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Writings & Reflections on the Black Experience

Written by leading thought-leaders discussing, documenting, synthesizing and celebrating black life in America, these titles are a testament to rich but often neglected stories. From books that showcase culinary history to documenting the long-term and insidious effects of slavery, our recommendations are a starting point to thoughtful works.

Burlington County Library System

21 items

  • South to America

    a Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

    Perry, Imani, 1972-
    Book, 2022New York, NY : ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 917.504 PER
  • Four Hundred Souls

    a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Book, 2021New York : One World, [2021] — 973.0496 FOU
  • The Source of Self-Regard

    Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

    Morrison, Toni,
    Book, 2019New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. — 814.6 MOR
  • Book, 2021New York : Abrams Image, 2021. — 782.4216 QUE
  • Book, 2019New York : The New Press, 2019. — B COTTOM
  • Hood Feminism

    Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot

    Kendall, Mikki,
    Book, 2020[New York] : Viking, [2020] — 305.4209 KEN
  • Caste

    the Origins of Our Discontents

    Wilkerson, Isabel,
    Book, 2020New York : Random House, [2020] — 305.5122 WIL
  • Stamped From the Beginning

    the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

    Kendi, Ibram X.,
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2017. — 305.8 KENDI
  • Black Food

    Stories, Art & Recipes From Across the African Diaspora

    Book, 2021California ; New York : Ten Speed Press, [2021] — 641.596 TERRY
  • Black Fortunes

    the Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

    Wills, Shomari
    Book, 2018New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, ©2018 — 973 WIL
  • Entertaining Race

    Performing Blackness in America

    Dyson, Michael Eric,
    Book, 2021New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021. — B DYSON
  • The Cooking Gene

    a Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old South

    Twitty, Michael, 1977-
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — 641.59296 TWI
  • The Three Mothers

    How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

    Tubbs, Anna Malaika,
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Flatiron Books, [2021] — 306.8743 TUB