Nonfiction Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1950s

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