A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Angelou, Maya
Random House. April. 256p.
ISBN: 0-375-50747-7. $22.95

Angelou began her memoir with her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and now she presents the final installment. It begins when she returns from a trip to Africa to work with Malcolm X, but discovers he has been assassinated. Her story tells of her work supporting Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s March up to when she begins writing Caged Bird.
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Where’s The Money?
Guide to African-American Scholarships, Loans and Grants, 2002-2003
Published by THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine. 97p.
Sponsored by DaimlerChrysler

Where’s The Money? Is a compilation of scholarships, grants and fellowships offered to African-American students. The book’s goal is to help African-American students realize their dream of going to college by showing them where they can find “free” money to pay for their education. For additional information, visit the Where’s The Money? Web site at: www.africanamericanscholarship.com.

Pay Yourself First
Revised, Expanded Edition
Brown, Jesse
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 216p
ISBN# 0-471-15897-6. $14.95

This financial book is written specifically for African Americans who earn less than $30,000 a year. It focuses on how to increase one’s wealth, take financial control of your life, how to diversity your funds, and how to plan sound investment strategies.
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Battling the Killer Within
Farrington, Thomas A.
Old Mountain Press. 220p.
ISBN: 1-931575-02-9. $16.99

The author reports men are in a raging battle with prostate cancer with almost 200,000 in America alone diagnosed with the disease annually. Using the experiences of himself and others in treatment with him, the informative book helps men and their families face this medical crisis. Farrington writes African Americans have the highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in the world requiring them to take medical action earlier.
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Black Men: In Their Own Words
Edited by Patricia Mignon Hinds with Susan L. Taylor
Crown Publishing Group. April. 252p.
ISBN: 0-609-80527-4. $18

Through testimonials from men who have risen to the top of their professional careers, Hinds reveals the passions, love, friendships, and family relationships of over 100 men including Samuel Jackson, Damon Wayans, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Ed Bradley, Tavis Smiley, Russell Simmons and more.
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Oh God!: A Black Woman's Guide to Sex and Spirituality
Newman, Susan
Ballantine Publishing Group. March. 288p
ISBN: 0-345-45077-9. $23.95

Many denominations declare sex outside of marriage as sin, but in this book, Rev. Newman not only looks at the issues confronting women, but also examines how interpretations have influenced religious instruction about women, sex, and spirituality. She maintains that yes; sexuality and spirituality can exist together.
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The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other
Robinson, Randall N.
Dutton. January. 278p.
ISBN: 0-525-94625-X. $24.95

Robinson, who is founder and president of TransAfrica, and has great influence on U.S. policies toward international Black leadership, focuses on the future of underprivileged African-American youth. They live in the inner cities and suffer from poor education systems and are doomed to fail unless Black leaders and citizens help better the social conditions. Robinson further reveals how public funds are being used to subsidize the prison industrial system, which depends on the increasing incarceration of our young people for growth.
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Bill Clinton and Black America
Wickam, DeWayne
Ballantine. January. 304p.
ISBN: 0-345-45032-9. $36

Wickam, a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists, asks scores of African Americans why they think former President Clinton has such a special relationship with the African American community. From conversations with Black professionals, politicians, and intellectuals including Suzanne DePasse, Kweisi Mfume, Mary Frances Berry, and others, Wickam explores this idea.
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Corinne Nelson is a contributing writer who has written for the Library Journal.