Lionel Bascom: 6 books

This is a collection of folktales told in the obscure dialect of the Gullah people, mingled with standard English for readability

Newly discovered and lost stories written by Harlem Renaissance Icon Dorothy West. Many of these stories were locked away in the archives of the Library of Congress

As part of the WPA Writer's Project, a number of gifted young authors such as Ralph Ellison, Dorothy West and Vivian Morris, created a vibrant record of Harlem's daily life, nightlife and intellectual scene. Lost for decades in the vaults of The Library of Congress, here for the first time are richly...

This book tells the astonishing stories of people who have lived through Near Death Experiences and then underwent extraordinary lifestyle transformations.

Professor Lionel Bascom interviewed some of the more than ten million Americans who have had Near Death Experiences. This book goes beyond their stories and adds the scientific reasoning behind these astounding but true tales about life after death.

Focusing on the contributions of civic reformers and political architects who arrived in New York in the early decades of the 20th century, this book explores the wide array of sweeping social reforms and radical racial demands first conceived of and planned in Harlem that transformed African Americans...