Nine Books By Black Authors That Belong On Your Bookshelf

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9 Books You Should Know — If you could only have nine Black authors, I would select these. Having read them, you'd have to find a way to enrich your knowledge of Black authors, but you couldn't go wrong starting here

1. Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God — Alice Walker said, "There is no book more important to me than this one." A story of an independent Black woman, written when no such books existed. Zora's rich characters and expression of Black culture make this a must-read!

2. Ta-Nehisi Coates: Between the World and Me — Coates's letter to his son explaining racism and the historical role of white supremacy. It's bound to make you think twice about things you thought you knew.

3. Langston Hughes: The Ways of White Folks — This is a collection of short stories about race relations in America. It's humorous, realistic, and pessimistic, which sounds like an accurate…