I’m an avid fan of classic literature, but I feel like in the world of academia, people are very euro/white-centric and forget many amazing black authors of classic books, so here’s a small list!
“Beloved” by Toni Morrison
“Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
“Native Son” by Richard Wright
“Go Tell it on the Mountain” by James Baldwin
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
“Not Without Laughter” by Langston Hughes
“Cane” by Jean Toomer
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
“Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde
“The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” by James Weldon Johnson