Books Written by African-American Authors (not yet in the catalogue)

[flavo5000]

And another:
Night Song by James A. Williams (1925-2015)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073495692&seq=9

This one immerses you in the jazz scene of Greenwich Village in the 1950s and was inspired by the life of Charlie Parker.

Also just FYI, Hathitrust is an approved source to record by for US residents.

[neecheelok70]

I have just completed Black No More (on the list) with Dave's help. Jim

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you! The first post has been updated.
MaryAnn

[flavo5000]

Thank you! The first post has been updated.
MaryAnn

Since Hathitrust is now a trusted source for US residents, you should be able to add this one to the first post:
The Primitive by Chester Himes (1909-1984)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011800169&seq=9

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you. It's been added to the first post.
MaryAnn

[neecheelok70]

May I claim The Primitive? Jim

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

No need to claim here Jim. Just go ahead and launch your project, then post in this forum when you finish, and we'll take it off the list.

MaryAnn

[neecheelok70]

Thanks, MaryAnn.

[mightyfelix]

I just added this one to the first post.

Men of Mark, by William J. Simmons
Short biographies of 177 notable African-American men.
https://archive.org/details/menmarkeminentp00turngoog/

Looks like there could be some good stuff in here!

[TriciaG]

From Twitter:

Another one in need of an audiobook: Of One Blood: Or, The Hidden Self (1902) by Pauline Hopkins, the only African-American lost race novel I've heard of.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_One_Blood_(novel)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69255

[flavo5000]

Here's a few more that look interesting:

The Hit by Julian Mayfield

The Hit is the first novel by author Julian Mayfield, who was also an actor, director, lecturer, and Civil Rights activist. The main character, Hubert Cooley, is an avid gambler who looks for a ‘hit’ to rescue him from his life in Harlem and will do anything to play the game. The novel follows a day in Cooley’s life, which starts out quietly and ends in dramatic confusion and violence.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015016414768&seq=7

Let me breathe thunder by William Attaway

THIS FIRST NOVEL by a young Negro discloses a fresh and a amazing talent. At twenty-five, his feet dusty from wandering, William Attaway has brought to his publishers a book as poised, as perceptive, as honest and tender as many an older writer with a solid list of books behind him would be proud to claim. This is the story of Step and Ed, young men with no childhood behind them, no security before them; too young as yet to know complete despair, but old in the ways of hard, precarious living. Most of all it is the story of Hi Boy, a little Mexican boy of ten, who brought to Step and Ed a glimpse of unguessed integrities, who gave meaning to their lives.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011340158

The Case of Mrs. Wingate by Oscar Micheaux

The Case of Mrs. Wingate is set during WWII and focuses on black Nazi spies and sinister German plots.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b399394&seq=9
The Wind from Nowhere by Oscar Micheaux

On his ranch in the vast wilderness of the great northwest, where be alone was black, dwelt Martin Eden, young Negro man of conquest. The strangest love story ever told.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059415433&seq=7

The Story of Dorothy Stanfield by Oscar Micheaux

based on a great insurance swindle, and a woman!

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3711124

The Masquerade by Oscar Micheaux

an indictment of post-Civil War history

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3711123&seq=7

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you! The first post has been updated.
MaryAnn

[neecheelok70]

The Primitive has now been recorded and submitted. Jim

[MaryAnnSpiegel]

Thank you! first post updated.
MaryAnn

[jlso4u]

I'm not sure if either of the Du Boises changed their ethnic identification after they left the u.s., but since W.E.B. has works listed here Shirley Graham probably should too:

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