Here are some recommended books to check out in between MSU’s books, please take time to feed your conscious. You may get all of the book listed below at the MSU Main Library. We suggest you observe a particular section: "E 185," located in the East Wing on the 2nd. floor.

Akbar, Na'im. Visions for Black Men.

Angelou, Maya.  I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

Assante, Molefi. Afrocentricity.

Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time.

Baraka, Amiri. Blues People.

Bell, Derrick.  Faces at the Bottom of the Well.

Bennett, Lerone.  Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America.

Boykin, Keith.  Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America.

Brown, Elaine. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story.

Bambara, Toni. The Black Woman: An Anthology.

Carmichael, Stokely and Hamilton, Charles V. Black Power.

Clarke, John Henrik. Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa.

Cleage, Pearl.  Deals with the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot.

Cole, Johnneta B. and Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. Gender Talk.

Cooper, Anna Julia. A Voice From the South, From a Black Woman From the South.

Davis, Angela. Women, Race & Class.

Diop, Cheikh Anta. The African Origin of Civilation.

Dubois, W.E.B. The World and Africa and Souls of Black Folk.

Garvey, Marcus. Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (ed. By Amy Jacques Garvey).

Head, John. Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men.

hooks, bell. Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem; and  We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Jackson, George. Soledad Brothers.

Lewis, Reginald F. and Walker, Blair S. Why Should All the White Guys Have Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire.

Madabutii, Haki. Enemies: The Clash of Races; and Tough Notes: A Healing Call for Creating Exceptional Black Men.

Morgan, Joan. When Chicken-heads Come Home To Roost.

Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye.

Mosley, Walter.  Black Genius.

Morrison, Toni. The Song of Solomon.

Newton, Huey P.  Revolutionary Suicide.

Nkrumah, Kwame. Ghana : The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah.

Powell, Kevin. Who's Gunna Take the Weight? Manhood, Race and Power in America.

Richardson, Donna. Let's Get Real: Exercise Your Right to a Healthy Body.

Robeson, Paul. Here I Stand.

Robinson, Lori S. I Will Survive: The African American Guide to Healing from Sexual Abuse and Assualt.

Rodney, Walter. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation.

Shange, Ntozake. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

Simone, Nina. I Put A Spell On You.

Smitherman, Geneva (MSU PROFESSOR). Black Talk.

Some, Malidoma Patrice. The Healing Wisdom of Africa.

Souljah, Sister. No Disrespect.

Thomas, Richard (MSU PROFESSOR). Life For Us Is What We Make It: Building Black Community in Detroit, 1915-1945.

Toop, David. Rap Attack 3.

Verstegen, Mark. Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life.

Wallace, Michele. The Myth of the Black Macho and Superwoman.

Walker, Alice. In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens; and The Color Purple.

Walker, David. Walker Appeal.

Welsing, Francis Cress. Cress Theory of Color Confrontation and Racism, The Isis Papers.

Wright, Richard. Black Boy.

X, Malcolm. Autobiography of Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley).

Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States.