A compilation ""intended to show the depth of the Negro's contribution to the history of our country"" includes a suggested basic library of Negro history, books on the general history of the Negro in the U.S., general books concerning the Negro for adults, selected books for children and young adults, paperbacks, records and film strips. Organizations, inventions, periodicals, bibliographies, visual materials, teaching materials and guides are listed, important dates in Negro history, early Negro petitions and protests given. Negroes in Congress; population census figures. A Quadrangle Paperback Original, here in hardcover.