African American Authors


The Bluest Eye
The Color Purple
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Beloved
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Vanishing Half
The Hate U Give
Between the World and Me
Invisible Man
Song of Solomon
Becoming
The Underground Railroad
Kindred
Hair Love
The Water Dancer
Jabari Asim
I did infer, however, that submitting to melancholy would undo the labors of those who had come before me, that I had an obligation to resist instead of giving in. I rose unsteadily to my feet, aware of my shackles, but determined to somehow overcome them.
Jabari Asim, Yonder

Mildred D. Taylor
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