Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) Books
Nelson George and Alan Leeds, eds., The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul (2008)
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Great collection of articles about and interviews with James Brown spanning his entire career.
James Brown and Bruce Tucker, James Brown: The Godfather of Soul (1986)
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James Brown's autobiography, written with the help of Bruce Tucker.
James Sullivan, The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America (2009)
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Gives James Brown the credit he deserves as an important leader in black America.