Black American Authors of Multicultural Decent
Explore a curated list of Black American authors and their multicultural books. Discover powerful stories, diverse voices, and must-read literature celebrating heritage and identity.
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The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
From Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison comes the story of a young black girl who longs to be like the blond, blue-eyed children that America loves-a novel "so charged with pain and wonder that it becomes poetry" (The New York Times).
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Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
This novel takes readers into a magical and richly peopled world which encompasses four generations of African American life. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood . . . have I found myself so moved . . . Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death".--James Baldwin. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Masters of the Dew
by Jacques Roumain
This outstanding Haitian novel tells of Manuel's struggle to keep his little community from starvation during drought.
