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Study of Melville's Moby Dick as allegory for American totalitarianism, written while James was detained on Ellis Island.

James's engagement with Hegel's dialectics and their application to revolutionary politics.

Novel giving voice to Tituba, the enslaved woman accused of witchcraft in Salem, exploring slavery and Black womanhood.

Epic novel following a Bambara family in 18th-19th century Mali through Islam's spread and slave trade.

Essay interrogating how Western humanism excluded colonized peoples from the category of 'human'.

First of seven autobiographies chronicling Angelou's childhood in the segregated South and her coming of age.

Poetry collection including the iconic title poem celebrating Black resilience and triumph.

Poem celebrating Black womanhood and female confidence, rejecting conventional beauty standards.

Second autobiography covering Angelou's young adult years as single mother navigating post-WWII America.

Poem written for President Clinton's inauguration, calling for unity and facing history honestly.

First poetry collection depicting everyday life of Black residents in Chicago's South Side.

Poetry sequence following Annie Allen from childhood to womanhood in Chicago.

Novel-in-vignettes following a Black woman's ordinary life in Chicago, examining colorism and dignity.

Short poem about seven pool players at the Golden Shovel, capturing young Black male life and mortality.

Radical poetry collection establishing Giovanni as voice of Black Arts Movement.

Militant poetry collection addressing Black power and revolutionary consciousness.

Poetry for young readers including the iconic 'Ego Tripping' celebrating Black women's power.

Groundbreaking history of African-American music as expression of Black American experience.

One-act play about violent confrontation between Black intellectual and white woman on subway.

Poetry collection marking Baraka's transition from Beat poet to Black nationalist voice.

Examination of sexism's impact on Black women during slavery through modern feminism's failures.

Critique of mainstream feminism's exclusion of women of color and working-class women.

Essays on coming to voice as Black feminist intellectual, challenging white supremacy and patriarchy.

Analysis of how Black people are represented in media and the 'oppositional gaze'.

Exploration of love as practice and political force, defining love through care, commitment, trust.

Historical analysis of racism and sexism in America from slavery through women's suffrage movement.

Davis's account of her life, FBI most wanted status, imprisonment, and political activism.

Argument for prison abolition and analysis of prison-industrial complex.

Collection of essays connecting Ferguson, Palestine, and global freedom struggles.

Systematic analysis of Black feminist thought and the 'matrix of domination'.

Landmark essay coining 'intersectionality' to describe how Black women face compounded discrimination.

Hartman's journey to Ghana tracing the slave route and grappling with African-American identity.

Intimate histories of Black women in early 20th century Philadelphia and New York, using 'critical fabulation'.

Analysis of everyday violence of slavery and its afterlife in American society.

First major anthology of Black women's writing including Nikki Giovanni, Audre Lorde, Alice Walker.

Novel about a Black woman's healing after suicide attempt, blending traditional and modern medicine.

Short story collection including 'The Lesson' and 'Raymond's Run' about Black urban life.

Letter to son about being Black in America, exploring fear, police violence, and the Black body.

Atlantic essay arguing for reparations by chronicling housing discrimination and its lasting effects.

Essays from Obama era exploring race, history, and the limits of progress.

Novel about enslaved man with photographic memory who discovers supernatural power of Conduction.

Novel reimagining the Underground Railroad as actual railroad beneath the Southern soil.

Novel based on true story of abusive Florida reform school and its Black victims.

Novel about first Black female elevator inspector in alternate world, exploring race and progress.

Novel following poor Mississippi family in 12 days before Hurricane Katrina.

Road novel about Mississippi family haunted by ghosts of past, exploring race and incarceration.

Memoir about five young Black men from Ward's Mississippi community who died in five years.

Satirical novel about Black man who reinstates slavery and segregation in Los Angeles suburb.

First book of Broken Earth trilogy set on supercontinent plagued by catastrophic seismic events.

Second book of Broken Earth trilogy continuing Essun's search for daughter amid apocalypse.

Conclusion of Broken Earth trilogy as Essun must choose between saving or destroying the world.

Novel about Ghanaian-American neuroscientist studying addiction while caring for depressed mother.

Collection of Sankara's revolutionary speeches on anti-imperialism, women's liberation, and African unity.

Sankara's speeches on women's emancipation as essential to revolutionary transformation.

Mandela's autobiography from childhood through his release from 27 years in prison.

Mandela's private journals, letters, and notes revealing his inner thoughts during struggle.

Play set in 1927 Chicago recording studio exploring tensions between blues musicians and white management.

Play about Troy Maxson, former Negro League player, and his strained family relationships in 1950s Pittsburgh.

Play set in 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house where former slave searches for his wife.

Play about siblings fighting over family piano carved with their ancestry during slavery.