Autobiographical Books about African American

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Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 90%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

Similar Novels 94%

Black Boy
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 92%

Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Similar Novels 88%

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon Johnson

Similar Novels 86%

Along this way
James Weldon Johnson

Similar Novels 76%

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs

Similar Novels 82%

Die Nigger Die!
Jamil Al-Amin

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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Janet Mock

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Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 80%

The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself
Josiah Henson

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Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude Brown

Similar Novels 94%

Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Davis

Similar Novels 98%

Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody

Similar Novels 90%

Finding Fish: A Memoir
Antwone Fisher

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Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur

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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde

Similar Novels 86%

Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama

Similar Novels 77%

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