African American Perspectives

摘要

It's Black History Month in February, and many librarians are already busy making plans. Glen Cove P.L., NY, will be running a program called History of Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement on Long Island; lowa City P.L. plans to offer a "School's Out," or Saturday Family Special, with the Darwin Turner Action Theater about African American folklore; and librarians at John D. Rockefeller Jr. Lib., Williams-burg, VA, have been scrutinizing paper and digital sources for more information about African Americans in Colonial Virginia. Other librarians interested in doing their own programs should take a look at the rich variety of viewpoints presented by the forthcoming titles featured here. Just consider: former San Francisco mayor Wil- lie Brown assays the 2008 elections, John Edgar Wideman takes a fictional look at a political activist, and black Communists fight for the rights of some innocent men. Other authors reflect on everything from gambling to integration, slavery, health, and civil rights. One recent, much-talked-about publication that is not on our list but should be on yours is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's memoir, My Grandfather's Son.