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A Black Literary Canon - Page 5

Collected from multiple lists, this list, like any attempt at creating a literary canon, is incomplete. This is only part of a larger conversation about what are the greatest, most important, influential, beautiful, poetic, and powerful works of black literature the world over.
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Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox
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Municipal Gum (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
Municipal Gum (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
163
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
164
Native Son
Native Son
165
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (Langston Hughes)
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (Langston Hughes)
166
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
167
The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
168
No Ashes in the Fire (Darnell Moore)
No Ashes in the Fire (Darnell Moore)
169
No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
170
No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (E. Patrick Johnson)
No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (E. Patrick Johnson)
171
Nobody (Marc Lamont Hill)
Nobody (Marc Lamont Hill)
172
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
173
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter
174
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
175
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW (Zadie Smith)
176
Oil on Water (Helon Habila)
Oil on Water (Helon Habila)
177
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
178
Open City
Open City
179
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise
180
Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
181
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
182
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
183
Paradise
Paradise
184
Passing
Passing
185
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Marcus Garvey)
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Marcus Garvey)
186
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
187
Poems on Various Religious and Moral (Phillis Wheatley)
Poems on Various Religious and Moral (Phillis Wheatley)
188
Push
Push
189
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
190
A Question of Power
A Question of Power
191
Quicksand
Quicksand
192
Racism Without Racists (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)
Racism Without Racists (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)
193
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
194
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
195
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
196
Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
197
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
198
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
199
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
200
Shadow and Act (Ralph Ellison)
Shadow and Act (Ralph Ellison)
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