CHANGE: If I Can You Can is the story of a man destined for as much turmoil as life can provide. Travis Angry created his identity through childhood rebellion, dropping out of school, being in the military, fighting cancer, marrying,...
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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Author:Angry, Travis, Davis-Grauer, WendieSummary: - Author:Clarke, Austin, Williams, Nigel ShawnSummary:
2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Longlisted). 2016 RBC Taylor Prize (Longlisted). The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize-winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called "Canada's first multicultural writer." Austin Clarke...
- Author:Parks, Gregory S.Summary:
When Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was approached by the police on the front porch of his home in an affluent section of Cambridge, many people across the country reacted with surprise and disbelief. But many African American men...
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
Life is close to perfect for Charlotte and Curtis Black, except that their son Matthew's girlfriend, Racquel, is eight months pregnant, and Racquel's mother, Vanessa, and Charlotte can't stand each other.
- Author:Sexton, Margaret WilkersonSummary:
Evelyn, a New Orleans Creole woman in the 1940s, comes from a family of upper-echelon blacks. When she falls for no-name Renard, she must choose between him and her life of privilege. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, but in...
- Author:Jackson, BrendaSummary:
Business mogul Dalton Granger is as passionate as he is gorgeous, but private investigator Jules Bradford won't give him the time of day. She knows all about the youngest Granger brother-a charming bad boy whose only interest is playing...
- Author:Colvin, JeffreySummary:
A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and torn apart by blood,...
- Author:hooks, bellSummary:
Examining the impact of sexism on Black women during slavery, the devaluation of Back womanhood, Black male sexism, racism among feminists, and the Black woman's involvement with feminism, hooks attempts to move us beyond racist and...
- Author:Jones, TayariSummary:
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together,...
- Author:Solomon, RiversSummary:
Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. When the autopsy of Matilda's sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother's suicide some quarter-...
- Author:Woodson, JacquelineSummary:
For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared...
- Author:Baldwin, JamesSummary:
Published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race, and America in the 1950s. Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country tells the story of the suicide of jazz musician...
- Author:Hill, LawrenceSummary:
Canadian Langston Cane V finds his writing career (and, indeed, his life) in stasis until inspired by his mentor to write about an ancestor who purportedly died fighting alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Traveling to Baltimore, the...
- Author:Gay, RoxaneSummary:
In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking listeners on a ride through culture of the last few years.
- Author:Perkins-Valdez, DolenSummary:
In the bitter aftermath of a terrible, bloody war, as a divided nation tries to come together once again, Madge, Sadie, and Hemp are caught up in a desperate, unexpected battle for survival in a community desperate to lay the pain of...
- Author:Hurston, Zora NealeSummary:
The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
Fully authorized by and written in cooperation with the Muhammad Ali estate, this biographical novel captures the budding charisma and youthful personality of one of the greatest sports heroes of all time.
- Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:
Celine's marriage is at a crossroads when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. As her relationship deteriorates and Celine worries that she'll be left to endure cancer treatment alone, comfort and support come in the form of her best...
- Author:Bunkley, Anita R.Summary:
This is the tale of Broadway star Niya Londres, who is planning her extravagant Acapulco wedding. But there's one problem. Niya hasn't said "yes" yet--to any of the three men who've popped the question.
- Author:JaQuavis, AshleySummary:
Kasheef Williams has a friend's blood on his hands and a witness to the murder. With video evidence revealed, the police seek out the witness, but Kasheef is determined to find her first.
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