| Out of the darkness : the story of Blacks moving North 1890-1940 | Haskins, James, 1941- | 2000 | 304.8 HAS |
| Uses the experiences of two individuals, Ada "Bricktop" Smith and Joe Jones, to present the story of the Great Migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities from the late 1800s to the years after World War I. |
| Slavery and resistance | Jordan, Anne Devereaux. | 2007 | 306.3 JOR |
| Describes the history of slavery in the Americas from the early colonial times to the end of the Civil War and Emancipation. |
| The Thirteenth Amendment : ending slavery | Schleichert, Elizabeth. | 1998 | 342.73 SCH |
| Presents an overview of the history of slavery in the United States, its abolition by constitutional amendment in 1865, and the Reconstruction and its aftermath. |
| On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the spirituals | Giovanni, Nikki. | 2007 | 782.25 GIO |
| Nikki Giovanni celebrates the courage, strength and character of Africans in America through the inspirational words of the spirituals. |
| Tell all the children our story : memories and mementos of being young and Black in America | Bolden, Tonya. | 2001 | 973 BOL |
| Describes the joys and struggles of African American children growing up in America from the 1600s to the present. |
| The African American family album | Hoobler, Dorothy. | 1995 | 973 HOO |
| A collection of memories, experiences, and photographs of a people who were first Africans, then slaves, and finally African Americans. |
| The African-American experience | Spangenburg, Ray, 1939- | 1997 | 973 SPA |
| Explores ten locations that have had significant impact on the African-American experience. |
| From a raw deal to a New Deal? : African Americans 1929-45 | Trotter, Joe William, 1945- | 1995 | 973 TRO |
| Examines the impact of the depression and the war on black communities. |
| Let my people go : African Americans 1804-1860 | White, Deborah G. (Deborah Gray), 1949- | 1996 | 973 WHI |
| Discusses the lives of African Americans from the early years of the nineteenth century to the start of the Civil War. |
| Now is your time! : the African-American struggle for freedom | Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- | 1991 | 973.04 MYE |
| A history of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality, beginning with the capture of Africans in 1619, continuing through the American Revolution, the Civil War, and into contemporary times. |
| Days of Jubilee : the end of slavery in the United States | McKissack, Patricia, 1944- | 2003 | 973.7 MCK |
| Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States. |
| Traveling the freedom road : from slavery & the Civil War through Reconstruction | Osborne, Linda Barrett, 1949- | 2009 | 973.7 OSB |
| Collects accounts from slave narratives, journals, diaries, and other sources to provide a first-person perspective on the antebellum South, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. |
| Reconstruction : a primary source history of the struggle to unite the north and south after the Civil War | Flanagan, Timothy. | 2005 | 973.8 Fla |
| This book uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the Reconstruction, as the United States worked to recover from the effects of the Civil War. |
| Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow 1864-1896 | Collier, Christopher, 1930- | 2000 | 975 COL |
| Describes the struggles following the Civil War to decide how to deal with the newly freed slaves, through the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, sharecropping, and segregation. |
| Reconstruction and reaction : the emancipation of slaves 1861-1913 | Golay, Michael, 1951- | 1996 | 975 GOL |
| Covers African-American advancements during the period of the federal government's management of the defeated Southern states. |
| The carpetbaggers | Raatma, Lucia. | 2005 | 975.04 RAA |
| Discusses the Reconstruction Era, the name of the period following the Civil War, and the citizens who moved from the Northern to the Southern United States, known as carpetbaggers, and their experiences to rebuild the South. |
| The buffalo soldiers | Stovall, TaRessa. | 1997 | 978 STO |
| An account of the achievements of the Afro-American Army regiments that distinguished themselves during numerous campaigns and played a vital role in the settlement of the American West. |
| Unchained memories readings from the slave narratives | | 2003 | DVD 306.362 UNC |
| Transcripts of slave narratives from the Library of Congress archives are read by a cast of prominent African Americans. |
| The underground railroad | | 2002 | DVD 973.711 UND |
| Learn about the network of runaway slaves, freed blacks and anti-slavery whites. See re-creations of escapes and legendary achievements by abolitionist figures such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
| Ship of slaves the middle passage | | 1997 | VCT 326 SHI |
| Traces the history of slave-trade and slavery in America. Illustrates how slaves were shipped and sold. |