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Classic Books From Black Authors

Black authors whose work is from before the late 20th century (mostly; there are a few more recent books).
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The Lonely Warrior: The Life and Times of Robert Abbott (Roi Ottley)
The Lonely Warrior: The Life and Times of Robert Abbott
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Roi Ottley
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
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James Baldwin
Tales: Short Stories (Amiri Baraka)
Tales: Short Stories
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Amiri Baraka
Gwendolyn Brooks: Selected Poems (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Gwendolyn Brooks: Selected Poems
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Gwendolyn Brooks
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (William Wells Brown)
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave
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William Wells Brown
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
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Octavia Butler
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
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Freight Train
Freight Train
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Livin' the Blues (Frank Marshall Davis)
Livin' the Blues
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Frank Marshall Davis
Maryland (BETTER): The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frede (Frederick Douglass)
Maryland (BETTER): The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frede
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Frederick Douglass
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
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W.E.B. Du Bois
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
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Alexandre Dumas
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dunbar) (Dunbar)
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dunbar)
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Dunbar
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
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Ralph Ellison
Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef (Rufus Estes)
Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef
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Rufus Estes
Plum Bun
Plum Bun
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Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
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Lorraine Hansberry
Iola Leroy (Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)
Iola Leroy
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
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Langston Hughes
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey (Langston Hughes)
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
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Langston Hughes
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Zora Neale Hurston
Autobiography of the Lower East Side (Rashidah Ismaili)
Autobiography of the Lower East Side
25
Rashidah Ismaili
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
26
Harriet Jacobs
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
27
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
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Elizabeth Keckley
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr (MLK Jr)
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr
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MLK Jr
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
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Nella Larsen
The Taste of County Cooking (Edna Lewis)
The Taste of County Cooking
31
Edna Lewis
Harlem Shadows (Claude McKay)
Harlem Shadows
32
Claude McKay
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
33
Toni Morrison
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
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Toni Morrison
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
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Gloria Naylor
A Promised Land (Barack Obama)
A Promised Land
36
Barack Obama
Becoming Michelle Obama (Michelle Obama)
Becoming Michelle Obama
37
Michelle Obama
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
38
Ann Petry
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
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Aleksandr Pushkin
Plays and Pageants From the Life of the Negro (Willis Richardson)
Plays and Pageants From the Life of the Negro
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Willis Richardson
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