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The Best Books About Black History and Identity

Just because Black History Month is over doesn't mean the learning of Black history stops. Take this time to look around your bookshelf to see what you think you need. Personally, I think everyone can benefit from having more Black history literature in their home. I think there is so much to discover about the Black experience, I don't think you can have too many books about Black identity and history.
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
1
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
2
Michelle Obama
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
4
Roxane Gay
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
5
Trevor Noah
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
6
Maya Angelou
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness
7
Janet Mock
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
8
Isabel Wilkerson
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
9
Solomon Northup
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
10
Ibram X. Kendi
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
11
Booker T. Washington
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
12
James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
13
Michelle Alexander
We Were Eight Years in Power (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
We Were Eight Years in Power
14
Ta-Nehisi Coates
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
15
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
16
Barack Obama
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
17
Angela Davis
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
18
W.E.B. Du Bois
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
19
Saeed Jones
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
20
Bell Hooks
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
21
Malcolm X
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
22
Kiese Laymon
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
23
Audre Lorde
I'm Still Here (Austin Channing Brown)
I'm Still Here
24
Austin Channing Brown
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
25
Harriet Jacobs
This Will Be My Undoing (Morgan Jerkins)
This Will Be My Undoing
26
Morgan Jerkins
Thick (Tressie McMillan Cottom)
Thick
27
Tressie McMillan Cottom
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
One Day I Will Write About This Place
28
Binyavanga Wainaina
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
29
Toni Morrison
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
30
James McBride
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
31
Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:
The Origin of Others (Toni Morrison)
The Origin of Others
32
Toni Morrison
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
33
Audre Lorde
March (John Lewis)
March
34
John Lewis
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
35
James Baldwin
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography
36
Assata Shakur
Dear Ijeawale (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Dear Ijeawale
37
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
38
Beverly Tatum
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Dorothy Roberts)
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
39
Dorothy Roberts
The Devil That Danced on the Water (Aminatta Forna)
The Devil That Danced on the Water
40
Aminatta Forna
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