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Books : African American

Remembering E. Lynn Harris

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Best-selling author E. Lynn Harris has died. The former IBM executive just celebrated his 54th birthday on June 20, and was on tour, promoting his 11th novel, Basketball Jones, which involved an...

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The Black Girl Next Door

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The Black Girl Next Door by Jennifer Baszile
Published in 2009, 308 pp.

Jennifer Baszile, the first black  female history professor at Yale University, has lived a life of firsts. Her father,...

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Urban fiction - it’s hot!

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Urban fiction portrays African-American protagonists coming of age and trying to survive in a hostile environment with violence, poverty, and racism.  The genre has flourished in the last 10 years and is sometimes referred to as ghetto lit or street lit.

Recommended African American History and Biography Books

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Check out these New History and Biography Titles Recommended by Black Caucus members of the National Council of Teachers of English.

New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
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New African American Fiction

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Check out these New Fiction Titles Recommended by Black Caucus members of the National Council of Teachers of English.
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