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A Black Literary Canon - Page 6

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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Since I Laid My Burden Down (Brontez Purnell)
Since I Laid My Burden Down
Brontez Purnell
202
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward
203
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Melissa Harris-Perry)
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Melissa Harris-Perry
204
Sister Outsider (Audre Lorde)
Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde
205
Skin Folk
Skin Folk
206
Sleepaway School (Lee Stringer)
Sleepaway School
Lee Stringer
207
A Small Place
A Small Place
208
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter
209
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
ijeoma oluo
210
Social Life of DNA (Alondra Nelson)
Social Life of DNA
Alondra Nelson
211
Soledad Brother (George Jackson)
Soledad Brother
George Jackson
212
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
213
Song Yet Sung (James McBride)
Song Yet Sung
James McBride
214
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. du Bois
215
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (Toni Morrison)
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
toni morrison
216
Splay Anthem (Nathaniel MacKey)
Splay Anthem
Nathaniel Mackey
217
Spunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston (Zora Neale Hurston)
Spunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
218
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi
219
Stradbroke Dreamtime (Oodgeroo Noonucal)
Stradbroke Dreamtime
Oodgeroo Noonucal
220
A Street in Bronzeville
A Street in Bronzeville
221
Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education (Demetri L. Morgan and Charles H.F. Davis III)
Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education
Demetri L. Morgan and Charles H.F. Davis III
222
Subtle Acts of Exclusion (Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran)
Subtle Acts of Exclusion
Tiffany Jana and Michael Baran
223
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
Toni Morrison
224
The Summer We Got Free (Mia McKenzie)
The Summer We Got Free
Mia McKenzie
225
The Sun Is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon)
The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon
226
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
W.E.B. Du Bois
227
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family (Mitchell S. Jackson)
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
Mitchell S. Jackson
228
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Warsan Shire)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Warsan Shire
229
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
230
They Came Before Columbus (Ivan Van Sertima)
They Came Before Columbus
ivan van sertima
231
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
232
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
233
To Sir With Love (E.R. Braithwaite)
To Sir With Love
e.r. braithwaite
234
The Turner House (Angela Fluornoy)
The Turner House
Angela Fluornoy
235
Two-Headed Woman (Lucille Clifton)
Two-Headed Woman
Lucille Clifton
236
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement (Charlene Carrethers)
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement
Charlene Carrethers
237
Uncle Tom's Children
Uncle Tom's Children
238
Under the Udala Trees (Chinelo Okparanta)
Under the Udala Trees
Chinelo Okparanta
239
The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead)
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
240
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington
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