The Weary Blues

From Slavery to Freedom: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk

Not Without Laughter

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems

The South (Unabridged): optional

Amazing Peace: And Other Poems by Maya Angelou

The Ways of White Folks: Stories

The Complete Poetry

I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey

Citizen: An American Lyric

Maud Martha (Faber Editions): 'I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

The Big Sea: An Autobiography

Notes of a Native Son

Black Words Matter: The Journey Of African American Poetry

Black Girl, Call Home

The Poets of the Early 20th Century - Volume 2: Find beauty and hope in a period ravaged worldwide by war

Felon: Poems

Voices of Black America