Books written by Sam Kelley

  • White Chocolate: Black Identity in Small Town White America
    White Chocolate: Black Identity in Small Town White America

    You're not listening, Walter Lee. Don't call me “Walter Lee!” Please, dear, listen to what I have to say. I'm listening, I'm listening—just don't call me Walter Lee. This is not A Raisin in the Sun. I didn't squander my father's life ...

  • White Chocolate
    White Chocolate

    You're not listening, Walter Lee. Don't call me “Walter Lee!” Please, dear, listen to what I have to say. I'm listening, I'm listening—just don't call me Walter Lee. This is not A Raisin in the Sun. I didn't squander my father's life ...

  • Thruway Diaries
    Thruway Diaries

    100 Kelley is teaches Communication Studies and Africana Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland where his favorite courses include Films of Spike Lee, African Americans in TV and Film, Human Communication ...

  • The Blue Vein Society: Class and Color within Black America
    The Blue Vein Society: Class and Color within Black America

    Kelley teaches Communication Studies and Africana Studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland where his favorite courses include Films of Spike Lee, African Americans in TV and Film, Human Communication, ...

  • Faith, Hope and Charity
    Faith, Hope and Charity

    WHITE FEMALE/Miss Emma Wilson: Mary Jane, I need you to help with the school right here in Mayesville. ENSEMBLE: Over mountain or plain sea. BLACK MALE/Mrs. Lucy Craft Laney: I'm Lucy Craft Laney, founder. 27 Faith, Hope and Charity.

  • The Blue Vein Society: Class and Color within Black America
    The Blue Vein Society: Class and Color within Black America

    With amazing speed -- and superb acting -- Kelley's play shifts from light but edged irony, to pain, rage, tenderness and acceptance, underscoring the many nuances of prejudice.