Black Literature

Literature written by African Americans.

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People Like Us
How It Ends
The Slip
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Great Black Hope
In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1)
Someone Like Us
Where the Wildflowers Grow
Zeal
People of Means
A Broken People's Playlist
Nightbloom
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Color Purple
The Bluest Eye
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Kindred
Invisible Man
The Underground Railroad
Between the World and Me
The Vanishing Half
Homegoing
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Fire Next Time
The Hate U Give
Giovanni’s Room

Idowu Koyenikan
Most people write me off when they see me. They do not know my story. They say I am just an African. They judge me before they get to know me. What they do not know is The pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins; The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people; The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community; The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance; The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it. ...more
idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

your novels. the classic novels of a minutia. i have no interest in. pale. in comparison to the novels of my world. the novel of my mother. the novels of my grandparents. the articulate novels of how my people walk down a street. the novels i have been reading my whole life. — classic
Nayyirah Waheed, Nejma

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