Here are works of general interest to Black American history available at Rutgers. Also listed here are authors, artists, musicians, poets and others who are white and/or not American referenced in episodes of "Luke Cage."
From the catalog description: "Contains reproductions of hundreds of FBI files documenting the federal scrutiny, harassment, and prosecution to which black Americans of all political persuasions were subjected."
Cornell Stokes, AKA, "Cottonmouth," references Green's 48 Laws of Power. Green is an American author whose work focuses on power dynamics in a "how to" vein, utilizing historical figures as examples of the axioms about which he writes.