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African American Literature - Page 2

Listed are 100 works of literature from African American authors. The list includes works from slave narratives, poems, novels, and works related to the civil rights movement. It is hoped that this list may provide a means of honoring, in however small a manner, the significant contributions that African American authors have given to the literary tradition and continue to do so.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
41
Maya Angelou
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
42
Audre Lorde
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education (Mychal Denzel Smith)
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
43
Mychal Denzel Smith
The Sweetness of Water (Nathan Harris)
The Sweetness of Water
44
Nathan Harris
The Weary Blues (Langston Hughes)
The Weary Blues
45
Langston Hughes
Countee Cullen: Collected Poems (Countee Cullen)
Countee Cullen: Collected Poems
46
Countee Cullen
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
47
Richard Wright
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (James Baldwin)
James Baldwin: Collected Essays
48
James Baldwin
James Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories (James Baldwin)
James Baldwin: Early Novels & Stories
49
James Baldwin
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Sam Greenlee)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
50
Sam Greenlee
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
51
Toni Morrison
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
52
Toni Morrison
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
53
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
54
Alex Haley
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
55
Toni Morrison
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
56
Alice Walker
Invisible Life (E. Lynn Harris)
Invisible Life
57
E. Lynn Harris
No Disrespect (Sister Souljah)
No Disrespect
58
Sister Souljah
The People Could Fly (Virginia Hamilton)
The People Could Fly
59
Virginia Hamilton
The Annotated African American Folktales (Maria Tatar)
The Annotated African American Folktales
60
Maria Tatar
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song (Kevin Young)
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song
61
Kevin Young
Letter From Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Letter From Birmingham Jail
62
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (Barbara Ransby)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
63
Barbara Ransby
Iola Leroy (Frances Harper)
Iola Leroy
64
Frances Harper
Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E.W. Harper (Melba Joyce Boyd)
Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E.W. Harper
65
Melba Joyce Boyd
Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 (Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ed.)
Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900
66
Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ed.
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dunbar) (Dunbar)
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dunbar)
67
Dunbar
Of One Blood (Pauline Hopkins)
Of One Blood
68
Pauline Hopkins
Lonely Crusade (Chester Himes)
Lonely Crusade
69
Chester Himes
Oreo (Fran Ross)
Oreo
70
Fran Ross
In the Mecca (Gwendolyn Brooks)
In the Mecca
71
Gwendolyn Brooks
The Women of Plums (Dolores Kendrick)
The Women of Plums
72
Dolores Kendrick
The Soul of a Butterfly (Muhammad Ali)
The Soul of a Butterfly
73
Muhammad Ali
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali (Walter Dean Myers)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
74
Walter Dean Myers
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
75
Jesmyn Ward
Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
Well-Read Black Girl
76
Glory Edim
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
77
Angie Thomas
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
78
Ralph Ellison
The Cornel West Reader (Cornel West)
The Cornel West Reader
79
Cornel West
The Thomas Sowell Reader (Thomas Sowell)
The Thomas Sowell Reader
80
Thomas Sowell
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