Must Read African American Books

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Overview

100 must read African American Reads

Challenge Books

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The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes

The Ways of White Folks

Langston Hughes

62

The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

W.E.B. Du Bois

63

The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin

The Other Side of Paradise

Staceyann Chin

64

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

65

Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan

Waiting to Exhale

Waiting To Exhale #1

Terry McMillan

66

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Idlewild #1

Pearl Cleage

67

Decoded by Jay-Z

Decoded

Jay-Z

68

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

69

For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home by Alphonso Morgan, Hassan Beyah, Phill Branch, Keith Boykin, Clay Cane, B. Scott, Jason Haas, Chaz Barracks, Erick Johnson, Darian Aaron, Will Sheridan Jr., Rodney Terich Leonard, Antonio Brown, La Marr Jurelle Bruce, David Bridgeforth, Curtis Pate III, Topher Campbell, Craig Washington, James Earl Hardy, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, Emanuel Xavier, Frank Roberts, Robert E. Penn, Shaun Lockhart, Tim'm West, L. Michael Gipson, Indie Harper, Rob Smith, Jamal Brown, Antron Reshaud Olukayode, Jonathan Kidd, Daren J. Fleming, Rod McCullom, Charles Stephens, Wade Davis, André St. Clair Thompson, Kevin E. Taylor, Victor Yates, Kenyon Farrow, Ron Simmons, G. Winston James, David J. Malebranche, DeMarco Majors, Jarrett Neal, Nathan Hale Williams, José David Sierra, Mark Corece

For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home

Alphonso Morgan, Hassan Beyah, Phill Branch, Keith Boykin, Clay Cane, B. Scott, Jason Haas, Chaz Barracks, Erick Johnson, Darian Aaron, Will Sheridan Jr., Rodney Terich Leonard, Antonio Brown, La Marr Jurelle Bruce, David Bridgeforth, Curtis Pate III, Topher Campbell, Craig Washington, James Earl Hardy, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, Emanuel Xavier, Frank Roberts, Robert E. Penn, Shaun Lockhart, Tim'm West, L. Michael Gipson, Indie Harper, Rob Smith, Jamal Brown, Antron Reshaud Olukayode, Jonathan Kidd, Daren J. Fleming, Rod McCullom, Charles Stephens, Wade Davis, André St. Clair Thompson, Kevin E. Taylor, Victor Yates, Kenyon Farrow, Ron Simmons, G. Winston James, David J. Malebranche, DeMarco Majors, Jarrett Neal, Nathan Hale Williams, José David Sierra, Mark Corece

70

Race Matters by Cornel West

Race Matters

Cornel West

71

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Barack Obama

72

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself

Olaudah Equiano