Noted African American Critic, Albert Murray, Dies at 97

Albert MurrayAlbert Murray passed away on Sunday August 18, 2013 in Harlem. The New York Times has a substantial obituary and notes that Murray opposed black separatism.
In the library, we know him largely as a cultural critic who wrote on music. The library has seven books by Murray, two of which are digital. Please go to the CUNY Catalog and search by author, Murray, Albert.
Murray, Albert. From the briarpatch file [electronic resource] : on context, procedure, and American identity / Albert Murray. New York : Pantheon Books, c2001. CUNY WEB Resource Access: for all CUNY Users eBook
Basie, Count, 1904- Good morning blues : the autobiography of Count Basie / as told to Albert Murray. New York : Random House, c1985. NYCCT Stacks ML422.B25 A3 1985 Regular Loan
Murray, Albert. The omni-Americans; new perspectives on Black experience and American culture. New York, Outerbridge & Dienstfrey; distributed by E. P. Dutton [1970] NYCCT Stacks E185 .M9 1970 Regular Loan
Jones, Jo, 1911-1985. Rifftide [electronic resource] : the life and opinions of Papa Jo Jones / Papa Jo Jones as told to Albert Murray ; edited by Paul Devlin ; afterword by Phil Schaap. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011. CUNY WEB Resource Access: for all CUNY Users eBook
Murray, Albert. South to a very old place. New York, McGraw-Hill [1971] NYCCT Stacks F216.2 .M87 Regular Loan
Murray, Albert. The spyglass tree / Albert Murray. New York : Pantheon Books, c1991. NYCCT Stacks PS3563.U764 S69 1991 Regular Loan
Murray, Albert. Train whistle guitar / Albert Murray. New York : Vintage International, 1998. NYCCT Stacks PS3563 .U764 T7 1998 Regular Loan