THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou ◆ Memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Angelou revisits a childhood divided among homes, shaped by Southern segregation and the struggle to speak.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION The Chitlin' Circuit Preston Lauterbach ◆ Music history The Chitlin' Circuit Preston Lauterbach Lauterbach follows the promoters, musicians, and venues that sustained Black touring circuits.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 James D. Anderson ◆ History The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935 James D. Anderson A study of who built, financed, and contested Black education across the post-emancipation South.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION The Mis-Education of the Negro Carter G. Woodson ◆ Essays The Mis-Education of the Negro Carter G. Woodson Woodson asks what schooling teaches Black students to believe about themselves and their history.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson ◆ History The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson Three lives trace the distinct routes and consequences of the Great Migration.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION Trouble in Mind Leon F. Litwack ◆ History Trouble in Mind Leon F. Litwack Oral histories and contemporary records trace how Black Southerners lived through the rise of Jim Crow.
THE LYRICREADING COLLECTION We Are the Ship Kadir Nelson ◆ History We Are the Ship Kadir Nelson Paintings and narrative bring the travel, teamwork, and resourcefulness of Negro League baseball into view.
