Best of
African-American

1980

Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days


Sheyann Webb - 1980
    Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965. He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discriminatory voting laws. Selma, Lord, Selma is their firsthand account of the events from that turbulent winter of 1965--events that changed not only the lives of these two little girls but the lives of all Alabamians and all Americans. From 1975 to 1979, award-winning journalist Frank Sikora conducted interviews with Webb and West, weaving their recollections into this luminous story of fear and courage, struggle and redemption that readers will discover is Selma, Lord, Selma.

A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar


Amadou Hampâté Bâ - 1980
    His message of religious tolerance and universal love is profoundly important in a world where different faiths are often at odds with each other.

Prayers for Dark People


W.E.B. Du Bois - 1980
    These prayers are deeply commited to paying attention to and caring for the inner lives of black Americans. Biblical familiarity and agnosticity are both present in these autobiographical writings, uplifting the hopes and practices of W. E. B. Du Bois's life, while meditating on the still relevant question of how to make "a good life for all".