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Black Student Union Reading Lists

Starting in 2021, the Black Student Union (BSU) shared monthly reading lists with the library. These reading lists were then displayed. This guide will archive the old lists.

January 2023 Reading List

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X, BP223.Z8 L57943 1999

2. Feeding the Soul (Because it's My Business) by Tabitha Brown

3. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, E901.1.O23 A3 2006

4. Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson, PN2287.T97 A3 2021  

5. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela,  DT 799 .95 .M36 M3

6. Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton, E 185 .97 .N48 A3 2009

7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, PS3551.N464 Z466 2002

8. Becoming by Michelle Obama

9. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah, PN2287.N557 A3 2016  

10. The Rastafarians by Leonard E Barrett, BL2532.R37 B37

11. I am Not Your Negro by James BaldwinE185.61 .B197 2017

12. Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King

13. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur  FIC MOR

14. Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells

15. Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives by Darcy Eveleigh, Dana Canedy, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns, E 185.615 .E855 2017

16. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane, DT1949.M38 A3 1998

17. The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts by Baba Ifa Karade, BL2480.Y6 K3720 1994

18. To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry  FIC EL

19. Jambalaya by Luisa Teish  FIC DAV

20. Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis  ML419.D39 A3 2005