Must Read African American Books

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Overview

100 must read African American Reads

Challenge Books

1

The New Negro by Alain Locke

The New Negro

Alain Locke

2

One Way To Heaven by Countee Cullen

One Way To Heaven

Countee Cullen

3

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Charles V. Hamilton

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation

Charles V. Hamilton

4

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Bebe Moore Campbell

5

Colored People by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Colored People

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

6

B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story by James Earl Hardy

B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story

B-Boy Blues #1

James Earl Hardy

7

How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Terry McMillan

8

Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race in America by Clarence Page

Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race in America

Clarence Page

9

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

10

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

11

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

12

The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

The Color Purple Collection: The Color Purple, The Temple of My Familiar, and Possessing the Secret of Joy

The Color Purple Collection #1-3

Alice Walker