QBR 100 Essential Black Books

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The 100 essential books by and about people of African descent that have had the most influence, consequence, and resonance on American life.

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  1. 1.
    Things Fall Apart
    by Chinua Achebe

  2. 4.
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    by Maya Angelou

  3. 5.
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    Two Thousand Seasons
    by Ayi Kwei Armah

  4. 6.
    Go Tell It On The Mountain
    by James Baldwin

  5. 7.
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    The Fire Next Time
    by James Baldwin

  6. 8.
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    Blessed Are the Peacemakers
    by Bass, S. Johnathan

  7. 9.
    Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
    by Lerone Bennett Jr.

  8. 10.
    The Souls of Black Folk (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
    by W. E. B. Du Bois

  9. 11.
    The Chaneysville Incident
    by David Bradley

  10. 12.
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    Annie Allen
    by Gwendolyn Brooks

  11. 13.
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    Maud Martha
    by Gwendolyn Brooks

  12. 14.
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  13. 15.
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  14. 16.
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    Spirits of the Passage

  15. 18.
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    Kindred

  16. 19.
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    Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

  17. 20.
    Black Power : The Politics of Liberation
    by Kwame Ture

  18. 21.
    Sally Hemings: A Novel (Rediscovered Classics)
    by Barbara Chase-Riboud

  19. 22.
    The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
    by Charles W. Chesnutt

  20. 23.
    Soul on Ice
    by Eldridge Cleaver

  21. 24.
    A Black Theology of Liberation (Ethics and Society)
    by James H. Cone

  22. 25.
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    Notes of a Hanging Judge: Essays and Reviews, 1979-1989
    by Stanley Crouch

  23. 26.
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  24. 27.
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    Krik? Krak!

  25. 28.
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    Miles

  26. 29.
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    Destruction of Black Civilization

  27. 30.
    Narrative Of The Life & Times Of Frederick Douglass
    by Frederick Douglass

  28. 31.
    Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
    by St. Clair Drake

  29. 32.
    Lyrics Of Lowly Life
    by Paul Laurence Dunbar

  30. 33.
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    Guide My Feet

  31. 34.
    Invisible Man
    by Ralph Ellison

  32. 35.
    Kehinde
    by Buchi Emecheta

  33. 36.
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    The Wretched of the Earth
    by Frantz Fanon

  34. 37.
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    Black Skin, White Masks

  35. 38.
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    Black Bourgeoisie

  36. 39.
    The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
    by Ernest J. Gaines

  37. 40.
    A Lesson Before Dying (Five Star)
    by Ernest J. Gaines

  38. 42.
    The Spook Who Sat By the Door
    by Sam Greenlee

  39. 43.
    Roots: The Saga of an American Family
    by Alex Haley

  40. 44.
    A Raisin in the Sun
    by Lorraine Hansberry

  41. 45.
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    If He Hollers Let Him Go

  42. 46.
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    The Ways of White Folks

  43. 47.
    Their Eyes Were Watching God
    by Zora Neale Hurston

  44. 48.
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    Soledad Brother

  45. 50.
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    Stolen Legacy

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Created by gcrear on Dec 07, 2008.
 

Comments

Yikes! — 3 years ago

Somehow I missed four! I’ll add them as soon as I figure out which four I ommitted.




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