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Harlem Glory

A Fragment Of Aframerican Life

Claude McKay

Written in the late 1940s but unpublished till now, this superb portrayal of Black life during the Great Depression and the New Deal is virtually a sequel to the classic Home to Harlem. Mckay's...

By Any Means Necessary

Malcolm X

Speeches tracing the evolution of Malcolm X's views on political alliances, women's rights, intermarriage, capitalism and socialism, and more.

Organization And Spontaneity

The Theory Of The Vanguard Party And Its Application To The Black Movement In The US Today

Kimathi Mohammed

Originally published in 1974, this essay provides a refreshing critique. Addressing Black socialists and Black nationalists Kimathi Mohammed draws on the tradition of C.R.L. James to argue...

Assata

An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

Arrested on the New Jersey Turnpike, convicted after 7 trials, broken out of prison and escaped to asylum in Cuba, where she lives today. The underground railroad is still in business. The...

Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement

Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Historic freedom songs drawn from spirituals, gospel, rhythm and blues, chants, blues, and calypso music. Includes the SNCC Freedom Singers and activists Fannie Lou Hamer and Betty Mae Fikes. A...

Sing For Freedom

The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

Guy Carawan

Hymns, speeches, spirituals, gospel songs, and prayers....a moving civl rights collection drawn from 1960s field recordings in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The compilation captures...

The Glory Of Negro History

Langston Hughes

Written and narrated by Langston Hughes, and recorded in 1955 - he romps through Black history, with the voices of Ralph Bunche and Mary McLeod Bethune as extra backing. Sojourner Truth, P{hyllis...

Story Of Greenwood, Mississippi

Robert Moses

The historic campaign for voter registration - as told (and occasionally sung) by the participants themselves - unsung heroes all, save for Dick Gregory and Medgar Evers. Moving testimony, and...

Black And Gold

The Latin King and Queen Nation

Big Noise Films

In 1994 the Latin Kings, the largest and most powerful street gang in New York, became the Latin King and Queen Nation. They claim to have abandoned their criminal past and to be following in the...