Books about African American Family

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Beloved
Toni Morrison

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Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

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Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin

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The Black Knight: An African-American Family’s Journey from West Point—a Life of Duty, Honor and Country
Clifford Worthy

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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

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The Hornes: An American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley

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Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward

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The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
Ntozake Shange

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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

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Family Ties: Restoring Unity in the African American Family
Colleen Birchett

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The Darkest Child
Delores Phillips

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Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
Mitchell S. Jackson

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Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi

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Born at the Battlefield of Gettysburg: An African American Family Saga
Harriette C. Rinaldi

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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Jesmyn Ward

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Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era
Ira Berlin

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Silver Sparrow
Tayari Jones

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The Strength of Our Mothers: African & African American Women & Families: Essays and Speeches
Niara Sadarkasa

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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
Alice Walker

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