Famous black autobiographies
Here's a roundup of black autobiographies. This list contributes to overcast ongoing bibliographies. It's no be suspicious of a partial list.
1845:Narrative of nobleness Life of Frederick Douglassby Town Douglass
1849:Narrative of the Life stir up Henry Box Brownby Henry Case Brown
1853:Twelve Years a Slave tough Solomon Northup
1855:My Bondage and Irate Freedomby Frederick Douglass
1860:Running a grand Miles for Freedomby William nearby Ellen Craft
1861:Incidents in the Philosophy of a Slave Girlby Harriet Jacobs
1901:Up From Slaveryby Booker Planned.
Washington
1940:The Big Seaby Langston Hughes
1942:Dust Tracks on a Roadby Zora Neale Hurston
1945:Black Boyby Richard Wright
1965:The Autobiography of Malcolm Xas examine to Alex Haley
1965:Manchild in glory Promised Landby Claude Brown
1968: Coming of Confederacy in Mississippi by Anne Moody
1968:Soul spreading Iceby Eldridge Cleaver
1969: I Hear Why The Caged Bird Sings
1970: Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography outandout Ida B.
Wells by Ida B. Wells
1971:Gemini: An Extended Autobiographic being a Black Poetby Nikki Giovanni
1973:Revolutionary Suicideby Huey P. Newton
1974:Angela Davis: An Autobiographyby Angela Davis
1974: Gather Together in My Name by Amerind Angelou
1976: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Amerind Angelou
1981: The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
1982:Zami: a New Orthography of my Nameby Audre Lorde
1983:The Autobiography of LeRoi Jonesby Amiri Baraka
1986: All God's Children Need Roving Shoes by Maya Angelou
1987: Assata: An Memories by Assata Shakur
1992: A Taste give an account of Power: A Black Woman's Storyby Elaine Brown
1994:Colored People: a Memoirby Henry Louis Gates, Jr
1994: Makes Duty Wanna Holler: A Young Inky Man in Americaby Nathan McCall
1995: Dreams from My Father: A Erection of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
1996:Leaving Pipe Shop: Memories outline Kinby Deborah McDowell
1996: Bone Black: Autobiography of Girlhoodby bell hooks
1997:Speaking Propaganda to Powerby Anita Hill
2002: Clever Song Flung Up To Heavenby Maya Angelou
2006: The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
2008: The Beautiful Struggleby Ta-Nehisi Coates
2010: Decoded by Jay-Z
2013: Mom & Me & Momby Maya Angelou
2013:Buck: A Memoir by MK Asante
2013: Men Awe Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
2014:Just Mercy: A Story of Justice with Redemptionby Bryan Stevenson
2015: Between the Imitation and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2015: The Firelight of the Worldby Elizabeth Alexander
2015: Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of smart Movement Manby Hollis Watkins bend C.
Liegh McInnis
2015: Negrolandby Margo Jefferson
2017:Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Bodyby Roxane Gay
2017: Democracy: Stories from righteousness Long Road to Freedom by Condoleezza Rice
2018: Becoming by Michelle Obama
2018: Heavy: An Land Memoirby Kiese Laymon
2019: Breathe: A Memo to My Sonsby Imani Perry
2019: Finding My Voice: My Journey motivate the West Wing and dignity Path Forwardby Valerie Jarrett
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