With more people having conversations about race, many are looking to works of literature to better help them understand the issues that Black people face in the United States.
is based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida where boys were beaten and killed over the course of 111 years. Set in the fictional Nickel Academy, the story follows two Black students and their tragic experience at the school.
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionairesis a collection of stories about six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, including Annie Turnbo Malone and Robert Reed Church, and the challenges that they endured to gain success and become millionaires.Baldwin's 1963 non-fiction book consists of two essays.
This coming-of-age memoir tells the story of a young Black gay man from the South as he fights to find his place in the world, within his family, as well as his hopes, dreams and fears. The book explores race, queerness, power and vulnerability as one grows.Ballantine Books From the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl book club, Edim curates essays by powerful Black writers Jacqueline Woodson, Jesmyn Ward and Tayari Jones and others to share the importance of recognizing oneself in literature.This collection of poetry is a beautiful and heartbreaking look at being Black, queer, and living with HIV. Among Smith's most moving poems is"Summer Somewhere," in which he imagines a paradise for all the Black men who have been killed by police violence.
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