An annotated compilation of the 20 most important historical works by Black writers, utilizing as criteria the judgment that the book possesses dimensions that cannot be found in other books, is timeless and shows the Black experience in the light of the best available information. (EH)

Describes the confrontation between black scholars, representing the African Heritage Studies Association, and the overwhelmingly white African Studies Association. Black studies are contended not to be the province of white scholars who tend to see Africa as an "ethnic plantation, and who resent the idea of an international unity of African…

Personal account of the forces and influences on the author's life which led him to develop creative and well-documented black studies. (DM)

The term "African" has gone through several phases of acceptability in the course of United States history. Changes in the applicability of the name reflect developments in African-American consciousness in the context of national and world history. Recognition of African identity is influencing Black definition and direction worldwide.…

Discusses the influence of Arthur A. Schomburg on the present author's concept of African studies and his knowledge of African history. Schomburg is presented as the antecedent of the Black Studies Revolution and one of the ideological fathers of this generation of scholars. (SLD)