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Books to Enhance Racial Understanding

This list isn't comprehensive or definitive but contains works that may help improve understanding of racism and the experience of African-Americans (as compiled by a middle-aged white man). It's intended more as a list of suggestions -- including to myself -- than a challenge.
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
1
Richard Wright
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
2
Ralph Ellison
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
3
Lorraine Hansberry
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me
4
John Howard Griffin
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
5
Isabel Wilkerson
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
6
Colson Whitehead
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap (Matt Taibbi)
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
7
Matt Taibbi
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
8
Richard Rothstein
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
9
Colson Whitehead
Tulsa's Black Wall Street: The Story of Greenwood (David Payne)
Tulsa's Black Wall Street: The Story of Greenwood
10
David Payne
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
11
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ali (Jonathan Eig)
Ali
12
Jonathan Eig
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
14
Toni Morrison
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson (Jackie Robinson)
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson
15
Jackie Robinson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
16
Robin Diangelo
How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Antiracist
17
Ibram X. Kendi
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
18
Michelle Obama
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
19
Alexander
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
20
Howard Zinn
The Burning (Tim Madigan)
The Burning
21
Tim Madigan
Forgotten (Linda Hervieux)
Forgotten
22
Linda Hervieux
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
23
Richard Wright
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin)
I Am Not Your Negro
24
James Baldwin
Opening Day (Jonathan Eig)
Opening Day
25
Jonathan Eig
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