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Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List

Explore essential titles selected by the Schomburg Center as it marks 95 years of collecting and preserving Black history, arts, and culture
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All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave (Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith)
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave
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Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Terrance Hayes)
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
2
Terrance Hayes
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story (Edwidge Danticat)
The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
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Edwidge Danticat
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
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Roxane Gay
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Jennifer Eberheart, Phd)
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
7
Jennifer Eberheart, Phd
The Black Jacobins
The Black Jacobins
8
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States
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Daina Ramey Berry
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
10
Toni Morrison
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons (Imani Perry)
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons
11
Imani Perry
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
12
Marlon James
Brown: Poems (Kevin Young)
Brown: Poems
13
Kevin Young
Brutal Imagination (Cornelius Eady)
Brutal Imagination
14
Cornelius Eady
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
15
Claudia Rankine
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton (Lucille Clifton)
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton
16
Lucille Clifton
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America (Khalil Gibran Muhammad)
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South (Michael W.Twitty)
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South
18
Michael W.Twitty
Democracy in Black (Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.)
Democracy in Black
19
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Diasporic Blackness (Vanessa K. Valdés)
Diasporic Blackness
20
Vanessa K. Valdés
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
21
Danez Smith
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Brittney Cooper)
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
22
Brittney Cooper
Farming While Black (Leah Penniman)
Farming While Black
23
Leah Penniman
Feel Free: Essays (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free: Essays
24
Zadie Smith
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
25
August Wilson
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
26
N. K. Jemisin
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
27
James Baldwin
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race (Jesmyn Ward)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
28
Jesmyn Ward
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
29
Angela Davis
From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation (Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor)
From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation
30
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II (Farah Jasmine Griffin)
Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists and Progressive Politics During World War II
31
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Heavy an American Memoir (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy an American Memoir
32
Kiese Laymon
High on the Hog (Jessica B. Harris)
High on the Hog
33
Jessica B. Harris
History of White People (Nell Irvin Painter)
History of White People
34
Nell Irvin Painter
Hood Feminism (Mikki Kendall)
Hood Feminism
35
Mikki Kendall
How to Be an Antiracist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Antiracist
36
Ibram X. Kendi
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
37
Saeed Jones
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
38
Maya Angelou
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
39
Alice Walker
Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking (Toni Tipton-Martin)
Jubilee: Recipes From Two Centuries of African American Cooking
40
Toni Tipton-Martin
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