Black People: Black People... A Cyber Reading

“I sit here deeply concerned that I suspect

we're leading our nation on an integration trip

that has us integrating into a burning house.”

Dr. Martin Luther King to Harry Belafonte

"I don't think we quite understood

how prophetic that remark was."

Harry Belafonte to Congressional Black Caucus 9/22/05

BPATPIWH - Page 133

Today's dedication of Dr. King's Memorial was profound. I found myself as an old gray haired lady still screaming, JOBS NOT JAILS. The only difference is the president is Black, like he was at least five times before President Obama.

Since we've all been integrated into a burning house, it's best to focus on putting out the fire. One of the flames is war, another is lies told as truth, like the federal reserve is federal (NOT). Folks would not be acting like fools before God if they understood their history, what is the mission of life, their personal mission. Hint: Love & Truth.

We're having a cyber reading on 11/11/11 - 11/13/11 of the book BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY by Dr. Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA, Historian, Humanitarian and Honorary African Chief consisting of many souls, like a spoken word choir.

If you would like to participate in the reading claim your free copy of the ebook, by going to http://www.tinyurl.com/bpatpiwh Paperbacks are for sale and available on amazon. The work is a breathtaking journey through many Black history highlights with a lot of supporting documentation, like the extensive bibliography copied at the end of this article.

The initial call is for folks who want to upload sub-sections of the book to do so to YouTube and send the links to bpatpiwh - gmail by November 5, 2011. Some will be included in the on line reading. If participating artists do not yet have amazon associates accounts, get one and sell the books and other products, like computers, on top of videos. Promote via social media (spin the Twitter).

Details are still being worked out so check back for more information.

This dialogue is being opened with an off book piece that reflects where we are now, and how far we have to travel just to break even. Black history is human history so this is a story about all of us, wherever we are in or out of the matrix.

One more note on why this reading is important that was touched on earlier. When I see the Jerry Springer show, it makes me sad after I stop laughing. No way folks could act like that if they understood their history. Yet, those actions are a clue of how far we still have to go in human evolution. Truth can set us free.

If you wonder how far Black people have progressed since the early 1960's in the United States, the days when Dr. King strode across the planet with his dream, I urge you to read the article below by Charles E. Richardson BACK WHEN WE WERE NEGROES. My father sent it to me. In a million posts, I could not explain the need to create a choir of readers on line, presented in order, of the excellent research found in Dr. Vaughn's book BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR PLACE IN WORLD HISTORY.

Let me know what you think.

" ‘Back when we were Negroes’

http://www.macon.com/2011/07/31/1649957/back-when-we-were-negroes.html

By Charles E. Richardson

Posted on Sun, Jul. 31, 2011 in the Macon Telegraph

There was a time until the early 1960s when the terms to describe those of African decent, like me -- African-American or Black or Afro-American -- were almost unheard of.

I remember a distinct conversation with a friend discussing descriptive terms for ourselves in 1963 or ’64. The term “black” was just coming into vogue and he didn’t like it one bit. “Call me a Negro,” he said, “but don’t call me black.”

Now, the word “Negro” (publications used a lower case “n”) has almost become a pejorative, so I was a little surprised when my pastor, the Rev. Willie Reid, used it during Thursday’s revival. “Back when we were Negroes,” he said, and listed several things that were different about black life in America back then.

That got me to thinking. Back when we were Negroes in the 1950s, “only 9 percent of black families with children were headed by a single parent,” according to “The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies” by Kay Hymowitz. “Black children had a 52 percent chance of living with both their biological parents until age 17. In 1959, “only 2 percent of black children were reared in households in which the mother never married.” But now that we’re African-Americans, according to Hymowitz, those odds of living with both parents had “dwindled to a mere 6 percent” by the mid-1980s. And check this, in Bibb County, more than 70 percent of the births in the African-American community are to single mothers.

Back when we were Negroes and still fighting in many parts of the country for the right to vote, we couldn’t wait for the polls to open. We knew our friends, family and acquaintances had died getting us the ballot. Dogs and fire hoses were used to keep us away and still we came. But now that we’re African-Americans, in a city of 47,000 registered -- predominately black voters -- more than 30,000 didn’t show up at the polls July 19.

Back when we were Negroes, we had names like Joshua, Aaron, Paul, Esther, Melba, Cynthia and Ida. Now that we are African Americans, our names are bastardized versions of alcohol from Chivas to Tequila to C(S)hardonney. And chances the names have an unusual spelling.

Back when we were Negroes, according to the Trust For America’s Health’s “F as in Fat,” report, “only four states had diabetes rates above 6 percent. ... The hypertension rates in 37 states about 20 years ago were more than 20 percent.”

Now that we’re African-Americans, that report shows, “every state has a hypertension rate of more than 20 percent, with nine more than 30 percent. Forty-three states have diabetes rates of more than 7 percent, and 32 have rates above 8 percent. Adult obesity rates for blacks topped 40 percent in 15 states, 35 percent in 35 states and 30 percent in 42 states and Washington, D.C.

Back when we were Negroes, the one-room church was the community center that everyone used. Now that we’re African-Americans, our churches have lavish -- compared to back-in-the-day churches -- community centers that usually sit empty because the last thing the new church wants to do is invite the community in.

Back when we were Negroes, we didn’t have to be convinced that education was the key that opened the lock of success, but now that we’re African-Americans, more than 50 percent of our children fail to graduate high school. In Bibb County last year, the system had a dropout rate of 53.4 percent.

Back when we were Negroes, the last thing a young woman wanted to look like was a harlot and a young man a thug, but now that we’re African-Americans, many of our young girls dress like hootchie mamas and our young boys imitate penitentiary custom and wear their pants below the butt line.

If I could reverse all of the above by trading the term “African-American” for “Negro,” what do you think I’d do?

Charles E. Richardson is The Telegraph’s editorial page editor. He can be reached at(478)744-4342."

Let the readings begin.

Linkable Bibliography

WHO CREATED CIVILIZATION

Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1970) African Origins of the Major Western Religion, Baltimore Black Classic Press
Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1988) Africa: Mother of Western Civilization. Baltimore, MD
Browder, A. (1992) Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization. Wash., D.C.: Institute of Karmic Guidance.
Budge, E. A. (1967) The Egyptian Book of the Dead, New York: Dover Publications
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization.: Myth or Reality. Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill and Company.
Finch, C. (1990) The African Background to Medical Science. London, U.K. Billing and Sons Ltd.
Finch. C. (1991) Echoes of the Old Darkland, Decatur, Georgia; Khenti, Inc.
Haldeman, H. (1994) The Halderman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House, NY: Berkley Pub. Group.
James, G. (1954) Stolen Legacy. San Francisco: Julian Richardson.
Khamit-Kush, I. (1983) What They Never Told You In History Class. Bronx, NY: Luxorr Publications.
Massey, G. (1970) Ancient Egypt; New York: Samuel Weiser.
Massey, G. (1983) Natural Genesis: London: Williams and Northgate.
Rogers, J. (1991) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books.

HATSHEPSUT

Breasted, J. (1937) A History of Egypt. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Cottrell, L. (1961) The Lost Pharaohs, New York: The University Library
Diop, CA (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa: Chicago: Third World Press.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Montet, P. (1964) Eternal Egypt. New York: The New American Library
Murnana, W. (1977) Ancient Egyptian Coregencies. Chicago: Oriental Inst. of the University of Chicago.
Murray, M. (1963) The Splendor That Was Egypt. New York: Hawthorne Books
Redford, D. (1967) History & Chronology of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Toronto. Univ. of Toronto Press
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Collier Books.
Romer, J. (1981) Valley of the Kings, New York: William Morrow and Co.
Sewell, B. (1968) Egypt Under the Pharaohs. New York: G. P Putnam’s Sons.
Sweetman, D. (1984) Women Leaders in African History. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1988) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, New Jersey; Transaction Publishers.
Wells, E. (1969) Hatshepsut. New York: Doubleday and Co.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press

BLACK EGYPTIANS

Bernal, M. (1987) Black Athena. London: Free Association Books
Diop, C.A. (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa.Chicago: Third World Press
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Westport CT: Lawrence Hill & Co.
Diop, C.A. (1981) “Origin of the Ancient Egyptians” in Mokhtar, G. (ed.) Gen. History of Africa. Univ. of CA Pr.
Diop, C.A. (1991) Civilization or Barbarism. Westport Connecticut: Lawrence Hill and Co.
Greenburg, J. H. (1963) The Languages of Africa.Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana Press.
Herodotus. (1983) The Histories. Middlesex, U.K.: Penguin Books
James, G. (1954) Stolen Legacy, San Francisco: Julian Richardson
Massey, G. (1970) Ancient Egypt. New York: Samuel Weiser
Massey, G. (1983) Natural Genesis. London Williams and Norgate.
St. Clair, D. (1987) Black Folk Here and There, Los Angeles; UCLA.
Van Sertima, I. (ed. (1986) Great African Thinkers, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1989) Egypt Revisited. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

ANCIENT BLACK NUBIANS IN AMERICA

Dee Roo, P. (1900) History of America Before Columbus.Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ:Africa World Press.
Irwin, C. (1963) Fair Gods, and Stone Faces. New York: St. Martin’s Press
Jairazbhoy, R. A. (1974) Ancient Egyptians and Chinese In America. New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield.
Jairazbhoy, R. A. (1992) Rameses III: Father of Ancient America. Chicago: Frontline International.
Nettleford, R. & Hyatt, V. (eds.)(1995) Race, Discourse & Origin of the Americas. Wash., D. C. Smith. Inst. Pr.
Peterson, F. (1959) Ancient Mexico. New York: Putnam and Sons.
Van Sertima, I. (1977) They Came Before Columbus. New York: Random House.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1992) African Presence In Early America. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Von Wuthenau, A. (1975) Unexpected Faces in Ancient America. New York: Crown Publishers.
Von Wuthennau, A. (1969) Art of Terracotta Pottery in Pre-Columbian South & Central Am. NY: Crown.
Wiener, L. (1922) Africa and the Discovery of America. Philadelphia: Innes and Sons.

BLACK MULTI-GENIUSES

Stetter, C. (1993) Secret Medicine of the Pharaohs. Carol Streams, Illinois: Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1986) Great African Thinkers. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co.
Diop, C.A. (1978) The Cultural Unity of Black Africa. Chicago: Third World Press
Diop, C.A. (1981) The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality. Westport CT: Lawrence Hill Co.
Diop, C.A. (1991 Civilization or Barbarism. Westport Connecticut: Lawrence Hill and Co.
Diop, C.A. Origin of the Ancient Egyptians in Mokhtar, Gen. History of Africa. Berkeley: Univ. of CA Pr.
Finch. C. (1990) African Background to Medical Science. London, U.K.: Billing and sons Ltd., Worcester.
Hayden, R. (1992) 7 African American Scientists. Frederick, Maryland: Twenty-First Century Books.
Hurry, J. (1987) Imhotep: The Egyptian God of Medicine. Chicago: Ares Publishers Inc.
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Collier Books.
Rogers, J. A. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Sally, C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) )1991) Blacks In Science, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

HANNIBAL AFRICAN MILITARY GENIUS

Arnold, T. (1886) The Second Punic War. London: Macmillan and Co.
Baker, G. (1929) Hannibal. New York: Dodd Meade.
Cottrell, L. (1988) Hannibal: Enemy of Rome. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc.
De Beer, G. (1959) Alps and Elephants: Hannibal’s March.New York: Dutton.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Gilbert, C. (1968) Life and Death of Carthage. New York: Tapinger.
Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. G. (1970) Introduction to African Civilizations. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Lamb, H. (1958) Hannibal: One Man Against Rome. New York: Doubleday.
Law, W. (1866) The Alps of Hannibal. London: Macmillan and Co.
Liddell, H. (1926) Greater Than Napoleon - Scipio Africanus. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
Rogers, J. A. (1946) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Collier Books
Van Sertima, I (ed.) (1986) Great African Thinkers. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.

WHO ARE THE DOGON

Charroux, R. (1972) The Mysterious Unknown. London: Neville Spearman
Finch, C. (1998) The Star of Deep Beginnings. Decatur, Georgia: Khenti, Inc.
Ford, D. (1954) African Worlds. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.
Griaule, M., Dieterlen, G. (1986) The Pale Fox. Afrikan World Book Distributor
Hawking, S. (1990) A Brief History of Time, New York: Bantam Books
Michanowsky, G. (1977) The Once and Future Star. New York: Hawthorn.
Rawlinson, G. (1885) Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. New York: John B. Alden.
Smoot, G. & Davidson, K. (1993) Wrinkles in Time, New York: Avon Books.
Temple, R. (1976) The Sirius Mysteries. New York: St. Martins Press, Inc.
Tompkins, P. (1978) Secrets of the Great Pyramid. New York: Harper Colophon Edition.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books.
Wolf, F. (1988) Parallel Universes. New York: Simon and Shuster.

GREAT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS

Brooks, L. (1971) African Achievements. Stamford, CT: De Gustibus Press.
Chu, D. & Skinner, E. (1990) A Glorious Age In Africa: Story of 3 Great African Empires. Trenton, NJ
Davidson, B. (1959) The Lost Cities of Africa. Boston: Little-Brown.
Davidson, B. (1964) The African Past. Boston: Little-Brown.
Davidson, B. (1965) A History of West Africa. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Dobbler, L. & Brown, W. (1965) Great Rulers of the African Past. New York: Doubleday.
Drachler, J. African Heritage. New York: Collier Books.
Hyman. M. 1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. (1990) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Motley, M. (1969) Africa: Its Empires, Nations, and People. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Robinson, C., Battle, R., & Robinson, E. (1987) Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press.
Rogers, J. A. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Macmillian Publishing Co.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization, Chicago: Third World Press.

THE MOORS

Bennett, N. (1975) Africa and Europe. New York: Africana Publishing Co.
Bovill, E. (1970) The Golden Trade of the Moors. London: Oxford University Press.
Davidson, B. (1971) Discovering Our African Heritage.Boston: Ginn & Co.
DeGraft-Johnson, J.C. (1954) African Glory. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Jackson, J. (1990) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Lane-Poole, S. (1990) The Story of the Moors in Spain. Baltimore: Black Classic Press.
Rogers, J. A. (1968) Sex and Race. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Rogers, J. A. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Scobie, E. (1994) Global African Presence, New York: A & B Books Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Moorish Conquest of Europe.New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
Williams, C. (1976) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press.
Windsor, R. (1969) From Babylon to Timbuktu. New York: Exposition Press.
Woodson, C. (1939) African Heroes and Heroines. Washington, EC: Associated Publishers.

BLACK POPES

Brusher, J. (1959) Popes Through the Ages. Princeton.
Holtzclaw, R. (1980) The Saints Go Marching In. Keeble Press Inc.
Khamit-Kush, I. (1983) What They Never Told You in History Class. Bronx, NY: Luxorr Publications.
Loomis, L. R. (1916) Book of the Popes, New York.
Ottley, R. (1952) No Green Pastures, London: John Murray
Scobie, E. (1994) Global Afrikan Presence. New York: A & B Books Publishers.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1993) African Presence in Early Europe. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

AFRICAN MEDICINE

Brothwell, D. & Sandison, A. (eds.) (1967) Disease In Antiquity. Springfield, MA: Charles C. Thomas.
Bryant, A. (1966) Zulu Medicine and Medicine-Men, Cape Town: C. Struik.
Finch, C. (1992) Africa and the Birth of Science and Technology. Decatur, FA: Khenti Inc.
Finch, C., (1990) The African Background to Medical Science. London, UK: Billing and Sons Ltd.
Harley, G. (1970) Native African Medicine. London: Frank Cass.
Imperato, P. (1979) African Folk Medicine. Baltimore, York Press.
Johnston, H. (1902) The Uganda Protectorate. London: Hutchison and Co.
Osler, W. (1982) The Evolution of Modern Medicine. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library.
Pankhurst, R. (1990) The Medical History of Ethiopia. Trenton, New Jersey.
Rogers, J. (1991) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg,Florida: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Sofowara, A. (1982) Medicinal Plants & Traditional Medicine in Africa. NY: John Wiley and Sons Limited.
Stetter, C. (1993) The Secret Medicine of the Pharaohs, Trenton, New Jersey: Red Sea Press.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1991) Blacks in Science. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Brooks.
Zaslavsky, C. (1973) Africa Counts. Westport: Lawrence Hill & Co.

THE BLACK MADONNA

Begg, E. (1985) The Cult of the Black Virgin. New York: Penguin Books.
Budge, E. (1969) The Gods of the Egyptians. New York: Dover.
Doane, T. W. (1882) Bible Myths. New York: Truth Seeker Co.
Grabar, A. (1968) Christian Iconography. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jameson, M. (1876) Legends of the Madonna. Boston: Osgood and Co.
MacQuitty, W. (1976) Island of Isis. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Morey, C.R. (1958) Christian Art. New York: Norton.
Patrick R. (1972) Egyptian Mythology. London: Octopus Books.
Rogers, J. A. (1967) Sex and Race. New York: Helga Rogers Publishing
Snowden, F. (1970) Blacks in Antiquity. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Van Der Merr, F. (1967) Early Christian Art. Chicago:University of Chicago Press.
Van Sertima, I. (ed.) (1984) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Witt, R. (1971) Isis in the Graeco-Roman World. Ithaca, NY: Cornell.

CHRISTMAS PAGANISM

Anyike, J. (1994) Historical Christianity African Centered. Chicago: Winston-Derek Publishers Group Inc.
Barashango, I. (1983) African People & European Holidays. Silver Spr., MD: 4th Dyn. Pub.Co.
Ben-Jochannan, Y. A. (1970 African Origins of the Major Western Religions. Balt., MD: Black Classic Press.
Churchward, A. The Origin and Evolution of Religion. Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing Co.
Conzelmann. H. (1973) History of Primitive Christianity. New York: Abingdon Press.
Doane, T. W. (1882) Bible Myths. New York: Truth Seeker Co.
Graham, L. (1975) Deceptions and Myths of the Bible. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Graves, K. (1991) The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors. New York: The Cleage Group.
Higgins, G. (1927) Anacalypsis. New Hyde Park, NY: University Books Inc.
Jackson, J. G. (1972) Man, God and Civilization. New York: University Books, Inc.
Massey, G. (1992) The Historical Jesus and the Mythical Christ. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books Publishing.
Shabazz, I. A. (1990) Symbolism, Holidays, Myths and Signs.Jersey City: New Mind Productions
Tardo, R. K. The Shocking Truth About Christmas. Arabi,Louisiana: Faithful World Publications.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Blant, J. M. (1992) 1492: Debate on Colonialism, Eurocenterism & Hist. Trenton, NJ: African World Press
Bradley, M. (1992) The Columbus Conspiracy. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Carew, J. (1988) Fulcrums of Change. Trenton, NJ: African World Press.
Carew, J. (1994) Rape of Paradise. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books
Cohen, J. M. (ed.) (1976) Native Population of the Americas in 1492. Madison: University of Wisc. Press.
Konig, H. (1991) Columbus: His Enterprise, Exploding the Myth. New York: Monthly Review Press.
Mahtown, P. (1992) Columbus: Sinking the Myth. New York: World View Forum.
Nash, G. (1970) Red, White, and Black: The People of Early America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
Williams, E. (1970) From Columbus to Castro. New York: Vintage Books.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial.

BLACK INDIANS

Albers, J. (1975) Interaction of Color. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Amos, A. & Senter, T. (eds.) 1996) The Black Seminoles. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Bailey, L. (1966) Indian Slave Trade in the Southwest, Los Angeles: Westernlore.
Bemrose, J. (1966) Reminiscences of the Second Seminole War. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Boxer, F. (1963) Race Relations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire 1415-1825. Oxford: Claredon Press.
Browser, F. (1974) The African Slave in Colonial Peru, 1524-1650. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Cohen, D. & Greene, J. (eds.) Neither Slave nor Free.. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins.
Covington, J. (1982) Billy Bowlegs War: The Final Stand of the Seminoles.. Cluluota, FL. Mickler House.
Craven, W. (1971) White, Red, & Black: The 17th Cent. Virginian. Charlottesville: Univ. of Virginia Press.
Forbes, J. (1964) The Indian in America’s Past. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.
Forbes, J. (1993) Africans and Native Americans. Chicago: University of Illinois.
Katz, Loren (1986) Black Indians. New York Macmillan Publishing Co.
Nash, G. (1970) Red, White, and Black: The People of Early America. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

LORD DUNMORE’S ETHIOPIAN REGIMENT

Aptheker, H. (1940) The Negro in the American Revolution.New York.
Armstrong, M. (1948) The Great Awakening in Nova Scotia, 1766-1809. Hartford.
Banton, M. (1957) West African City: A Study of Tribal Life in Freetown. London.
Beck, M. (1957) The Government of Nova Scotia. Toronto.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York.
Butt-Thompson, F. (1926) Sierra Leone in History and Tradition. London.
Clairmont, D. (1970) Nova Scotian Blacks: An Historical and Structural Overview. Halifax.
Clendenen, C. & Duigan, P. (1964) Americans in Black Africa up to 1865. Stanford.
Crooks, J. (1903) A History of the Colony of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dublin.
Davis, D. (1966) The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture. New York.
Elkins, S. (1959) Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life. New York.
Franklin, J. (1969) From Slavery to Freedom. New York.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America, St. Petersburg, FL.
Walker, J. (1992) The Black Loyalists. Toronto.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS VS BELGIUM KING LEOPOLD II

Anstey, R. (1966) King Leopold’s Legacy: Congo Under Belgian Rule 1908-1960. London: Oxford Univ. Pr.
Bauer, L. (1935) Leopold the Unloved: King of the Belgians and of Wealth. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co.
Blant, J. M. (1992) 1492: Debate on Colonialism, Eurocenterism and Hist. Trenton, NJ: African World Pr.
Bradley, M. (1992) The Columbus Conspiracy. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Carew, J. (1994) Rape of Paradise. Brooklyn, NY: A & B Books.
Cohen, J. M. (ed.) (1969) Christopher Columbus: The Four Voyages. London: Penguin Books.
De Las Casas, B. (1971) History of the Indies. New York: Harper and Row.
Emerson, B. (1979) Leopold II of the Belgiums: King of Colonialism. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson.
Fetter, B. (1983) Colonial Rule and Regional Imbalance in Central Africa. Boulder, Co: Westview Press.
Gann, L. & Duignan, P. (1979) Rulers of Belgium Africa 1884 - 1914. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Hochschild, A. (1998) King Leopold’s Ghost. New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.

BLACKS AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Aptheker, H. (1974) Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
Bailyn, B. & Garrett, N. (eds.) (1965) Pamphlets of the Am. Revolution. Cambridge: Harvard University Pr.
Becker C. (1958) Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas. NY: Random House.
Degler, C. (1970) Out of Our Past. New York: Harper and Row.
Hill, C. (1964) Puritanism and Revolution. New York: Schocken.
Kurtz, S. & Hutson, J. (eds.) Essays on the American Revolution. Chapel Hill: University of NC
Lynd, S. (1967) Class Conflict, Slavery, and the Constitution. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
Maier, P. (1972) From Resistance to Revolution.., 1765-1776. New York: Knopf.
Shy, J. (1976) A People Numerous & Armed.. New York: Oxford University Press.
Smith, P. (1976) A New Age Now Begins: A People’s History of the Am. Revolution. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Young, A. (ed.) (1976) The American Revolution…DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial.

AFRICAN WARRIOR QUEEN NZINGA

Hyman, M. (1994) Blacks Before America. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Jackson, J. (1970) Introduction to African Civilization. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Robinson, C. & Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press.
Rogers, J. (1972) World’s Great Men of Color. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
Sweetman, D. (1971) Queen Nzinga. London: Longman.
Sweetman, D. (1984) Women Leaders in African History. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.
Van Sertima, I. (1988) Black Women in Antiquity. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
Williams, C. (1987) The Destruction of Black Civilization. Chicago: Third World Press.
Woodson, C. (1969) African Heroes and Heroines. Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers Inc.

SLAVE CHILDREN OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

Adler, D. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: Father of Our Democracy. New York: Holiday House.
Bakhufu, A. (1993) The Six Black Presidents. Washington, D.C.: PIK2 Publications.
Bear, J. & Betts, E. (1987) Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, University Press of Virginia.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Brodie, F. (1974) Thomas Jefferson, An Intimate History. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Erickson, E. (1974) Dimensions of a New Identity: JeffersonLectures. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Jefferson, I. (1951) Memoirs of a Monticello Slave.University of Virginia
Kane, J. (1981) Facts About the Presidents: From Geo. Wash. to Ronald Reagan. NY: H. W. Wilson Co.
Malone, D. (1981) Jefferson and His Times: The Sage ofMonticello. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mapp, A. (1987) Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity: New York: Madison Books.
Reuter, E. (1969) The Mulatto in the United States. Haskell House.
Sloan, S. (1992) The Slave Children of Thomas Jefferson. Berkeley: The Orsden Press.
Sullivan, M. (1991) Presidential Passions: Love Affairs of Am’s Pres. - Wash. - John. NY: Shapolsky Pub.
Tinsell, C. (1964) The Secret Loves of the Founding Fathers.New York: Devin-Adair Co.

PAUL CUFFEE

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Al-Mansour, K. (1993) Betrayal by Any Other Name. San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US: NY: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Aptheker, H. (1968) To Be Free. New York: International Publishers
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Ams. Nzzzzy: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Karenga, M. (1993) Introduction to Black Studies. Los Angeles: The University of Sandore Press.
Litwack, L. & Meier, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the 19th Century. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America New York: Neal Schuman Publishers.
McIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Queens, NY: Kayode Publications.

DAVID WALKER

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co. Inc.
Al-Mansour, K. (1993) Betrayal by Any Other Name. San Francisco: The First African Arabian Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. NY: Citadel Press.
Aptheker, H. (1968) To Be Free. New York: International Publishers.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Litwack, L. & Meier, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago: Univ. of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neil Schuman Publishers.
McIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery. Queens, NY: Kayode
Publications
Sally C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Wiltse, C (ed.) (1965) David Walker’s Appeal. New York: Hill & Wang.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.

RICHARD ALLEN AND THE A. M. E. CHURCH

Adams, R. (1969) Great Negroes: Past and Present. Chicago: Afro-Am Publishing Co., Inc.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana, New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States. NY: Citidel Press.
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Ams. NY: Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1975) The Shaping of Black America. Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans. NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
Handy, J. (1902) Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History. Philadelphia: A. M. E. Book Concern.
Litwack, L. & Meter, A. (1988) Black Leaders of the 19th Century. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neil Schuman Publishers.
MyIntyre, C. (1992) Criminalizing a Race: Free Blacks During Slavery.
Sally, C. (1993) The Black 100. New York: Carol Publishing Group.
Wesley, C. (1935) Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom. Washington, DC.

WAR OF 1812

Donaldson, G. (1991) History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL. Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973. Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the US Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
McConnell, R. (1968) Negro Troops of Antebellum Louisiana.. Baton Rouge, LA: LA State Univ. Press.
Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers Black Sailors Black Ink….. Chesapeake Bay, MD: Moebs Publishing Co.
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing
Wilson, J. (1977) The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier ... Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

JOHN BROWN TEST

Aaron, D. (1973) The Unwritten War. New York: Oxford University Press.
Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana. New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. New York: Citadel Press.
Aptheker, H. (1969) American Negro Slave Revolts, New York: International Publishers.
Asante, M. & Mattson, M. (eds.) (1991) Historical & Cultural Atlas of Afr. Ams. NY Macmillan Pub. Co.
Bennett, L. (1988) Before the Mayflower. New York: Penguin Books.
DuBois, W. (1972) John Brown - New York: International Publishers.
Franklin, J. (1988) From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans, NY Alfred A. Knopf.
Loewen, J. (1995) Lies My Teacher Told Me, New York: Simon & Schuster.
Low, A. & Clift, V. (eds.) (1983) Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers.
Oates, S. (1970) To Purge This Land With Blood. New York: Harper & Row.
Scheidenhelm, R. (ed.) (1972) The Response to John Brown.Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Stavis, B. (1970) John Brown: The Sword and the Word. New York: A.S. Barnes.
Warch, R & Fanton, J. (eds.) John Brown. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York HarperCollins Publishers.

BLACK PEOPLE OF THE OLD WEST

Appiah, K. & Gates, H. (eds.) (1999) Africana New York: Basis Civitas Books.
Aptheker, H. (1951) A Documentary History of the Negro People in the US. New York: Citadel Press.
Beasley, D. (1919) The Negro Trail Blazer of CA, Los Angeles: Times Mirror Printing and Binding House.
Billington, M. & Hardaway, R. (eds.) (1998) African Ams. on the West. Front. Niwot, CO: Univ. Pr. of CO
Graebner, N. (ed.) 1968) Manifest Destiny. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
Jay, W. (1849) A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War. Boston: B. B. Mussey & Co.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Lapp, R. (1977) Blacks in Gold Rush California. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1997) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience.. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.
Schroeder, J. (1973) Mr. Polk’s War: Am. Opposition and Dissent 1846-1848. Madison: Univ. of WI Press.
Smith, G. & Judah, C. (eds.) (1966) Chron. of the Gringos: U. S Army ... 1846-1848. Albuq.: Univ. of WI Pr.

BLACK WOMEN OF THE OLD WEST

Billington, M & Hardaway, E. (eds.) (1998) African Ams on the West. Front. Niwot, CO: Univ. Pr. of CO.
Bruyn, K. (1970) Aunt Clara Brown: Story of a Black Pioneer - Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Co.
James, E. & James J. (eds.) (1971) Notable American Women. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Lerner, G. (1979) The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History. NY: Oxford University Press.
Myres, S. (1982) Westering Women: The Frontier Experience. 1880-1915. Albuquerque: Univ. of NM Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1977) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience….Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Riley, G. (1981) Frontierswomen: The Iowa Experience. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.
Sterling, D. (1984) We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the 19^th Century. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
Thompson, E. (1986) American Daughter. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CIVIL WAR

Donaldson, G. (1991) The History of African-Americans in the Military. Malabar, FL: Krieger Pub. Co.
Foner, J. (1974) Blacks and the Military in American History. New York: A New Perspective Pub. Co.
Greene, R. (1974) Black Defenders of America: 1775-1973.Chicago: Johnson Publishing.
Langley, H. (1967) Social Reforms in the United States Navy: 1798-1862. Urbana, IL: University of IL Press.
Lanning. M. (1977) African-Am. Soldier from Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub.
McConnell, R. (1968) Negro Troops of Antebellum Louisiana:.. Baton Rouge, LA: LA State Univ. Press.
Moebs, T. (1994) Black Soldiers - Black Sailors - Black Ink: Research Guide…….
Mullen, R. (1973) Blacks in America’s Wars. New York: Pathfinder.
Nalty, B. (1986) Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. NY: Free Press.
Rogers, J. (1989) Africa’s Gift to America. St. Petersburg, FL: Helga Rogers Publishing.
Wilson, J. (1977) Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldier ... 1775-1812, 1861-1865. NY: Arno Press.
Zinn, H. (1980) A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins Publishers

BLACK COWBOYS

Abbott, E. & Smith, H. (1939) We Pointed Them North: Recs. of a Cowpuncher. NY: Farrar & Rienhart.
Adams, A. (1931) The Log of a Cowboy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Adams, R. (ed.) (1957) The Best of the American Cowboy.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Atherton, L. (1961) The Cattle Kings. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Bard, F. (1960) Horse Wrangler: Sixty Years in the Saddle in WY and MT. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Billington, M. & Hardaway, R. (eds.)(1998) Afr. Ams. on the West. Frontier. Niwot, CO. Univ. Pr. of CO.
Branch, E. (1961) The Cowboy and His Interpreters. New York: Cooper Square Publishers
Bronson, E. (1910) Cowboy Life on the West. Plains. Reminiscences of a Ranchman. NY: Geo. H. Doran Co.
Durham, P. & Jones, E. (1965) The Negro Cowboys. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Katz, W. (1992) Black People Who Made the Old West. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
Leckie, W. (1967) The Buffalo Soldiers. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Pelz, R. (1989) Black Heroes of the Wild West. Seattle: Open Hand Publishers.
Ravage, J. (1997) Black Pioneers: Images of the Black Experience.. Salt Lake City: Univ. of Utah Press.
Savage, W. (1976) Blacks in the West. Westport: Greenwood Press.

BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY

Bohlen, C. “Does She Say the Same Things in her Native Tongue?” New York Times, May 18, 1986
Felder, J. (1992) From the Statue of Liberty to the Statue of Bigotry. New York: Jack Felder.
Felder, J. “Black Origins and Lady Liberty.” Daily Challenge. July 16, 1990
Felder, J. “This Miss. Liberty Was Modeled on Racism.” Black American, July 3, 1986.
Robinson, C. & Battle, R. (1987) The Journey of the Songhai People. Philadelphia: Farmer Press
Sinclair, T. Was Original Statue a Tribute to Blacks? New York Voice, July 5, 1986
The New York Post, “Statue of Liberty” June 17, 1986.

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