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RECENT BOOKS
ERNEST KAISER

(Books reviewed in this number of FREEDOMWAYS have been omitted.)

                                                                               THE NEGRO IN THE U.S.

Abdul, Raoul (editor). THE MAGIC OF BLACK POETRY. New York: Dodd, Mead. 128 pages. $3.95. (A collection of poems by Blacks for children from the beginning of African time to the present. Many languages and cultures presented. Abdul is the black co-editor with Alan Lomax of 3000 Years of Black Poetry, 1970, and is now working on a book on Blacks in opera and on the concert state.)

Abubadika, Mwlimu Imiri (Sonny Carson). THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON. New York: W. W. Norton. 203 pages. $5.95. (Carson is a black nationalist leader of CORE in Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Adoff, Arnold (editor). BROTHERS AND SISTERS: MODERN STORIES BY BLACK AMERICANS. New York: Macmillan. $5.95. (Stories about black youth.)

AFRO-AMERICAN LITERATURE: FICTION, DRAMA, POETRY, NONFICTION. (4 vols.) Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Selections from black writings in the four categories.)

Bailey, Ronald W. (editor). BLACK BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. New York: Basic Books. $12.50. (A collection of essays.)

Banks, Ernie and Jim Enright. "MR. CUB." Chicago: Follett Publishing Co. $6.95. (The life story of Banks, a long-time star of the Chicago Cubs baseball team.)

Banks, Phyllis M. and Virginia M. Burke (editors). BLACK AMERICANS: IMAGES IN CONFLICT. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill. 64 pages. $1.00 (paper). (Essays and poetry by Sterling Brown, Benjamin Quarles, John O. Killens, Margaret Walker, Addison Gayle, Jr., etc.)

Bedini, Silvio. THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER: THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST BLACK MAN OF SCIENCE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. xvii; 434 pages. $14.95. (This thorough biography of Banneker is a real contribution to Black Studies.)

Berman, Sanford. PREJUDICES AND ANTIPATHIES: A TRACT ON THE LC [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS] SUBJECT HEADS CONCERNING PEOPLE. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. xxi; 249 pages. $7.50.

Betts, Raymond F. (editor). THE IDEOLOGY OF BLACKNESS. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Health and Co. x; 213 pages. (An anthology of writings by M. R. Delany, E. W. Blyden, Senghor, E. Mphahlele, Aime Cesaire, M. Garvey, Du Bois, Fanon, L. Hughes, Malcolm X, LeRoi Jones, Martin Kilson, etc.)
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