Biographical Books about Black American

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Story

Fiction / Nonfiction

86 books

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True story

Hollywood

Lighthearted

Saga

Disturbing

Imaginary voyage

The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead

Similar Novels 84%

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 88%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

Similar Novels 94%

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

Similar Novels 86%

Black Boy
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 92%

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 90%

Native Son
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 80%

Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson

Similar Novels 92%

Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates

Similar Novels 88%

Sula
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 78%

Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 80%

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs

Similar Novels 82%

Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama

Similar Novels 77%

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Manning Marable

Similar Novels 92%

Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington

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Tar Baby
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 78%

Black Ice
Lorene Cary

Similar Novels 72%

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

Similar Novels 98%

George Washington Williams: A Biography
John Hope Franklin

Similar Novels 100%

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