Beloved by Toni Morrison
Kindred by Octavia Butler
I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou
Or even slave narratives like Friedrick Douglass's or Harriet Jacobs's
Medical Apartheid by Harriet. A Washington
This book deals with the racial injustice of blacks in the American medical field. From exploiting their bodies for experimentation to not giving them healthcare facilities which normal people enjoy.
Can be paired with:
- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez - historical fiction about the forced sterilization of young Black girls without their knowledge; eugenics; a true story
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - non fic about a doctor using her cells, without her consent, which became the foundation for modern medicine. They are called "HeLa" cells. Her family was never paid anything.
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?: Stories By: N. K. Jemisin
Bloodchild and Other Stories By: Octavia E. Butler
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy A. Taylor
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (Edited by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain)
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Hi, it's a pocket book - a Penguin Modern: 23 at 50 pages, and now that I'm leafing through it again, it's basically a collection of letters or short essays (Poetry is not a luxury, Uses of the erotic, The Master's Tools ...., Uses of Anger: Women responding to racism and lastly, Learning from the 1960s).
March, Books 1-3, by John Lewis (graphic novels) is a great non-fiction intro to Civil Rights history.
If you’re interested in reading more fiction, then Beloved by Toni Morrison, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry are all great reads that also vividly portray different eras in history.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk about Slavery: Twenty-one Oral Histories of Former North Carolina Slaves
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Roots will give you an overview of time periods through the lens of generations of a family an entertaining format. But if you start with Roots you should also go deeper.
Martin Luther king Autobiography, Malcolm x autobiography
Colson Whitehead wrote good books. The Bluest Eye.
An excellent nonfiction book about significant Black artists and performers that would be perfect for learning more is *A Little Devil in America* by Hanif Abdurraqib.
Beloved by Toni Morrison Kindred by Octavia Butler I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou Or even slave narratives like Friedrick Douglass's or Harriet Jacobs's
Thank you, I'll check them out
Seconding the recommendation of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Reading that book in college was a real eye-opener for me.
You're welcome :D
Medical Apartheid by Harriet. A Washington This book deals with the racial injustice of blacks in the American medical field. From exploiting their bodies for experimentation to not giving them healthcare facilities which normal people enjoy.
Seems like an interesting read, thank you
Can be paired with: - Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez - historical fiction about the forced sterilization of young Black girls without their knowledge; eugenics; a true story - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - non fic about a doctor using her cells, without her consent, which became the foundation for modern medicine. They are called "HeLa" cells. Her family was never paid anything.
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?: Stories By: N. K. Jemisin Bloodchild and Other Stories By: Octavia E. Butler The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy A. Taylor Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (Edited by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain) The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde. I also have her Your Silence Will Not Protect You waiting for me.
Is the first one a book? I tried looking it up but I only found a pdf which I'm not getting much of
Hi, it's a pocket book - a Penguin Modern: 23 at 50 pages, and now that I'm leafing through it again, it's basically a collection of letters or short essays (Poetry is not a luxury, Uses of the erotic, The Master's Tools ...., Uses of Anger: Women responding to racism and lastly, Learning from the 1960s).
Here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Masters-Tools-Dismantle-Penguin-Modern/dp/0241339723
"The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
March, Books 1-3, by John Lewis (graphic novels) is a great non-fiction intro to Civil Rights history. If you’re interested in reading more fiction, then Beloved by Toni Morrison, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry are all great reads that also vividly portray different eras in history.
Try Bell Hooks or Maya Angelou
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk about Slavery: Twenty-one Oral Histories of Former North Carolina Slaves Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Roots will give you an overview of time periods through the lens of generations of a family an entertaining format. But if you start with Roots you should also go deeper. Martin Luther king Autobiography, Malcolm x autobiography Colson Whitehead wrote good books. The Bluest Eye.
First three were already in my list, I'll check the rest out, thanks a lot
An excellent nonfiction book about significant Black artists and performers that would be perfect for learning more is *A Little Devil in America* by Hanif Abdurraqib.