Reading is More than Fundamental - Reading is Critical.

                             HISTORY BOOKS                             

 

 

 

"Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes."
--African Proverb


  • Africa: Mother of Western Civilization - by Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan - 1971

  • African Intellectual Heritage: A Book of Sources - by Molefi K. Asante & Abu S. Abarry - 1996                                                                                                                           "If you needed one book that provides the vast intellectual scope of African people, this is it. Beginning at 2150 B.C.E. and ending with the Million Man March, Asante and Abarry present the readings and speeches of African people." Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D

  • The African Origin of Civilization - Cheikh Anta Diop - 1974


  • African Origins of Major "Western Religions" - by Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan - 1970

  • Black Athena, Volumes 1, 2, & 3 - by Martin Bernal - 1987, 1991, 2006 The author of these 3 volumes provides some heavy reading shedding light and truth on the Black Egyptian roots of classical "Greek civilization". To many European scholars, "Greek Civilization" is the foundation of all that is contemporaryy and western. Mr. Bernal succeeds in breaking this myth. - BlackMenRead.com

  • Black Intelectuals: Race and Responsibility in American Life - by William M. Banks - 1996

  • Christopher Columbus & The Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery & the Rise of European Capitalism - by John Henrik Clarke - 2002 [BlackMenRead.com - RECOMMENDATION] 

  • The COINTELPRO Papers - by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall - 1990

[BlackMenRead.com - RECOMMENDATION]

  • Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery - by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang, & Jenifer Frank - 2006

  • Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. - by Chancellor Williams - 1987

  • Einstein on Race And Racism - by Fred Jerome, Rodger Taylor - 2006

  • Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream - by Lerone Bennett Jr - 2000

  • From the Browder File: 22 essays on The African American Experience - by Anthony T. Browder - 1989

  • Germany's Black Holocaust: 1800 - 1945, The Untold Truth! - by Firpo W. Carr - 2003

  • Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans - by Molefi Asante & Mark Mattson - 1991

  • History as Mystery - by Michael Parenti - 1999

  • The Iceman Inheritance: Prehistoric Sources of Western man's Racism, Sexism, & Aggression - by Michael Bradley - 1978 This caucasian/jewish author has been called "one of the most progressive thinkers" on this planet by Dr. Molefi K. Asante. Mr. Bradley theorizes and examines the possible origins of white supremacy in this controversial book that has been hailed as interesting and plausible to "some" and outlandish and preposterous by "others". - BlackMenRead.com

  • Introduction to African Civilizations - by John G. Jackson

"This is NOT just another book on African history. It is, in my opinion, one of the best books that has so far been written on the subject." —from the Introduction by John Henrik Clarke, Master Teacher & Historican


  • King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa - 1999      This book is a worthy and enlightening read highlighting the dastardly King Leopold and Belgium government role in mis-using the people and resources of the Congo. Equally interesting are the stories of those early human rights advocates, both black and white, who fought against these injustices during a time of little care and concern for the rights of non-whites. It will certainly spark your interest and curiosity in the modern day Democratic Rep. of Congo, formerly known as Zaire.

[BlackMenRead.com - RECOMMENDATION]

  • Letters from Mississippi - by Elizabeth Martinez/foreward by Julian Bond - 2007 (re-issued) "Letters from Mississippi gives us a deeply personal look at one of the Civil Rights Movement's key moments-and reminds us that change happens because regular people have decided they were willing to fight for it." - Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund.


  • A Peoples History of the United States:1492 - Present - by Howard Zinn - 2003

  • Race & History: Selected Essays, 1938 - 1988 - John Hope Franklin - 1989

  • Slavery: The African-American Psychic Trauma - by Sultan Latif & Naimah Latif - 1994 [BlackMenRead.com - RECOMMENDATION] 

  • Stolen Legacy - by George M. James - 1954 [BlackMenRead.com - CLASSIC - RECOMMENDATION]

  • They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America - by Ivan Van Sertima -

[BlackMenRead.com - RECOMMENDATION]

  • Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America - by James Allen -2000