GLBT African Americans

Selected Resources Available at the

Resource Center Dallas  2701 Reagan Street, Dallas, TX

214-540-4451  library@rcdallas.org

NONFICTION
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. By bell hooks. E185.86 H73 1984
Alvin Ailey: a Life in Dance. By Jennifer Dunning. GV1785 A38 D85 1996
The Angela Y. Davis Reader. By Angela Davis. E185.86 D3817 1998
Beyond the Down Low: sex, lies, and denial in Black America. By Keith Boykin. HQ74.2 B69 B49 2005
Black Gay Man: essays. By Robert Reid-Pharr. E185.61 R45 B53 2001
Black Lesbian in White America. By Anita Cornwell. HQ75.6.U5 C67 1983
Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and ML3521 D355 1998
Billie Holiday. By Angela Davis.
Claude McKay: a Black poet's struggle for identity. Tyrone Tillery. PS3525 A24785 Z89 1991
Conversations with Octavia Butler. Edited by Conseula Francis. PS3552 U827 Z46 2010
Dangerous Liaisons: Blacks & Gays and the Struggle for Equality. By Eric HQ76.45 U5 D35 1999
Brandt. 17 essays by leaders from both movements. Publishing Triangle Award.
Drifting toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of HQ76.6 W75 D7 2008
New York. By Kai Wright.
The Fire Next Time. By James Baldwin. Finalist National Book Award. E185.61 B195 1970
Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance. By A.B. Christa Schwarz. PS153 S39 G38 2003
James Baldwin, Artist on Fire. By W.J. Weatherby. Biography of the author. PS3552 A45 Z94 1989
The Life of Langston Hughes. By Arnold Rampersad. PS3515 U274 Z698 1986
Lost Prophet: the Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. By John D'Emilio. Biography E185.97 R93 D46 2003
of the Civil Rights leader. American Library Association, Stonewall Book Award.
The Motion of Light in Water. By Samuel R. Delany. Memoir from the award PS3554 E437 Z475 1993
winning science fiction author.
Nobody Knows My Name. By James Baldwin. Finalist National Book Award. E185.61 B197 1963
Not in My Family: AIDS in the African-American Community. By Gil Robertson RA643.83 N68 2006
Out at Home: The Glenn Burke Story. By Glenn Burke. Autobiography of the Major GV865 B87 B87 995
League Baseball player.
Pauli Murray: The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest, E185.97 M95 A3 1989
and Poet. By Pauli Murray.
Sister Outsider: By Audre Lorde. Essays from a leading African American feminist. E185.86 L675 S57 1984
Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Nonfiction Books
Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder. By Barbara Jordan. Speeches from the E838.5 J6735 2007
late Texas Congresswoman. Includes DVD
Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity. Edited by G. BR563 N4 S68 2006
Winston James and Lisa C. Moore.
Their Own Receive Them Not: African American lesbians and gays in Black BR115 H6 G745 2006
churches. By Horace Griffin.
Warrior Poet: a biography of Audre Lorde. By Alexis DeVeaux. PS3562 O75 Z66 2004
The Way Forward: The State of AIDS in Black America. By Kai Wright. RA643.83 B54 2006
A Whosoever Church: welcoming lesbians and gay men into African American BV4468.2 A34 C65 2001
congregations. By Gary Comstock.
FICTION, POETRY, & LITERATURE
Afrekete: an anthology of Black lesbian writing. PS509 L47 A38 1995
Baldwin, James. Another Country. The relationships of a group of artists, writers, and PS3552 A45 A5 1963
musicians in Greenwich Village in the 1950’s. Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian
and Gay Novels
Baldwin, James. Blues for Mister Charlie: a play. A white man is tried for the murder PS3552 A45 B5 1964
of the son of a Black minister.
Baldwin, James. Giovanni's room. Two men react very differently to being gay. PS3552 A45 G5 1956
Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Novels. Finalist National Book Award.
Baldwin, James. Go tell it on the mountain. Baldwin's first novel. PS3552 A45 G62 1970
Baldwin, James. Just above my head. A man mourning the death of his brother reflects PS3552 A45 J8 1979
back over their lives in Harlem and beyond. Finalist National Book Award.
Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit Jungle. Modern classic novel about growing up as a Black PS3552 R698 R8 1988
lesbian in America.
Clarke, Cheryl. The days of good looks: the prose and poetry of Cheryl Clarke, PS3553 L314 D39 2006
1980 to 2005.
Cullen, Countee. My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings of Countee Cullen, PS3505 U287 A6 1991
Voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
Delany, Samuel R. Several of his award winning science fiction novels. PS3554 E437 …
Giovanni, Nikki. Several books of her poetry PS3557 I55…
Hacker, Marilyn. Unauthorized Voices: Essays on Poets and Poetry. Hacker is a PN1016 H33 2010
winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award.
Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the sun. Raisin was winner of the New York Drama PS3515 A515 R3 1994
Critics Award.
Hardy, James Earl. Several popular novels featuring gay African American men. PS3558 A62375…
Harris, E. Lynn. Several popular novels featuring bisexual African American men. PS3558 A64438…
Here to dare: 10 gay Black poets. Edited by Assotto Saint. PS595 H65 H4 1992
Hughes, Langston. Selected poems of Langston Hughes. PS3515 U274 A6 1974
McKay, Claude. Selected Poems. PS3525 A24785 A6 1999
Jordan, June. Naming our Destiny: New and selected poems. PS3560 O73 N3 1989
Lorde, Audre. Undersong: Chosen poems. Lambda Literary Award Winner. PS 3562 O75 U5 1992
Lorde, Audre. Zami, a new spelling of my name. Semiautobiographical story of a Black PS3562 O75 Z23 1982
lesbian discovering herself. Publishing Triangle 100 Best Lesbian and Gay Nonfiction
Books.
Mickelbury, Penny. Mysteries featuring an African American woman as the investigator. PS3563 I3517…
Sapphire. Push. Basis of the Academy Award winning film, Precious. PS3569 A63 P87 1996
Sykes, Wanda. Yeah, I Said It. PN6165 S95 2004
Walker, Alice. The color purple. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. PS3573 A425 C6 1982

FILMS
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. Documentary about the Civil Rights leader who was gay.
Brother to Brother. Explores the life and struggles of black, gay artists in the present and past.
The Color Purple. Academy Award winning movie based on the book.
Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom. Movie sequel to Logo TV series.
Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me.

This is a small sampling of books and resources in our collection.

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