- Notes of A Native Son by James Baldwin
- The Ways of White Folk by Langston Hughes
- Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
- The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
- The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
These are essential texts, but here are some others that are also on my list to read,
- Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
- Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli
- Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew Bose
- Radical Hope edited by Carolina De Robertis
- Look by Solmaz Sharif
May these books take you to new places and new seas!
Any recommendations for me?