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The John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute Library houses a growing collection of materials encompassing cultures of the African Diaspora throughout the world.

A quiet place to study and conduct research, the library is open to the community, however, only Northeastern University students, faculty, or staff are permitted to check out books.

The Library also has classrooms, study areas, and space for lectures and offers programs in areas of interest to students, faculty, staff and the Boston community.

The John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute Library houses a growing collection of materials encompassing cultures of the African Diaspora throughout the world. The services include:

• Audio-visual capabilities
• 148 videos on Africans in the Diaspora
• Over 6,800 books, including children's titles
• Over 770 reference books
• Periodicals: 10 newspaper subscriptions, 43 journals and magazine
• Microfilm: 200 reels on Black culture, 11 reels on slave narratives, 4 newspapers
• Microfilm reader with printer
• 17 different journals and magazines on microfiche
• Access to a special library collection on Africans in the Diaspora
• 6 computers with Internet access and word processing

A quiet place to study and conduct research, the library is open to the community, however, only Northeastern University students, faculty, or staff are permitted to check out books.

The Library also has classrooms, study areas, and space for lectures and offers programs in areas of interest to students, faculty, staff and the Boston community.

The Library is a part of the Northeastern University Library System (NULIS), the Boston Consortium, and NELINET (an online search service).

To search for an item in the John D. O'Bryant African-American Institute Library collection, please click here and select "AAI Library."

Additional materials may be available in other Northeastern University libraries. The following abbreviations identify the location of the material:

AI - African-American Institute Library
SL - Snell Library
BUR - Burlington Library

NEW BOOK ACQUISITIONS

E185.615 Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M., BLACK AND MULTIRACIAL POLITICS .B537 IN AMERICA.NY: New York University Press, 2000. (G)

E185.615 Arthur, John, Ed. COLOR CLASS IDENTITY. CO: Westview Press,
.C645 1996.

RA644 Baylies, Carolyn. AIDS, SEXUALITY AND GENDER IN AFRICA. NY:
.A25.A37636 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000.

E109 Bradley, Michael. DAWN VOYAGE THE BLACK AFRICAN
.A35.B73 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. NY: A&B Books Publishers, 1992.

DT2996 Campbell, Horace. RECLAIMING ZIMBABWE. NJ: Africa World Press,
.C36 Inc., 2003b.

E112 Clarke, John Henrik, Dr. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE
.C58 AFRIKAN HOLOCAUST. NY: A & B Publisher Group, 1998.

DT30.5 Davidson, Basil. THE BLACK MAN’S BURDEN. NY: Three Rivers
.D37 Press, 1992b.

DT352.4 Davidson, Basil. THE LOST CITIES OF AFRICA. MA: Little, Brown
.D3 and Company, 1987.

HT1119 Donoghue, Eddie. BLACK WOMEN/WHITE MEN: THE SEXUAL
.V6.D66 EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE SLAVES IN THE DANISH WEST
INDIES. NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2002.

ML3531 George, Nelson. HIP HOP AMERICA. NY: Penguin Books, 2005.
.G46

PS3557 Giovanni, Nikki. BLACK FEELING BLACK TALK BLACK
.I55.B64 JUDGEMENT. NY: Morrow Quill Paperbacks, 1979.

PS3558 Haas, Ben. THE TROUBLED SUMMER. NY: Tempo Books, 1968.
.A17.T7

BL2532 Hill, Robert A. DREAD HISTORY. IL: Research Associates School
.R37.H5 Times Publications/Frontline Distribution Int’l, Inc., 2001.

DS339.3 Jayasuriya, Shihan De Silva, Ed. THE AFRICAN DAISPORA IN THE
.A34.A34 INDIAN OCEAN. NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2003.

R853 Jones, James H. BAD BLOOD. NY: The Free Press, 1993.
.H8.J66

DT511 Koslow, Philip. ANCIENT GHANA. NY: Chelsea House Publishers, .K68 1995.

LC2803 Kozol, Jonathan. DEATH AT AN EARLY AGE. NY: A Plume Book,
.B7.K6 1985.

GV889.26 McNutt, Kevin. HOOKED ON HOOPS. IL: African American Images,
.M36 2002.

F334 McWhorter, Diane. CARRY ME HOME. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
.B69.N449

E185.5 Madhubuti, Haki R. FROM PLAN TO PLANET. Chicago: Third World .M27 Press, 1992.

E185 Moses, Wilson J. CREATIVE CONFLICT IN AFRICAN THOUGHT.
.M87 UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

E185.625 Mostern, Kenneth. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BLACK IDENTITY
.M685 POLITICS. UK; Cambridge University Press, 1999.

E185.97 Ovington, Mary W. BLACK AND WHITE SAT DOWN TOGETHER.
.O95.A3 NY: The Feminist Press, 1996.

ML3531 Perkins, William E. DROPPIN’ SCIENCE: Classical Essays on Rap
.D77 Music and Hip Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996.
(G)

E185.86 Porter, Michael. THE CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY BLACK WOMEN.
.P66 IL: African American Images, 2001.

BP223 Rickford, Russell J. BETTY SHABAZZ. IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003.
.Z8.R53

GV1472 Robinson, Janice. PRIDE & JOY. NY: Pocket Books, 2001. (G)
.S5.R63

Z1361 Rodriguez, Max. SACRED FIRE: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books.
N39S22 NY: John Wiley & Son, Inc, 1999. (G)

E185.62 Rogers, J. A. AS NATURE LEADS. MD: Black Classic Press, 1987.
.R72

DT387 Tibebu, Teshale, Ph.D. THE MAKING OF MODERN ETHIOPIA 1896-
.T45 1974. NJ: The Red Sea Press, Inc., 1995.

E184 Vega, Marta M., Ed. VOICES FROM THE BATTLEFRONT. NJ: Africa
.A1.V69 World Press, Inc., 1993.

ML3506 Yanow, Scott. AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ. CA: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.
.Y37

E185.615 Wilson, Amos. BLUEPRINT FOR BLACK POWER. NY: Afrikan .W54 World InfoSystems, 1998.