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A Black Literary Canon - Page 6

Collected from multiple lists, this list, like any attempt at creating a literary canon, is incomplete. This is only part of a larger conversation about what are the greatest, most important, influential, beautiful, poetic, and powerful works of black literature the world over.
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Since I Laid My Burden Down (Brontez Purnell)
Since I Laid My Burden Down
201
Brontez Purnell
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
202
Jesmyn Ward
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Melissa Harris-Perry)
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
203
Melissa Harris-Perry
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
204
Audre Lorde
Skin Folk
Skin Folk
205
Sleepaway School (Lee Stringer)
Sleepaway School
206
Lee Stringer
A Small Place
A Small Place
207
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ)
So Long a Letter
208
Mariama Bâ
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
209
Ijeoma Oluo
Social Life of DNA (Alondra Nelson)
Social Life of DNA
210
Alondra Nelson
Soledad Brother (George Jackson)
Soledad Brother
211
George Jackson
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
212
Toni Morrison
Song Yet Sung (James McBride)
Song Yet Sung
213
James McBride
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
214
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
215
Toni Morrison
Splay Anthem (Nathaniel MacKey)
Splay Anthem
216
Nathaniel MacKey
Spunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston (Zora Neale Hurston)
Spunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
217
Zora Neale Hurston
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
218
Ibram X. Kendi
Stradbroke Dreamtime (Oodgeroo Noonucal)
Stradbroke Dreamtime
219
Oodgeroo Noonucal
A Street in Bronzeville
A Street in Bronzeville
220
Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education (Demetri L. Morgan and Charles H.F. Davis III)
Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education
221
Demetri L. Morgan and Charles H.F. Davis III
Subtle Acts of Exclusion (Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran)
Subtle Acts of Exclusion
222
Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
223
Toni Morrison
The Summer We Got Free (Mia McKenzie)
The Summer We Got Free
224
Mia McKenzie
The Sun Is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
The Sun Is Also a Star
225
Nicola Yoon
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
226
W.E.B. Du Bois
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family (Mitchell S. Jackson)
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
227
Mitchell S. Jackson
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Warsan Shire)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
228
Warsan Shire
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
229
Zora Neale Hurston
They Came Before Columbus (Ivan Van Sertima)
They Came Before Columbus
230
Ivan Van Sertima
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
231
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
232
Chinua Achebe
To Sir With Love (E.R. Braithwaite)
To Sir With Love
233
E.R. Braithwaite
The Turner House (Angela Fluornoy)
The Turner House
234
Angela Fluornoy
Two-Headed Woman (Lucille Clifton)
Two-Headed Woman
235
Lucille Clifton
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement (Charlene Carrethers)
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement
236
Charlene Carrethers
Uncle Tom's Children
Uncle Tom's Children
237
Under the Udala Trees (Chinelo Okparanta)
Under the Udala Trees
238
Chinelo Okparanta
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
239
Colson Whitehead
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
240
Booker T. Washington
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