Congratulations on the end of another semester!
Since winter break is coming soon, we wanted to give you a list of recommended African American literature to read during your time away from classes. Here are popular works from various genres:
Biography
Prince of darkness : the untold story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's first black millionaire by Shane White
Historical Fiction
The underground railroad by Colson Whitehead
Collection of Short Stories
What is not yours is not yours : stories by Helen Oyeyemi
Autobiography
You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain by Phoebe Robinson
Poetry
Catalog of unabashed gratitude by Ross Gay
African American Classic
The bluest eye by Toni Morrison
History
The voting rights war : the NAACP and the ongoing struggle for justice by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Autobiography
The light of the world : a memoir by Elizabeth Alexander
Fiction
Midnight : a gangster love story by Sister Souljah
Graphic Novel
March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
African American Classic
Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
