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Jesse Jackson and Black People
by Amiri Baraka
[Buy Now]

A famous author writes about a famous leader. Baraka takes an insider look at one of the black community's most charismatic people.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Third World Press ISBN 0-883-78064-X]


Journey to Beloved
by Oprah Winfrey; photos by Ken Regan
[Buy Now]

Winfrey has said, playing the part of Sethe, the former slave who had to come to terms with her past, in the Jonathan Demme film of Toni Morrison's novel, most affected her than any other event. Her words and the images speak of Oprah's deep connection with the story she was determined to deliver in film after her first reading in 1988.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Hyperion ISBN 0-786-6458-3]


Just Permanent Interests: Black Americans in Congress
by U. S. Rep. (MO) William L. Clay
[Buy Now]

The roles played by African-Americans in American political history have long been depicted inaccurately and downplayed. William L. Clay has conducted extensive research and has corrected these misstatements  in an insightful review of the correct roles played by those of color who were not welcome to the melting pot, where many others have assimilated the American Dream.

[Amistad Press, Inc., ISBN 1-56743.000-7]


LaBelle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About
by Patti LaBelle with Laura B. Randolph
[Buy Now]

The Grammy Award-winning superstar loves to cook and shares more than 100 recipes from her own kitchen including her famous Patti Potato Salad.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Broadway Books ISBN 0-7679-0314-5]


Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman
by Queen Latifah
[Buy Now]

Rapper, actress, and businesswoman Queen Latifah uses her personal experiences to share how every woman can be her own queen.  She talks honestly about her parents' divorce, her brother's death, and her faith in God.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Morrow ISBN 0-688-115623-1]


Lady Moses
by Lucinda Roy
[Buy Now]

Jacinta Louise Buttercup Moses has been called to spend her mother's last days and has to struggle to the pains of loss. Jacinta had fled to London hoping to move to America in order to deal with her African father's early death and her white mother's mental instability. She finds peace, however, in visiting her father's homeland of Africa.

[HarperFlamingo ISBN 0-06-018244-X]


The Last Plantation: A Memoir of Race, Conflict, and Healing
by Itabari Njeri
[Buy Now]

Synopsis

[Houghton ISBN 0-395-77191-9]


Leaving the Pipe Shop: Memories of Kin
by Deborah E. McDowell
[Buy Now]

The working-class residents of Bessemer, Alabama--nicknamed Pipe Shop--lived a segregated life. Through intimate details of her own family's life, McDowell shows how civil rights affected three generations of women and men.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Norton ISBN 0-393-31843-5]


Love Poems
by Nikki Giovanni
[Buy Now]

She is one of America's most favorite poets, and this collection includes some of her most treasured poems and some equally touching new ones.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[William Morrow ISBN 0-688-15236-8]


Luminous Mysteries
by John Holman
[Buy Now]

Set in the new South, this story of the emerging voice of Black experience is memorable, mysterious, and funny. The ironies that place normal life off-kilter are picked up in this work that involves a woman prone to hallucinations.
[Reviewed by Corinne O. Nelson]

[Harcourt Brace ISBN 0-15-100349-1]


Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
by David Hajdu
[Buy Now]

Synopsis

[North Point Press: Farrah Straus Giroux ISBN 0-86547-512-3]


 

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