African American Lives (458 books)

Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs written by black Americans.

This list is focused on African-American Iife stories. Any book added that is not an auto-/biography or by an African-American will be deleted.

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1	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 290,780 ratings score: 5,581, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 579,906 ratings score: 3,732, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 4.13 avg rating — 134,675 ratings score: 2,121, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 230,992 ratings score: 2,064, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.09 avg rating — 55,876 ratings score: 1,652, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver 3.97 avg rating — 14,724 ratings score: 1,477, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience by Darrius Garrett (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 175 ratings score: 978, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis 4.44 avg rating — 10,783 ratings score: 974, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Sarah L. Delany 4.18 avg rating — 14,237 ratings score: 973, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4.23 avg rating — 124,806 ratings score: 963, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde 4.40 avg rating — 23,809 ratings score: 962, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.55 avg rating — 120,504 ratings score: 954, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur 4.60 avg rating — 31,178 ratings score: 950, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Bone Black by bell hooks 4.26 avg rating — 4,305 ratings score: 876, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat 4.16 avg rating — 7,703 ratings score: 855, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston 4.11 avg rating — 8,300 ratings score: 845, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois 4.31 avg rating — 44,859 ratings score: 775, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Color of Water by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 133,544 ratings score: 774, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole by Will Jawando (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 472 ratings score: 721, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 4.11 avg rating — 36,061 ratings score: 718, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Buck: A Memoir by M.K. Asante (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 3,075 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Big Sea by Langston Hughes 4.22 avg rating — 2,009 ratings score: 659, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir by Dexter Scott King 3.42 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 630, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 24,029 ratings score: 603, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Born Into Crisis: A Memoir by Kenneth Nixon Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner 4.19 avg rating — 24,583 ratings score: 555, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown 4.30 avg rating — 4,609 ratings score: 552, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Becoming by Michelle Obama (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 1,193,833 ratings score: 550, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker 4.29 avg rating — 8,329 ratings score: 529, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	My Country 'Tis of Thee by Keith Ellison 3.61 avg rating — 954 ratings score: 494, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love by Barry White 4.17 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Insatiable: The Rise of a Porn Star by Heather Hunter 3.38 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 464, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Callus on My Soul by Dick Gregory 4.38 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 458, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir by Dorothy I. Height 4.18 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 457, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis 4.60 avg rating — 3,825 ratings score: 457, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.54 avg rating — 9,107 ratings score: 444, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Vernon Can Read! by Vernon E. Jordan Jr. 4.13 avg rating — 309 ratings score: 416, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Nigger by Dick Gregory 4.40 avg rating — 9,363 ratings score: 407, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir by E. Lynn Harris 4.34 avg rating — 1,393 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Mississippi Harmony: Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter by Winson Hudson 4.45 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 384, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston 4.05 avg rating — 32,710 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village by Samuel R. Delany 4.33 avg rating — 1,199 ratings score: 373, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody 4.13 avg rating — 11,630 ratings score: 372, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men by J.L. King 3.58 avg rating — 900 ratings score: 369, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 16,601 ratings score: 366, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown 4.28 avg rating — 9,155 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story by Gladys Knight 4.07 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Heavy by Kiese Laymon (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 44,932 ratings score: 351, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton 4.65 avg rating — 80,601 ratings score: 346, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait by Rachel Robinson 4.11 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 339, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 10,947 ratings score: 335, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, A Memoir by Cornel West 4.05 avg rating — 676 ratings score: 322, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs 4.17 avg rating — 57,962 ratings score: 316, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Beyond Me: Finding Your Way to Life's Next Level by Melinda Doolittle (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Man from Macedonia: My life of service, struggle, faith, and hope by Aaron Johnson 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	There and Now (Volume #1) by Eric Reese (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Day My Mother Never Came Home by Reginald L. Reed Jr. 3.86 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football (Volume 19) (Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century) by Tracie Canada 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Days of Grace: A Memoir by Arthur Ashe 4.07 avg rating — 1,266 ratings score: 298, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Negroland by Margo Jefferson (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 7,914 ratings score: 289, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings by Thurgood Marshall 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 286, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir by Asha Bandele 3.98 avg rating — 1,410 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams 4.44 avg rating — 15,745 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Everything and Nothing : The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy by Dorothy Dandridge 4.07 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	March: Book One (March, #1) by John Lewis 4.35 avg rating — 57,206 ratings score: 275, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper 3.92 avg rating — 8,050 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Colored People: A Memoir by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 4.12 avg rating — 1,111 ratings score: 274, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Confessions of a Video Vixen: An Eye-Opening Memoir of Survival, Abuse, and Redemption in the Music Industry by Karrine Steffans 3.42 avg rating — 6,516 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	I Put a Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone by Nina Simone 4.10 avg rating — 2,013 ratings score: 273, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery 4.18 avg rating — 3,914 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Finding Fish by Antwone Quenton Fisher 4.15 avg rating — 5,204 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder's Mother by Dennis Love 3.98 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 258, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Godfather of Soul: An Autobiography by James Brown 3.86 avg rating — 204 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals 4.18 avg rating — 16,352 ratings score: 255, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde 4.43 avg rating — 5,421 ratings score: 254, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty 3.87 avg rating — 8,131 ratings score: 253, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays by James Baldwin 4.66 avg rating — 2,348 ratings score: 245, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Voices in the Mirror by Gordon Parks 4.38 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young 4.14 avg rating — 4,735 ratings score: 235, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.72 avg rating — 8,708 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir by Daisy Bates 4.23 avg rating — 304 ratings score: 225, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana by Catherine H. Thrash 4.32 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 221, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism by Belva Davis 4.04 avg rating — 399 ratings score: 220, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider by Charles Person 4.50 avg rating — 938 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Black Radical: The Education of an American Revolutionary by Nelson Peery 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Radical King by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.59 avg rating — 1,641 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Moonwalk by Michael Jackson 4.34 avg rating — 6,388 ratings score: 212, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King 4.23 avg rating — 1,750 ratings score: 209, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Music is My Mistress by Duke Ellington 3.99 avg rating — 446 ratings score: 207, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley 4.44 avg rating — 1,249 ratings score: 206, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	His Eye is on the Sparrow by Ethel Waters 4.11 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 203, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Being and Homelessness: Notes from an Underground Artist by John H. Sibley (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa by Keith B. Richburg 4.19 avg rating — 545 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.58 avg rating — 1,381 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 3.89 avg rating — 25,355 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier 3.98 avg rating — 912 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	All Labor Has Dignity by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.46 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 196, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.49 avg rating — 598 ratings score: 193, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Black Ice: A Memoir by Lorene Cary 3.59 avg rating — 954 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lincoln Lambert 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 187, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars