Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-431) and indexes.
Readers' advisory services / Connie Van Fleet -- Trends in African American publishing / Alma Dawson -- Collection development / Alma Dawson -- Detective and crime fiction / Connie Van Fleet -- Frontier literature / Jacqueline L. Jones -- Historical fiction / Ola Carter Riley -- Inspirational literature / Melanie Sims -- Life stories / Connie Van Fleet -- Mainstream fiction / Karen Antell -- Romance fiction / Dana Watson -- Speculative fiction / Kari Moore -- Resources