Classic Black Literature

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Originally posted by irockirockirock

I’m an avid fan of classic literature, but I feel like in the world of academia, people are very euro/white-centric and forget many amazing black authors of classic books, so here’s a small list!

1. “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
2. “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
3. “Native Son” by Richard Wright
4. “Go Tell it on the Mountain” by James Baldwin
   
5. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
   
6. “Not Without Laughter” by Langston Hughes
   
7. “Cane” by Jean Toomer
   
8. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
   
9. “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
   
10. “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” by James Weldon Johnson
    
11. “Through the Ivory Gate” by Rita Dove
    
12. “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
    
13. “Passing” by Nella Larsen
    
14. “Amiable with Big Teeth” by Claude McKay
    
15. “Imperium in Imperio” by Sutton Griggs
    
16. “The Street” by Ann Petry
    
17. “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas
    
18. “Narrative of Sojourner Truth” by Sojourner Truth
    
19. “The Curse of Caste” by Julia C. Collins
    
20. “Jazz” by Toni Morrison