Black Classics

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Overview

The challenge is simply to read all these amazing black classics over time.

Challenge Books

1

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

2

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

3

Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Corregidora

Gayl Jones

4

Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden

Sugar

Sugar Lacey #1

Bernice L. McFadden

5

The Street by Ann Petry

The Street

Ann Petry

6

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessi Redmon Fauset

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

Black Women Writers

Jessi Redmon Fauset

7

The Living is Easy by Dorothy West

The Living is Easy

Dorothy West

8

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

9

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

10

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

11

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

12

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston