Featured Selections
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
The setting is rural Ohio and it is several years after the Civil War. This
novel is a chronicle of slavery and its aftermath, seen through the lives
of Sethe and her family. Explores the social and psychological aspects of
former slaves coping with their pasts and futures. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer
Prize for fiction.
Black Butterflies, by Sandra Carlton-Alexander
Campus Author Spotlight; Stories of the South in Transition; This
book is a collection of short stories written by Sandra Carlto-Alexander,
who currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of English and Director
of Freshman Advisement at NC A&T State University.
Black Firsts, by Jessie Carney Smith
2,000 Years of Extraordinary Black Achievements; according to Ms. Smith,
"We don't know that things can be done, that dreams can be fullfilled,
that great accomplishments can be realized, until somebody takes that first
step and shows the way."
Crossing the Danger Water, editd by Deidre Mullane
Three Hundred Years of African-American Writing; a collection of poetry,
prose, speeches, songs, documents and letters by and about African-Americans,
from pre-colonial times to the present.
The Complete Collected Poems, by Maya Angelou
Contains the complete texts of Maya Angelou's poetry, including Just
Give Me A Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie; Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna
Fit Me Well; And Still I Rise; Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?; I Shall Not
Be Moved; and On the Pulse of Morning.
