2006-07-13 03:40:59 · 12 answers · asked by chrisandmell90 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Double dippin by Allison Hobbs
2006-07-13 03:44:35 · answer #1 · answered by Brown skin 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you want something nonfiction dealing with the experience of being black, I particularly liked "Black Like Me" (even though the author wasn't actually black, he darkened his skin to experience the difference in the way blacks and whites were treated in 1960's Alabama). I also really liked "Driving While Black," which was a great instructional book about how racism and profiling turns up in law enforcement and customs, and what you can do about it.
As far as fiction, the most popular black authors in my library are Zane, E. Lynn Harris, Omar Tyree, and Eric Jerome Dickey. The "classics" (Toni Morrison, etc.) tend to sit there on the shelves :-P
2006-07-13 10:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by theycallmewendy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along with titles that others have mentioned, I recommend the following titles:
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Street by Ann Petry
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Isn't Enough by Ntozake Shange
Blackberries Blackberries by Crystal Wilkinson
The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved by Toni Morrison
Passing by Nella Larsen
Also, if you're interested in slave narratives (nonfiction) that formed the foundation of African American literature, you must read the narratives of Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, and Harriet Jacobs.
There are many, many more titles of great books by black authors, and once you have read a few of them, you'll find yourself led to other titles. Happy reading!
2006-07-13 14:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little mentioned among black authors is Samual Delany, the science fiction writer. In particular his earliest books, written when he was 17, 18 and 19, are remarkable. These include The Einstein Intersection and Babel 17... he went on to write larger, and in my opinion, way too pretentious books... but these early books were amazing for someone his age.
2006-07-13 03:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black Boy, by Richard Wright. It's a fictionalized autobiography of Wright's youth in racist Mississippi society back in the 1920s. It's funny, disturbing, and very moving.
A good contemporary equivalent is Makes Me Wanna Holler: a Young Black Man in America, by Nathan McCall.
Enjoy!
2006-07-13 04:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by mistersato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double Dutch to Hip-Hop
-by Kyra Gaunt
2. The Farming of Bones
- by Edwidge Danticat
2006-07-13 04:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by Scooter7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Native Son-Richard W. Wright
Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison
2006-07-13 07:17:19 · answer #7 · answered by BlackSheep_v2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Mandla Langa (South African author)
2006-07-13 03:48:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. "I Know Why the Caged Bird SIngs" by Maya Angelou
2006-07-13 12:59:01 · answer #9 · answered by cryptoscripto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Omar tyree... god dont like ugly
God still dont like ugly
Fly Girl 1 and 2
Maya Angelou I know why the caged bird sings
Ruth ann: Gal
2006-07-13 03:44:49 · answer #10 · answered by gotchafool05 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋