier, August, eds. / Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century / E185.96.B535 1998
Livers, Ancella B. / Leading in Black and White: Working Across the Racial Divide in Corporate America / HD38.25.U6 L584 2003
Lusane, Clarence / Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice: Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century / E902.L87 2006
Magida, Arthur J. / Prophet of Rage: A Life of Louis Farrakhan and His Nation / BP223.Z8 F3846 1996
Marable, Manning / Black Leadership / E185.615.M2783 1998
Marshall, A. / Louis Farrakhan: Made in America / BP223.Z8 F385 1996
Mendell, David / Obama: From Promise to Power / E901.1.O23 M46 2007
Morrison, Minion K.C. / Black Political Mobilization: Leadership, Power, and Mass Behavior / E185.93.M6 M67 1987
Myers, Walter Dean / Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary / BP223.Z8 L5764 1993
Obama, Barack / The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream / E901.1 .O23 A3 2006
Obama, Barack / Barack Obama In His Own Words / E185.97.O23 A25 2007
Obama, Barack / Change We Can Believe In : Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise / JK468.P64 O33 2008
Obama, Barack / Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance / E185.97.O23 A3 1995
Olive, David / An American Story : The Speeches of Barack Obama : A Primer / JK468.P64 O33 2008
Peck, Janice / The Age of Oprah: A Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era / PN1992.4.W56 P43 2008
Persons, Georgia A., ed. / Dilemmas of Black Politics: Issues of Leadership and Strategy / E185.615.D55 1993
Pitre, Merline / Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas / E185.93T4 P57 1997
Rabinowitz, Howard N., ed. / Southern Black Leaders of the Reconstruction Era / E185.92.S68 1982
Ransby, Barbara / Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision / E185.97.B214 R36 2003
Reid-Merritt, Patricia / Sister Power: How Phenomenal Black Women are Rising to the Top / E185.86.R416 1996
Selby, Gary S. / Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus Narrative in America’s Struggle for Civil Rights / E185.97.K5 S45 2008
Sharpton, Al, Walton, Anthony / Go and Tell Pharaoh: The Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton / E185.97.S54 A3 1996
Smith, Robert Charles / Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide / E185.615.S5815 2000
Verney, Kevern / The Art of the Possible: Booker T. Washington and Black Leadership in the United States, 1881-1925 / E185.97W4 V47 2001
Walters, Ronald W. / Bibliography of African American Leadership: An Annotated Guide / E185.61 W285 2000
Walters, Ronald W. / African American Leadership / E185.615.W314 1999
White, John / Black Leadership in America: From Booker T. Washington to Jesse Jackson / E185.61.W59 1990
Williams, Lea Esther / Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African-American Leadership / E185.615.W492 1996
Wilson, John K. / Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest / E901.1.O23 W56 2008
Wolters, Raymond / Du Bois and His Rivals / E185.97.D73 2002
X, Malcolm, Haley, Alex / The Autobiography of Malcolm X / E185.97.L5 A3