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A Black Literary Canon - Page 7

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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Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (Peniel E Joseph)
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
241
Peniel E Joseph
Warfare in the American Homeland (Joy James)
Warfare in the American Homeland
242
Joy James
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
243
Isabel Wilkerson
The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Water Dancer
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
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We Need New Names (Noviolet Bulawayo)
We Need New Names
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Noviolet Bulawayo
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
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Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
Well-Read Black Girl
249
Glory Edim
West Indian Immigrants; a Black Success Story? (Suzanne Model)
West Indian Immigrants; a Black Success Story?
250
Suzanne Model
What I Know for Sure (Oprah Winfrey)
What I Know for Sure
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Oprah Winfrey
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
252
Lesley Nneka Arimah
When Affirmative Action Was White (Ira Katznelson)
When Affirmative Action Was White
253
Ira Katznelson
When Rain Clouds Gather (Bessie Head)
When Rain Clouds Gather
254
Bessie Head
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
255
Robin Diangelo
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
256
Zadie Smith
Who Fears Death (Nnedi Okorafor)
Who Fears Death
257
Nnedi Okorafor
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
258
Beverly Tatum
Why We Can't Wait (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Why We Can't Wait
259
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
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The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
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Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
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Angela Davis
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
263
Franz Fanon
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
264
Shonda Rhimes
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
265
Audre Lorde
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