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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.

September 2022 Reading List

1. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler,  FIC BUT

2. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin,  E185.61 .B196

3. Between the World and Me by Ta- Nehisi Coates, E185.615 . C6335 2015 

4. Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead  

5. Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni  

6. African Myths and Folktales by Carter G. Woodson 

7. Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi, E185.61 .K358 2016

8. Restoring Hope: Conversations on the Future of Black America by Dr. Cornell West  

9. Ready for Revolution by Stokely Carmichael, E185.97 .C27 A3

10. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, FIC MOR

11. Going to the Territory by Ralph Ellison  

12. On Beauty by Zadie Smith  

13. Freedom is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis, JC 571 .D33275  2016

14. Queen by Alex Haley  

15. The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde