For Black History Month: 5 Favorite African American Books?

In no particular order, 5 favorite African American books:

1. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin.
2. Collected Poems, Langston Hughes
3. Solomon's Song, Toni Morrison
4. Linden Hills, Gloria Naylor
5. Mumbo Jumbo, Ishmael Reed

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
Sweet Hell Inside by Edward Ball
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
River Cross My Heart by Breena Clark

Simple Justice, by Richard Kluger
Scottsboro, Alabama: a Story in Linoleum Cuts, by Lin Shi Khan
If I Can Cook, You Know God Can, by Ntozake Shange
Daughters of the Dust, by Julie Dash
Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats, by Michael Cunningham

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle
Harlem Redux by Persia Walker
The Conjure Man Dies by Rudolph Fisher
Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset