The Lowrider Librarian Reading List...
I'm a Gen` X'er and most of my political influences come from the 1960's, 1970's and into the early 1980's. In 1994 there was a little light with the birth of the Zapatista movement in Mexico. I really didn't see much political relevance (Relevence to POC) all the way through the 2010 or so--with the advent of "Occupy Wall Street." And later, the more socially powerful, Black Lives Matter movement. Anyway, back to my point--I gain so much of my inspiration still from people like MLK, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams, Audrey Lorde, Huey Newton, Kwame Ture, Angela Davis, George Jackson, James Baldwin, and so many more great leaders of the struggle in the past. Groups like the Black Panthers, AIM, Los Macheteros, the Yellow Peril, the Brown Berets, the Weathermen, and others are part of the reason we (POC) have the 'civil' rights we possess today. But how many students, let alone LIS students ever get to read about them, let alone read their own works.
I have therefore created the following reading list to be used in teaching Social Justice LIS classes.
Please use all, or part of it as an educational resource.
Al-Amin, J. (2002). Die nigger die!: A political autobiography. Chicago, Ill: Lawrence Hill Books.
Baldwin, J., Schapiro, S., Lewis, J., & Karefa-Smart, G. (2017). The fire next time.
Churchill, W., & Vander, W. J. (1988). Agents of repression: The FBI's secret war against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Cleaver, E., & Cleaver, K. (2007). Target zero: A life in writing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cleaver, K. (1999). Liberation, imagination and the Black Panther Party. Basingstoke, Hants, UK: Carfax Pub.
Davis, A. Y. (1990). An autobiography. London: Women's Press.
Fanon, F. (2011). The wretched of the earth. New York: Grove Press.
Lew, L. L., Bell, K., Panigutti, N., Filmakers Library, inc, Electronic News Group, & Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. (1996). All power to the people! : The Black Panther Party and beyond (Award winning films and videos). New York: Filmakers Library.
Newton, H. P., & Blake, J. H. (2009). Revolutionary suicide. New York: Penguin Books.
Newton, H. P., Hilliard, D., & Donald, W. (2003). The Huey P. Newton Reader. New York: Seven Stories Press.
Odinga, S., Bin, W. D., Om, S., Joseph, J., In kioni-sadiki, ., In Meyer, M., Al-Amin, J., ... Abu-Jamal, M. (2017). Look for me in the whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-century revolutions.
Stanford, M. C. J., & Union Institute & University. (2003). We will return in the whirlwind: Black radical organizations, 1960--1975.
Williams, R. F. (1962). Negroes With Guns. Marzani & Munsell, Publishers, Inc.
X, M., & Breitman, G. (2002). Malcolm X speaks: Selected speeches and statements. New York: Pathfinder.
X, M., & Haley, A. (2015). The autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: Ballantine Books.
Banks, D., & Erdoes, R. (2004). Ojibwa warrior: Dennis Banks and the rise of the American Indian Movement. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Madley, B. (2017). AMERICAN GENOCIDE: The united states and the california indian catastrophe 1846-1873. S.l.: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Marshall, J. (2005). The journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota history. New York: Penguin Books.
Matthiessen, P. (2002). In the spirit of Crazy Horse. New York, NY [u.a.: Random House.
McGaa, E., Bryde, J. F., McGaa, J., Elliott, D., & Stevenson, L. (2005). Crazy Horse and Chief Red Cloud: Warrior chiefs-- Teton Oglalas. Minneapolis, Minn: Four Directions Pub.
Means, R., & Wolf, M. J. (2015). Where white men fear to tread: The autobiography of Russell Means.
Reséndez, A. (2017). The other slavery: The uncovered story of Indian enslavement in America.
Anzaldúa, G. (2012). Borderlands : The new mestiza = la frontera (Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
Guevara, C. (2013). Guerrilla warfare.
I have therefore created the following reading list to be used in teaching Social Justice LIS classes.
Please use all, or part of it as an educational resource.
Black Power:
Abu-Jamal, M. (2016). We want freedom: A life in the Black Panther Party.Al-Amin, J. (2002). Die nigger die!: A political autobiography. Chicago, Ill: Lawrence Hill Books.
Baldwin, J., Schapiro, S., Lewis, J., & Karefa-Smart, G. (2017). The fire next time.
Churchill, W., & Vander, W. J. (1988). Agents of repression: The FBI's secret war against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Cleaver, E., & Cleaver, K. (2007). Target zero: A life in writing. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cleaver, K. (1999). Liberation, imagination and the Black Panther Party. Basingstoke, Hants, UK: Carfax Pub.
Davis, A. Y. (1990). An autobiography. London: Women's Press.
Fanon, F. (2011). The wretched of the earth. New York: Grove Press.
Lew, L. L., Bell, K., Panigutti, N., Filmakers Library, inc, Electronic News Group, & Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. (1996). All power to the people! : The Black Panther Party and beyond (Award winning films and videos). New York: Filmakers Library.
Newton, H. P., & Blake, J. H. (2009). Revolutionary suicide. New York: Penguin Books.
Newton, H. P., Hilliard, D., & Donald, W. (2003). The Huey P. Newton Reader. New York: Seven Stories Press.
Odinga, S., Bin, W. D., Om, S., Joseph, J., In kioni-sadiki, ., In Meyer, M., Al-Amin, J., ... Abu-Jamal, M. (2017). Look for me in the whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-century revolutions.
Stanford, M. C. J., & Union Institute & University. (2003). We will return in the whirlwind: Black radical organizations, 1960--1975.
Williams, R. F. (1962). Negroes With Guns. Marzani & Munsell, Publishers, Inc.
X, M., & Breitman, G. (2002). Malcolm X speaks: Selected speeches and statements. New York: Pathfinder.
X, M., & Haley, A. (2015). The autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: Ballantine Books.
Indigenous struggles:
Dunbar-Ortiz, R. (2015). Indigenous peoples' history of the united states. Place of publication not identified: Beacon.Banks, D., & Erdoes, R. (2004). Ojibwa warrior: Dennis Banks and the rise of the American Indian Movement. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
Madley, B. (2017). AMERICAN GENOCIDE: The united states and the california indian catastrophe 1846-1873. S.l.: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Marshall, J. (2005). The journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota history. New York: Penguin Books.
Matthiessen, P. (2002). In the spirit of Crazy Horse. New York, NY [u.a.: Random House.
McGaa, E., Bryde, J. F., McGaa, J., Elliott, D., & Stevenson, L. (2005). Crazy Horse and Chief Red Cloud: Warrior chiefs-- Teton Oglalas. Minneapolis, Minn: Four Directions Pub.
Means, R., & Wolf, M. J. (2015). Where white men fear to tread: The autobiography of Russell Means.
Reséndez, A. (2017). The other slavery: The uncovered story of Indian enslavement in America.
Latino/Hispanic:
Anzaldúa, G. (2012). Borderlands : The new mestiza = la frontera (Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
Feminism
Lorde, A. (2007). Sister outsider: Essays and speeches.Anzaldúa, G. (2012). Borderlands : The new mestiza = la frontera (Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
LGBTQ
Anzaldúa, G. (2012). Borderlands : The new mestiza = la frontera (Fourth edition, 25th anniversary. ed.). San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.
Global Struggles
Guevara, C. (2013). Guerrilla warfare.
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