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A Black Literary Canon - Page 7

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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Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America (Peniel E Joseph)
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
Peniel E Joseph
242
Warfare in the American Homeland (Joy James)
Warfare in the American Homeland
Joy James
243
The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
244
The Water Dancer (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
245
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
246
We Need New Names
We Need New Names
247
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
248
The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues
249
Well-Read Black Girl (Glory Edim)
Well-Read Black Girl
Glory Edim
250
West Indian Immigrants; a Black Success Story? (Suzanne Model)
West Indian Immigrants; a Black Success Story?
Suzanne Model
251
What I Know for Sure (Oprah Winfrey)
What I Know for Sure
oprah winfrey
252
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
Lesley Nneka Arimah
253
When Affirmative Action Was White (Ira Katznelson)
When Affirmative Action Was White
Ira Katznelson
254
When Rain Clouds Gather (Bessie Head)
When Rain Clouds Gather
Bessie Head
255
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Robin Diangelo)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo
256
White Teeth
White Teeth
257
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death
258
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria (Beverly Tatum)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
Beverly Tatum
259
Why We Can't Wait (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Why We Can't Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
260
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
261
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
262
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Women, Race & Class
Angela Davis
263
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
Franz Fanon
264
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
Shonda Rhimes
265
Zami
Zami
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