Lists of Bests: purplegemini's "African American Books I Want to Read" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19810 The books that were written by and for blacks in America. These books are the definitive of our culture. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:24:29 GMT en-us 0 50 21 0 0 Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Casebooks in Contemporary Fiction) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448837 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2448837"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195116062.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maya Angelou</div> Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22757 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22757"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/076791497X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Tate</div> The Souls of Black Folk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664800 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/664800"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1420925857.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. E. B. Du Bois</div> The miseducation of the Negro http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1415816 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1415816"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1564110419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carter Godwin Woodson</div> The Color Complex http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/576323 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/576323"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385471610.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1113654840_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kathy Russell</div> Black and Brown in America: The Case for Cooperation: The Case for Cooperation (Critical America) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478810 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478810"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0814766455.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056496069_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bill Piatt</div> Mama http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478876 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Beneath the Skin of Black Folks http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478886 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2478886"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0972972706.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1094842101_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tracy Andrus</div> The Color Purple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671727796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> Native Son http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2303203 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2303203"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000H469GI.01-ABK0V7DLYO5NU._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Wright</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> The Autobiography of Malcolm X http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1966794 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex; Handler, M. S. Malcom X; Haley</div> The Bluest Eye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2151563 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Paradise-Toni Morrison http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1898442 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28912 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28912"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033438.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Invisible Man: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962378"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375507914.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44539344_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Ellison</div> Uncle Tom's Cabin (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337760 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337760"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1840224029.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harriet Beecher Stowe</div> BLACK BOY http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1766714 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Wright</div> Their Eyes Were Watching God http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1284834 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1284834"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061120065.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zora Neale Hurston</div> A Day Late and a Dollar Short http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492223 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492223"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008RWPR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Terry McMillan</div> Race Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/844188 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/844188"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807009725.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cornel West</div>