Taking the Train2 reviews Joe Austin Columbia University Press, 2001 An important contribution For anyone who is seriously interested in all aspects of the Graffiti Culture, Joe Austin pulls it all together in this scholarly, but easily readable, excellently researched new book. The author has spent the necessary time to know many of the important writers, to review the major material ...             Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery (South End Press Classics Series)10 reviews bell hooks South End Press, 2005 hooks' writes with honesty and courage! + Sisters of the yam + A Must for all Black Women I loved this book. I think every African American woman should read this book at least once a year, as an annual celebration of self. hooks is reflective and honest. It is also a good reference for mental health therapists working with African American women.             Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa98 reviews Mark Mathabane Free Press, 1998 outstanding triumph + An enlightening look into the life of a young man in Apartheid South Africa + Kaffir Boy: A Powerful Voice + A Must read             Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 (America in the King Years)37 reviews Taylor Branch Simon & Schuster, 1989 Amazingly Woven Detail + Undiscovered Country + Indispensable + Excellent and Informative + Moving storytelling             Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation26 reviews Jeff Chang, D.J. Kool Herc Picador, 2005 Quilting threads of Hip Hop + EXCELLENT NARRATIVE + Killer, meng + a complete history             At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years)31 reviews Taylor Branch Simon & Schuster, 2007 must read for all americans + Thank you, J. Edgar + Death & Transfiguration + Must read for students if the civil rights movement             What We Want, What We Believe: The Black Panther Party Library3 reviews What We Want What We Believe: Black Panther Party Eclectic DVD Dist., 2006 Black Panthers, surprise support. + On Developing Revolutionary Consciousness + A great wealth of invaluable historic footage I was surprised that hippie types videotaped the Black Panthers. I was surprised that they got a lot of their funding from the middle class liberal white people. I was surprised to know that they were trying to address the needs of all oppressed people. It is no wonder the govertment agencies ...             Are Prisons Obsolete?7 reviews Angela Y. Davis Open Media, 2003 Why Prisons Aren't About Justice + Literature Working on the Prison System + A Brilliantly Reasoned Critique of the American Prison System + Economics and Racism combine to create our broken prisons             Women, Race, & Class13 reviews Angela Y. Davis Vintage, 1983 Great Read + WOMEN OF POWER + The book is great! + The Gift of Intelligence + women, race, and class             Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela131 reviews Nelson Mandela Back Bay Books, 1995 A great look into a class act of a human being, + Nelson Mandela + Outstanding Book....Great Inspiration! + "Study history or it will repeat itself" + A required read for anyone going to South Africa             Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)58 reviews Assata Shakur Lawrence Hill Books, 2001 If you are into racism, women issues and simple reading, this book if for you! + Beautifully Difficult + A MUST-READ for Everyone + Inspirational Revolutionary + Eyes opening...             When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down20 reviews Joan Morgan Simon & Schuster, 2000 Understanding Chickenhead Speak + GREAT + THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL BLACK WOMEN + Leslie's "Chickenhead" Review             Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the ...38 reviews Harriet A. Washington Harlem Moon, 2008 It's always useful to be reminded... + What I Didn't Know + Interesting book, + Painful Truth + Presumed Consent - De Corpe Gettin' de Shaft - Grave Robbing!             Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement3 reviews S. Craig Watkins Beacon Press, 2006 Important for Scholars of Hip Hop Culture + Hip-Hop Lovers Must Read! + The voice behind hip hop An important discussion of the history and meaning of hip hop music and culture. Inspires academics to "get it right". Read this, watch documentaries "Style Wars" and "RIZE" and I promise you'll be throwing dance parties in your living room and writing operational definitions for "Bling".             Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology (Allyn & Bacon Classics Edition) (2nd Edition) (Allyn ...72 reviews Robert V. Guthrie Allyn & Bacon, 2003 Even The Rat Was White + Even the Rat Was white A historical View of Psychology - Synopsis + Even the Rat Was White + Even the Rat Was White: A Brief Review + Even the Rat Was White             Black Like Me155 reviews John Howard Griffin NAL Trade, 2003 oh wow this is unforgettable! + proof that something relatively minor can pack a punch + Constructing Race, the artifice of being Other + Black like me: One of the best books I have ever read + Black Like Me             Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years)32 reviews Taylor Branch Simon & Schuster, 1999 The Angle of Moment + Branch's Pillar of Fire + Branch's Trilogy + Impossible not to be a letdown + Keeps the Fire Aflame...Pillared Story of the Shaping of America             500 Years Later: Directors Cut9 reviews Dr. Kimani Nehusi, Molefi Kete Asante Halaqah Media Films, 2006 500 years later + Good Product..for African American or Pan-African prospective + 500 years to the present + 500 Years Later             The Autobiography of Malcolm X2 reviews Malcolm X Penguin Books Ltd, 1973 Malcolm X This is an excellent source for material about the civil rights movement. It is the experiences of a Black Muslim in a White world. I recommend this book for Junior and Senior High School students.             Hip Hop America31 reviews Nelson George Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 excellent overview & inclusion of broader culteral impact but don't expect exhaustive material on all the big players + Excellent Overview + STILL USEFUL + Especially good on the early days of hip hop