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Black History Month: Essential Reads for February and All Year Round

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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
3
Toni Morrison
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
4
Angie Thomas
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
5
Lorraine Hansberry
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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Olaudah Equiano
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
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James Baldwin
Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
The People Could Fly (Virginia Hamilton)
The People Could Fly
9
Virginia Hamilton
Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs (Mary E. Lyons)
Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
10
Mary E. Lyons
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
11
Frederick Douglass/USA
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
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Ntozake Shange
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom (Virginia Hamilton)
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans From Slavery to Freedom
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Virginia Hamilton
How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (N.K. Jemisin)
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
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N.K. Jemisin
Octavia Butler: Kindred
Octavia Butler: Kindred
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Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
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Yaa Gyasi
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
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Alex Haley
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 (Nikki Giovanni)
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
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Nikki Giovanni
The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston (Zora Neale Hurston)
The Complete Stories Zora Neale Hurston
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Zora Neale Hurston
March (Nate Powell)
March
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Nate Powell
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
22
Alice Walker
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
23
Claudia Rankine
Felon (Reginald Dwayne Betts)
Felon
24
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
25
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
26
Nella Larsen
Coffee Will Make You Black (April Sinclair)
Coffee Will Make You Black
27
April Sinclair
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman (Patricia McKissack Frederick McKissack)
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman
28
Patricia McKissack Frederick McKissack
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
29
Michelle Obama
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
30
Barack Obama
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora (Sheree Renee Thomas)
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora
31
Sheree Renee Thomas
Four Hundred Souls (Ibram X. Kendi)
Four Hundred Souls
32
Ibram X. Kendi
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States
33
Daina Ramey Berry
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, & Leadership (Ed Gordon)
Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, & Leadership
34
Ed Gordon
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
35
Isabel Wilkerson
The Hill We Climb (Amanda Gorman)
The Hill We Climb
36
Amanda Gorman
Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
Well-Read Black Girl
37
Glory Edim
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland (Walter Thompson-Hernandez)
The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland
38
Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly)
Hidden Figures
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Margot Lee Shetterly
Ain't I a Woman (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman
40
Bell Hooks
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