Nonfiction Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1950s
- The Book Of Negro Folklore by Langston Hughes And Arna Bontemps
- Famous Negro Heroes of America by Langston Hughes
- The Word on the Brazos: Negro Preacher Tales from the Brazos Bottoms of Texas by J. Mason Brewer
- Aunt Dicy Tales: Snuff-Dipping Tales of the Texas Negro by J. Mason Brewer
- Dog Ghosts and Other Texas Negro Folk Tales by J. Mason Brewer
- They Came in Chains: Americans from Africa by J. Saunders Redding
- An American in India: A Personal Report on the Indian Dilemma and the Nature of Her Conflicts by J. Saunders Redding
- Jesse’s Book of Creole and Deep South Recipes by Edith and John Watts
- Negro Makers of History (5th edition) by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley
- The Story of the Negro Retold by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley
- The Negro in Our History by Carter G. Woodson and Charles H. Wesley
- The History of Sigma Pi Phi by Charles H. Wesley