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Books About The Black Experience
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items Explore powerful books that illuminate Black history, identity, resilience, and culture through unforgettable stories and thought-provoking nonfiction. From classic novels and personal narratives to historical accounts and social analysis, this colle...
I read this book after listening to a podcast called “Our Ancestors Were Messy” which is what intrigued me into getting this book
Zora and Langston: Friendship & Betrayal
Really loved this book where Ta-Nehisi Coates writes an historical recounting of how he grew up as a love letter to his son.
Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates
We have family land in Mississippi that we pay taxes on so I thought this book would give me some insight on navigating how to hold on to it and it absolutely did.
Rooted // The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern ...
This was a fascinating read on how Black Americans migrated away from the Southern United States to the Northern and Western United States between the years 1915 and 1970 to try to have a better life and more opportunity for themselves and their fami...
The Warmth of Other Suns: America's Great Migration
Sula was a coming of age novel about friends Sula and Nel, there are themes of tragedy, betrayal and love.
Sula: A Novel - Toni Morrison (Vintage)
This was a story about Pecola Breedlove who was considered “ugly” because she had dark skin. This makes her start to see herself as inferior which makes her wish for blue eyes. There are some tough topics and themes in this novel (racism, incest) whi...
The Bluest Eye: A Novel (Vintage Intl)
I reached for this book to read because I learned that it was about to be adapted into a film by director and producer Melina Matsoukas who is also known for the film Queen & Slim and and the HBO tv show Insecure. The book is a dystopian novel se...
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
This book is a companion book to “The Warmth of Other Suns” and explores how America, from its founding, has been shaped by a hidden “caste” system of human rankings based on race, gender and class. Another fascinating book by this author.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Wilkerson
This book happened in response to Black History and African American Studies being cut and sidelined in the United States in more recent history. It's a book of essays and speeches from notable African American figures known for fighting for Black li...
Our History Has Always Been Contraband - Haymarket Books