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h3. Biography

Glen Sergeon C'72 was born in Vauxhall, N.J. in 1949. While at Drew, Sergeon participated in the London and Washington semesters, and became president of Hyera, the black student association. He attended the London School of Economics and received a Master in Public Policy degree from the University of Wisconsin. A successful businessman and philanthropist, he spent nearly fifteen years in various roles at Citicorp, before joining Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Sergeon retired from Merrill in 2006, and continued to work as a consultant until 2012. He held board positions at Phipps House, The Spence School and New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. He died in April 2013.



h3. Summary

The Glen Sergeon (CLA class of 1972) collection of African American literature comprises 75 volumes in a range of genres by leading black writers of the 20{^}th^ century. Major figures of the Harlem Renaissance include Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Ethel Waters and Richard Wright. Among the many novelists and poets represented are James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Paule Marshall, James Alan McPherson, Ishmael Reed, Sapphire, Derek Walcott, Charles Wright and Al Young, often with signed copies of their works. There are memoirs, biographies, interviews, anthologies of black writers (some signed by their contributors), and studies of black culture. The collection also includes nearly thirty works of fiction and non-fiction (with uncorrected proofs for four novels) by John Alfred Williams, who became a personal friend of Sergeon, as did poet Lucille Clifton. Twenty-nine volumes are inscribed to Burt Britton, co-founder of Books & Company in Manhattan, and collector of self-portraits by authors, artists, actors and musicians. The collection is fully cataloged.


Two works in the collection are not by African American authors: Helen Bannerman’s children’s book, _The_ _Story of Little Black Mingo,_ and George Bernard Shaw’s short story, _The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God._

h3. Contents

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|| || Author/Editor || Title || Pub. Year || Call Number ||
| 1 | Andrews, Raymond | Appalachee Red : a novel | 1978 | PS3551 .N452 A6 1978 |
| 2 | Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 | Devil finds work : an essay | 1976 | PS3552 .A45 Z515 1976 |
| 3 | Bannerman, Helen, 1862-1946 | Story of Little Black Mingo. \[First edition\] | 1901 | PR6003 .A544 S7 1901 |
| 4 | Cash, Earl A. | John A. Williams : the evolution of a black writer | 1975 | PS3573 .I4495 Z63 1975 |
| 5 | Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 | Good times; poems | 1969 | PS3553 .L45 G6 1969 |
| 6 | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | Ballad of the brown girl : an old ballad retold. First edition | 1927 | PS3505 .U287 B3 1927 |
| 7 | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | Black Christ & other poems. First edition \[limited\] | 1929 | PS3505 .U287 B6 1929 |
| 8 | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | Color | 1925 | PS3503 .U287 C6 1925 |
| 9 | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | Copper sun. First edition | 1927 | PS3505 .U287 C65 1927 |
| 10 | Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 | Medea and some poems. First edition | 1935 | PS3505 .U287 M4 1935 |
| 11 | Ellison, Ralph | Invisible man | 1952 | PS3555 .L625 I5 1952 |
| 12 | Haley, Alex | Roots. 1st ed. | 1976 | E185.97 .H24 A33 1976 |
| 13 | Hall, Susan T., 1940\- | Gentleman of leisure : a year in the life of a pimp | 1972 | HQ144 .H25 1972 |
| 14 | Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 | My life of absurdity : the autobiography of Chester Himes. 1st ed. | 1976 | PS3515 .I713 Z5 1976 |
| 15 | Holt, Rackham | George Washington Carver : an American biography | 1943 | S417 .C3 H6 1943 |
| 16 | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 | Fine clothes to the Jew | 1927 | PS3515 .U274 F5 1927 |
| 17 | Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 | Langston Hughes reader. \[1st ed.\] | 1958 | PS3515 .U274 A6 1968 |
| 18 | Hurston, Zora Neale | Their eyes were watching God : a novel. \[First ed.\] | 1937 | PS3515 .U789 T5 1937 |
| 19 | Johnson, Charles Richard, 1948\- | Middle passage | 1990 | PS3560 .O3735 M5 1990 |
| 20 | Kelley, William Melvin, 1937\- | Different drummer. \[1st ed.\] | 1962 | PS3561 .E392 D5 1962 |
| 21 | King, Woodie | Black short story anthology | 1972 | PS 647 .A35 B3 1972 |
| 22 | Marshall, Paule, 1929\- | Brown girl, brownstones | 1959 | PS3563 .A7223 B7 1959 |
| 23 | Marshall, Paule, 1929\- | Chosen place, the timeless people. \[1st ed.\] | 1969 | PS3563 .A7223 C5 1969 |
| 24 | Marshall, Paule, 1929\- | Chosen place, the timeless people | 1969 | PS3563 .A7223 C5 1969a |
| 25 | Marshall, Paule, 1929\- | Soul clap hands and sing. \[1st ed.\] | 1961 | PS3563 .A7223 S6 1961 |
| 26 | McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 | Banana Bottom | 1970, 1933 | PS3525 .A24785 B3 1970 |
| 27 | McPherson, James Alan, 1943\- | Elbow room : stories. 1st ed. | 1977 | PS3563 .A325 E4 1977 |
| 28 | McPherson, James Alan, 1943\- | Hue and cry; short stories. \[1st ed.\] | 1969 | PS3563 .A325 H8 1969 |
| 29 | Oates, Stephen B. | Fires of jubilee : Nat Turner's fierce rebellion. 1st ed. | 1975 | F232 .S7 O22 1975 |
| 30 | O'Brien, John | Interviews with Black writers | 1973 | PS 153 .N5 O2 1973 |
| 31 | O'Brien, John | Interviews with Black writers : advance proofs (uncorrected) | 1973 | PS 153 .N5 O2 1973p |
| 32 | Reed, Ishmael, 1938\- | 19 necromancers from now. \[1st ed.\] | 1970 | PS 508 .N3 R4 1970b |
| 33 | Robinson, William Henry, 1922\- | Nommo: an anthology of modern Black African and Black American   literature | 1972 | PS 508 .N3 R63 |
| 34 | Sapphire, 1950\- | Push : a novel. 1st ed. | 1996 | PS3569 .A63 P87 1996 |
| 35 | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 | Adventures of the black girl in her search for God. First edition | 1932 | PR5365 .A4 1932 |
| 36 | Smitherman, Geneva, 1940\- | Talkin and testifyin : the language of Black America | 1977 | PE3102 .N42 S5 1977 |
| 37 | Theroux, Joseph | Black coconuts, brown magic | 1983 | PS3570 .H39 B5 1983 |
| 38 | Walcott, Derek | Joker of Seville & O Babylon\! : two plays | 1978 | PR9272.9 .W3 J6 1978 |
| 39 | Waters, Ethel, 1900-1977 | His eye is on the sparrow : an autobiography | 1951 | ML420 .W24 A3 1951 |
| 40 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Africa : her history, lands and people, told with pictures. First ed. | 1962 | DT21 .W5 1962 |
| 41 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Africa : her history, lands and people, told with pictures. 4th ed., rev. | 1973 | DT21 .W5 1973 |
| 42 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Amistad (2 volumes) | 1970-1971 | E185.5 .A57 vol.1-2 |
| 43 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Amistad (2 volumes) | 1970-1971 | E185.5 .A57 1970 vol.1-2 |
| 44 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Angry black | 1962 | PS3573 .I4495 A52 1962 |
| 45 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Angry ones | 1970 | PS3573 .I4495 A82 1970 |
| 46 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Beyond the angry black. \[2d ed.\] | 1966 | PS 509 .N4 B4 1966 |
| 47 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Captain Blackman; a novel. \[1st ed.\] (2 copies) | 1972 | PS3573 .I4495 C3 1972 |
| 48 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Captain Blackman : a novel : uncorrected proof | 1972 | PS3573 .I4495 C3 1971 |
| 49 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Flashbacks; a twenty-year diary of article writing. \[1st ed.\] | 1973 | PS3573 .I4495 F5 1973 |
| 50 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Flashbacks : a twenty-year diary of article writing | 1974, 1973 | PS3573 .I4495 F5 1974 |
| 51 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Junior Bachelor Society : uncorrected proof | 1976 | PS3573 .I4495 J8 1976p |
| 52 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Junior Bachelor Society. 1st ed. | 1976 | PS3573 .I4495 J8 1976 |
| 53 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | King God didn't save; reflections on the life and death of   Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1970 | E185.97 .K5 W5 1970 |
| 54 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | King God didn't save : reflections on the life and death of   Martin Luther King, Jr. : uncorrected proof | 1970 | E185.97 .K5 W5 1970p |
| 55 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Man who cried I am; a novel. \[1st ed.\] (3 copies) | 1967 | PS3573 .I4495 M3 1967 |
| 56 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Most native of sons; a biography of Richard Wright. \[1st ed.\] | 1970 | PS3545 .R815 Z93 1970 |
| 57 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Mothersill and the foxes : uncorrected proof. 1st ed. | 1975 | PS3573 .I4495 M6 1975p |
| 58 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Night song | 1961 | PS3573 .I4495 N5 1961 |
| 59 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Sissie | 1963 | PS3573 .I4495 S57 1963 |
| 60 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Sissie | 1963 | PS3573 .I4495 S57 1963p |
| 61 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Sissie | 1969 | PS3573 .I4495 S57 1969 |
| 62 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | Sons of darkness, sons of light; a novel of some probability. \[1st ed.\] | 1969 | PS3573 .I4495 S6 1969 |
| 63 | Williams, John Alfred, 1925\- | This is my country too | 1965 | E185.61 .W734 1965 |
| 64 | Wright, Charles, 1932-2008 | Wig, a mirror image | 1966 | PS3573 .R532 W5 1966 |
| 65 | Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 | American hunger. 1st ed. (2 copies) | 1977 | PS3545 .R815 Z498 1977 |
| 66 | Young, Al, 1939\- | Sitting Pretty : a novel | 1976 | PS3575 .O683 S58 1976 |
| 67 | Young, Al, 1939\- | Snakes; a novel. \[1st ed.\] | 1970 | PS3575 .O683 S63 1970 |
| 68 | Young, Al, 1939\- | Who is Angelina? A novel. \[1st ed.\] | 1975 | PS3575 .O683 W46 1975 |
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