i've been tagged by dr. mon! i'd like to preface this post by saying that i'm quite embarrassed that i haven't read some of these titles. so, i've taken the liberty of adding some of my own titles.
the instructions:
bold the books you've read.
*star the titles you own or you've read more than once.*
italicize the books plan to read.
strike out any books you have no interest in reading.
??use question marks to indicate titles/authors you've never heard of??
The List:
Assata: An Autobiography--Assata Shakur
The Autobiography of Malcolm X--Malcolm X/Alex Haley
The Bluest Eye--Toni Morrison
*black like me--john howard griffin*
The Bondwoman's Narrative--Hannah Crafts/Henry Louis Gates
Cane--Jean Toomer
Cane River--Lalita Tademy
Chasing Destiny--Eric Jerome Dickey
The Coldest Winter Ever--Sister Souljah
The Color Purple--Alice Walker
??Crossing the Mangrove--Maryse Conde??
Death and the King's Horseman--Wole Soyinka
Devil in a Blue Dress--Walter Moseley
Dreams of My Father--Barack Obama
The Fire Next Time--James Baldwin
Fences--August Wilson
*hate crime: the true story of a dragging in jasper, texas--joyce king*
Holler If You Hear Me--Michael Eric Dyson
Invisible Life--E. Lynn Harris
Invisible Man--Ralph Ellison
Joys of Motherhood--Buchi Emecheta
Jubilee--Margaret Walker
Kindred--Octavia Butler
??Krik?Krak!--Edwidge Danticat??
Life and Def--Russell Simmons
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass--Frederick Douglass
Mama--Terry McMillan
Manchild in the Promised Land--Claude Brown
Measure of Our Success--Marian Wright Edelman
Men Cry in the Dark--Michael Baisden
The Mis-Education of the Negro--Carter G. Woodson
Native Son--Richard Wright
Nervous Conditions--Tsitsi Dangarembga
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word--Randall Kennedy
??Omeros--Derek A. Walcott??
On The Down Low--J. L. King
an ordinary man--paul ruseabagina
Our Nig--Harriet E. Wilson
Race Matters--Cornel West
A Raisin in the Sun--Lorraine Hansberry
72 Hour Hold--Bebe Moore Campbell
Sex Chronicles--Zane
Sister Outsider--Audre Lorde
??So Long a Letter--Mariama Ba??
Soul on Ice--Eldridge Cleaver
*The Souls of Black Folks--W.E.B. Du Bois*
Shine--Star Jones Reynolds
The Street--Ann Petry
*Their Eyes Were Watching God--Zora Neale Hurston*
??Things Fall Apart--Chinua Achebe??
Thomas and Beulah--Rita Dove
Up From Slavery--Booker T. Washington
When and Where I Enter--Paula Giddings
*why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? and other conversations about race--dr. beverly daniel tatum*
the instructions:
bold the books you've read.
*star the titles you own or you've read more than once.*
italicize the books plan to read.
??use question marks to indicate titles/authors you've never heard of??
The List:
Assata: An Autobiography--Assata Shakur
The Autobiography of Malcolm X--Malcolm X/Alex Haley
The Bluest Eye--Toni Morrison
*black like me--john howard griffin*
The Bondwoman's Narrative--Hannah Crafts/Henry Louis Gates
Cane--Jean Toomer
Cane River--Lalita Tademy
Chasing Destiny--Eric Jerome Dickey
The Coldest Winter Ever--Sister Souljah
The Color Purple--Alice Walker
??Crossing the Mangrove--Maryse Conde??
Death and the King's Horseman--Wole Soyinka
Devil in a Blue Dress--Walter Moseley
Dreams of My Father--Barack Obama
The Fire Next Time--James Baldwin
Fences--August Wilson
*hate crime: the true story of a dragging in jasper, texas--joyce king*
Holler If You Hear Me--Michael Eric Dyson
Invisible Life--E. Lynn Harris
Invisible Man--Ralph Ellison
Joys of Motherhood--Buchi Emecheta
Jubilee--Margaret Walker
Kindred--Octavia Butler
??Krik?Krak!--Edwidge Danticat??
Life and Def--Russell Simmons
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass--Frederick Douglass
Mama--Terry McMillan
Manchild in the Promised Land--Claude Brown
Measure of Our Success--Marian Wright Edelman
The Mis-Education of the Negro--Carter G. Woodson
Native Son--Richard Wright
Nervous Conditions--Tsitsi Dangarembga
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word--Randall Kennedy
??Omeros--Derek A. Walcott??
an ordinary man--paul ruseabagina
Our Nig--Harriet E. Wilson
Race Matters--Cornel West
A Raisin in the Sun--Lorraine Hansberry
72 Hour Hold--Bebe Moore Campbell
Sex Chronicles--Zane
Sister Outsider--Audre Lorde
??So Long a Letter--Mariama Ba??
Soul on Ice--Eldridge Cleaver
*The Souls of Black Folks--W.E.B. Du Bois*
Shine--Star Jones Reynolds
The Street--Ann Petry
*Their Eyes Were Watching God--Zora Neale Hurston*
??Things Fall Apart--Chinua Achebe??
Thomas and Beulah--Rita Dove
Up From Slavery--Booker T. Washington
When and Where I Enter--Paula Giddings
*why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? and other conversations about race--dr. beverly daniel tatum*
2 lovely comments:
Mon said...
It's all good--you added a couple that I had taken off my orginal list. Hopefully the meme is a lil fun and a lil educational to folks about the true BROAD scope of Black lit. i'm gonna add the titles you've read to my list of books to read this summer!!
The_Raji said...
The Coldest Winter Ever is a fantastic book and for those interested in the topic of Bi and Gay Black Men- Invisible Life and the books to follow are great as well.