African American LiteratureReading is the one of the best ways to learn how and why things happen in the world. Considering the turmoil and tragedy that our country is facing, the Niagara Falls Public Library has compiled a list of book titles about the African-American experience. Black Americans have a rich and varied history in this country - and storytelling has always been a tradition in black communities around the world. From the immigrant experiences of Haiti and the West Indies, to the New York Times 1619 Project, these books of literature, poetry and history can give insight on how we all got here. Each of the following items can be checked out from the Niagara Falls Public Library.
Call the library at 286-4894 or email nflref@nioga.org and we will pull a copy for you to pick up! Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib
A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln by Edward Aschorn I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Full Dissidence: notes from an uneven playing field by Howard Bryant Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois Jay-Z: Made in America by Michael Eric Dyson Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Stony the Road: Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crowby Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talking to Strangers: what we should know about the people we don't know by Malcolm Gladwell Conversations in black: on power, politics, and leadership by Ed Gordon The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and The Promise of Americaby Karine Jean-Pierre Busted in New York and other essays by Darryl Pinckney The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley edited by and with an introduction by Vincent Caretta Love Big: the power of revolutionary relationships to heal the world by Rozella Haydee White The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Native Son by Richard Wright |