Biographical Books about African American

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Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 88%

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

Similar Novels 84%

Native Son
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 80%

The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois

Similar Novels 86%

Sula
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 78%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

Similar Novels 94%

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 90%

Black Boy
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 92%

Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

Similar Novels 92%

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable

Similar Novels 92%

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%

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs

Similar Novels 82%

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
John D'Emilio

Similar Novels 98%

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

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George Washington Williams: A Biography
John Hope Franklin

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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%

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