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Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List - Page 2

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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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
41
Bryan Stevenson
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
42
Octavia Butler
Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Kwame Brathwaite)
Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful
43
Kwame Brathwaite
The Light of the World: A Memoir (Elizabeth Alexander)
The Light of the World: A Memoir
44
Elizabeth Alexander
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
45
James Forman Jr.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (Manning Marable)
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
46
Manning Marable
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy
47
Layla F. Saad
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
48
Jesmyn Ward
Monument: Poems: New and Selected (Natasha Trethewey)
Monument: Poems: New and Selected
49
Natasha Trethewey
My Song: A Memoir (Harry Belafonte)
My Song: A Memoir
50
Harry Belafonte
Negroland (Margo Jefferson)
Negroland
51
Margo Jefferson
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
52
Alexander
The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
53
Colson Whitehead
Overground Railroad (Candacy Taylor)
Overground Railroad
54
Candacy Taylor
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
55
Octavia E. Butler
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
56
Toni Morrison
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Adrienne Maree Brown)
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
57
Adrienne Maree Brown
Policing the Planet (Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton)
Policing the Planet
58
Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton
Posing Beauty (Deborah Willis)
Posing Beauty
59
Deborah Willis
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (Monique Morris)
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
60
Monique Morris
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
61
Lorraine Hansberry
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness
62
Janet Mock
S.O.S.: Poems, 1961-2013 (Amiri Baraka)
S.O.S.: Poems, 1961-2013
63
Amiri Baraka
Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Sonia Sanchez)
Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
64
Sonia Sanchez
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
65
Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
66
Ijeoma Oluo
Social Life of DNA (Alondra Nelson)
Social Life of DNA
67
Alondra Nelson
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
68
Ibram X. Kendi
Stony the Road (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
Stony the Road
69
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Street
The Street
70
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family (Mitchell S. Jackson)
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
71
Mitchell S. Jackson
Sweat (Lynn Nottage)
Sweat
72
Lynn Nottage
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (Bell Hooks)
Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
73
Bell Hooks
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
74
Zora Neale Hurston
Thick and Other Essays (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick and Other Essays
75
Tressie McMillan Cottom
The Tradition (Jericho Brown)
The Tradition
76
Jericho Brown
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
77
Colson Whitehead
Vibration Cooking: Or, the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor)
Vibration Cooking: Or, the Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl
78
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Voyage of the Sable Venus (Robin Coste Lewis)
Voyage of the Sable Venus
79
Robin Coste Lewis
Wade in the Water: Poems (Tracy K. Smith)
Wade in the Water: Poems
80
Tracy K. Smith
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