Readings

Period III: The Modern Era

AIDS in Africa--- Is [Was] It an Exaggeration? Why?

Building the Alaska Highway--- A Lost and Neglected Story

Black Worker 1900-1971--- Promises, Promised

Black and a Cowboy--- Eastern Urban Cowboy

Book Review on Alan Lomax--- The White Man who Became Famous for Telling the Story of Down Home Black Music

"Uncle" Clarence Thomas--- A Less-Than-Favorable View

The Dark Side of African American Success--- Is Success Really an Illusion?

Exploring the Longevity Gap--- Some Scientific Studies

Gordon Parks--- Famous Photographer

Hannah Adkins--- A Famous Oklahoman Recognized

Henry James--- A Chandlerite Recalls a Life

Herb Jefferies--- Movies and Color and Identity

Jimmie Steward on Ralph Ellison--- Fond OKC Memories

John Hope Franklin; Famous Historian--- A View from the Soft Oklahoma Side

Malcolm X--- His Cultural Life After Death

The Mariners--- A Successful, Mix-Race Singing Post-WWII Group

The Vicious Murder of Emmett Till--- Racists Murdering Children

North Dallas Freedman's Town--- A Town and a History Nearly Erased

Ophelia DeVore--- Beauty and Poise Used Wisely

Ralph Ellison Interview, 1993--- A Life Remembered

Ralph Ellison Remembers Oklahoma City--- Rather Fondly

Struggle for Equality in Lawton, Oklahoma [2003]--- Does It Get Better or Not?

Trailblazers--- Success in the White Corporate World