ok based on the racial injustices of the south. It appears to be based on the true story of Emmet Till, a 14 year-old boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Set in the 1950's in Mississippi, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine begins with the murder of Armstrong Todd. The lives of everyone involved in the incident, both black and white are changed forever. This book is a compelling reminder of the racism and brutality blacks faced in the South.Cleaver, Eldridge. 1984. Soul on Ice. New York: Laurel.This book enables the reader to crawl inside the mind of a black revolutionary. Cleaver tackles issues pertaining to everything from the corruption of the US government, to his feelings about convicted rape of a white women. He discusses his imprisonment, his life thereof and how he ended up in prison. This is a must read.Delany, Sarah Louise, and Elizabeth Delany. 1994. Having Our Say. California: Dell Publishing Company. This is oral history novel is about the lives of two black sisters, the Delany sisters, ages 101 and 103, that reflect on their family life and their professional life. Both sisters are living records of the seismic changes that have affected black America since Emancipation. The Delany sisters voice that they are not optimistic about the future of race relations, and stating that the momentum of the civil rights struggle was taken away by the Vietnam War. Graham, Lawrence. 1998. Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.This is a non-fiction book about the upper-echelon blacks of the community. The book sheds light on the world of the black upper class that is characterized as living awkwardly between white America and .mainstream black America. Our Kind of People talk about the dbutante cotillions, arranged marriages, trips to Martha's Vinard and Sag Harbor, memberships in the Links, Deltas, Boul, or Jack and J...
