Marable (professor, and director of the Center for Contemporary Black History, Columbia U.) presents a selection of primary documents by African Americans from the Colonial era to the present. Included are personal correspondence, excerpts from slave narratives and autobiographies, leaflets, speeches, oral histories, interviews, political manifestoes, and important statements of black institutions and organizations, all organized thematically. A general introduction as well as short introductions and bibliographies for each document are provided. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)