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Black Literature Books

Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Color Purple
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Kindred
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Invisible Man
The Vanishing Half
The Underground Railroad
Between the World and Me
Giovanni’s Room
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Homegoing
Native Son
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Lists

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Must Read
118 books — 60 voters
Never My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiNever My Father's Daughter by Bamini SelladuraiThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
384 books — 301 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
604 books — 433 voters
March by John LewisMarch by John LewisThe Harlem Hellfighters by Max BrooksIncognegro by Mat JohnsonThe Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long
African American Graphic Novels
144 books — 32 voters

A Day with Uncle Bembe by Kimberly GordonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonJazz by Toni MorrisonParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Black Agenda Report Book Forum : Summer 2020 Reading List
52 books — 7 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Nigeria With Love: Books by Nigerian Authors
229 books — 155 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Black Literature”

Gwendolyn Brooks
“ What, what am I to do with all of this life? ”
― Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha
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James Baldwin
“ I was far more the pragmatic American then than I am now. Now, watching my children grow, old enough to have some sense of where I've been, having suffered enough to be no longer terrified of suffering, and knowing something of joy, too, I know that we must attempt to be responsible for what we know. Only this action moves us, without fear, into what we do not know, and what we do not know is limitless. ...more ”
― James Baldwin, Just Above My Head
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Videos Tagged “Black Literature”

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Groups Tagged "Black Literature"

Neighbor Book Club Neighbor Book Club is a book club created by Ricky Johnson Jr. The purpose of the book club is t…more
1 member, last active 4 years ago
Ladies of Bookworth Welcome Ladies of Bookworth. Let's do what we do best: enjoy wines & spines!…more
3 members, last active one year ago
Black People Read Black People Read is an inclusive Book Club set to dispel the stereotype of Blacks in America. B…more
5 members, last active 3 years ago
Hosted through the Multicultural Resource Center at Missouri State University. This is a book cl…more
20 members, last active 2 years ago