Before they were activists, they were just like you and me. From Frederick Douglass to Malala Yousafzai, Joan of Arc to John Lewis, these remarkable figures show us what it means to take a stand and say no to injustice, proving that any...
Black Authors
Collection of titles by Black Authors. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Auteur:Chambers, VeronicaSommaire: - Auteur:Salami, MinnaSommaire:
A collection of thought provoking essays that explore questions central to how we see ourselves, our history, and our world. Salami offers fresh insights on key cultural issues that impact women's lives, including power, beauty, and...
- Auteur:Oluo, IjeomaSommaire:
Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing issues such as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, microaggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word....
- Auteur:L'Abbé, SonnetSommaire:
In 'Sonnet's Shakespeare,' one young, half-dougla (mixed South Asian and Black) poet tries to use 'the master's tools' on the Bard's 'house,' attempting to dismantle his monumental place in her psyche and in the poetic canon. In a...
- Auteur:Iweala, UzodinmaSommaire:
In the long-anticipated novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences...
- Auteur:Kendi, Ibram X., Reynolds, JasonSommaire:
Race has always been used to gain and keep power, creating dynamics that separate and silence. This exploration reveals the history of racism in America and inspires hope for an antiracist future.
- Auteur:Draper, Sharon M.Sommaire:
When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
- Auteur:Reid, KileySommaire:
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- Auteur:Morrison, ToniSommaire:
Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of...
- Auteur:Baldwin, JamesSommaire:
Between Leo Proudhammer's childhood and his arrival into the world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. There are love affairs with both a man and a woman. And everywhere exists the anguish of being black...
- Auteur:Gilroy, PaulSommaire:
An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are...
- Auteur:Jones, Monique L.Sommaire:
There's more than one way to make a difference: The achievements of the Black Americans included in this book range from athletic to artistic, literary to scientific. Their biographies vary greatly, but each one contributes to the...
- Auteur:Hill, LawrenceSommaire:
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa and forced to walk for months to the sea in a coffle--a string of slaves-- Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave in South Carolina. But years later, she forges her way...
- Auteur:Walker, AndersSommaire:
A startling and gripping reexamination of the Jim Crow era, as seen through the eyes of some of the most important American writers In this dramatic reexamination of the Jim Crow South, Anders Walker investigates how prominent...
- Auteur:Jackson, BrendaSommaire:
Chase's new neighbor, Jessica Claiborne, is as deliciously enticing as the confections she creates. And Jessica can't deny the heat that sparks every time Chase is near. But she has a secret, one that could destroy the desire she sees...
- Auteur:MCBRIDE, JamesSommaire:
James McBride grew up one of twelve siblings in an all-black housing project in Brooklyn, the son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white. His mother was an inspiring figure who saw her dozen children through...
- Auteur:Fisher, RudolphSommaire:
An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American.
- Auteur:Coleman, JaQuavisSommaire:
Hazel has nothing and no one in her life; the only thing she "owns" is an insatiable addiction to heroin. Her addiction brings her to the slums, where she quickly learns the tricks of surviving--of hustling and getting her street smarts...
- Auteur:Baldwin, JamesSommaire:
At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the...
- Auteur:Due, TananariveSommaire:
The home that belonged to Angela Toussaint's late grandmother is so beloved that the townspeople in Sacajawea, Washington call it the Good House. But that all changes one summer when an unexpected tragedy takes place behind its closed...
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