African American
Black voices and experiences take center stage in this rich collection of memoirs, cultural commentary, historical accounts, and contemporary perspectives. These powerful works explore everything from civil rights and social justice to personal journeys, academic excellence, and the ongoing pursuit of equity in American life.
African American Book Summaries
The Nickel Boys
Historical Fiction
Historical
Race
Sula
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Native Son
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Classics
African American
Race
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
The Underground Railroad
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
Race
Politics
Anti Racist
The House of Eve
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Invisible Man
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Heart of a Woman
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Bad Boy
A Memoir
Memoir
Biography
African American
Message to the Blackman in America
Religion
Race
Islam
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Memoir
Biography
African American
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
History
Memoir
Biography
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
Biography
History
Race
How to Be Black
Humor
Memoir
Race
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
Politics
History
Race
Song of Solomon
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Cartel
Urban
Crime
African American
The Beautiful Struggle
A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
Memoir
Biography
Race
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
History
Race
American History
The Mis-Education of the Negro
History
Education
Race
Money Hungry
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Nobody Knows My Name
Essays
Race
Classics
If You Come Softly
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Grown Women
Historical Fiction
Family
Literary Fiction
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Education
African American
Social Justice
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
Biography
Health
Memoir
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
Biography
Memoir
African American
In Search of Sisterhood
Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement
History
Feminism
African American
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
Politics
Memoir
African American
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
G-Spot
An Urban Erotic Tale
Erotica
Urban
African American
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
Biography
Christian
Memoir
On the Shoulders of Giants
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
History
Sports
Biography
Finding My Bodyguard
Romance
Urban
African American Romance
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Music
Biography
History
Up from Slavery
History
Biography
Classics
The Black History of the White House
History
American History
Politics
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Mare's War
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
A Moment of Silence
Midnight III
Urban
Romance
African American
The Kid
Novels
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Whore
Urban
African American
Romance
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Scorpions
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
