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Haber, Louis (1970), Black Pioneers of Science and Invention. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London. Fourteen gifted men who played an important role in America's scientific and industrial progress are lifted from obscurity. Their achievements have saved countless lives, created jobs and in some instances altered the course of history.

Francis, Vivienne (1998), With Hope in Their Eyes. Writer and broadcaster, Francis, uses her London and Antiguan background to re-create true-to-life accounts of obstacles faced by the Windrush generation. Featured are Ben Bousquet, St Lucian, former local councillor and founding member of the Black section of the Labour Party, Pastor Io Smith, Jamaican pentecostal church preacher and MBE recipient for her work for the elderly and mentally ill, and Clarence Thompson, Trinidadian, manager at British Petroleum and long-time secretary of the West Indian Standing Conference. Publishers X Press can be reached at 0171-729-1199.

Phillips, Mike and Trevor Phillips (1998), Windrush: The irresistible rise of multi-racial Britain. Harper Collins. Covers over 100 Windrush voyagers and their descendants, friends, neighbours and colleagues. Offers a perspective on the history of immigration and social change in urban Britain. Available in major bookstores.

Ward, Brian 1998), Just my Soul responding. UCL Press. This impressive analysis of R&B, Black Consciousness and race relations has gained noteworthy reviews. Vox calls it "An academic, weighty but fascinating account of the links between black American music since WWII and its social context". The Big Issue says "the early days of R&B through the James Brown black power era to the urgent manifestos of rappers like Public Enemy, is explored here in genuine depth". The Times applauds its focus on "the music industry's casual prejudice, and the often heroic defiance of the performers who helped define the black struggle". Worth reading because R&B, the most popular form of black cultural production in postwar USA, has largely been ignored by contemporary historians of the black experience and race relations. Contact details: 0171-619-0098.

A Different Black Men's Magazine
The second issue of Untold Magazine is out on the news stands. A stylish and controversial exposure of the multi-faceted black male personality, sexualtiy, life-styles and convictions by Peter Akinti and his team. Featured are "black is beautiful" Muhammad Ali, the three Mikes Jordan, Jackson and Tyson, Lionel Richie, and the late General Sani Abacha, plus books, fashion, sports and racing cars. August/September 1998, £2.50. Telephone: 0171-729-8383, Fax: 0171-729-8386.

Sewell, Tony (1998),Keep on Moving: The Windrush Legacy. The Voice Ltd., London. £8.99. Looking at three generations of Black life in Britain, this illustrated book shows the restless spirit of the Caribbean migrant desperate for new opportunities. "The reason why I left Jamaica was because I didn't want my children growing up in a colony", said an early Windrush pioneer. The outward reach to Britain was another story, says Sewell. "What was once the land of opportunity became a land of hostility and resentment." He concludes, "Black people in Britain are a long way off controlling their own destiny in terms of education, business and culture. We play for teams but we don't own them". Change must come, he suggests, for the sake of "the next generations of Black youth, who still suffer at the bottom of most social and economic indexes". Sewell, born in London of Jamaican parents, is Lecturer in Education at the University of Leeds. Contact: Juliet Edwards at The Voice by tel: 0171-737-7377, fax: 0171-274-8944, and e-mail at: veetay@gn.apc.org

IM'media Reflex (mars 1997), Paris, France. Chroniques du Mouvement des Sans-Papiers. Origins, issues, and future of major problems facing black people in France: immigration, urban poverty, unemployment, homelessness, racism and social conflict. IM-media is a press agency producing photographic, video and television documentaries. Contact details: Tel: Paris 0-46--36-01-45; fax: Paris 01-46-36-72-58. E-mail: mog@clubinternet.fr