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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.

November 2022 Reading List

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

2. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah,  PN2287.N557 A3 2016

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


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


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


6. Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia,  JUV BLA


7. Roots by Alex Haley,  DVD ROO


8. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass,  E 449 .D744


9. Black Indians by William Loren Katz,  E 98.R28 K37 1986


10. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson,  HQ76.27.A37 J644 2020


11. 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup,  E444 .N87 2013      DVD TWE


12. Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood  by Ta-Nehisi Coates,  F189.B153 C63 2008


13. Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint L’ouverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh,  F1923.T69 H39 2020


14. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho,  E185.615 .A25 2020


15. The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley,  FIC MOS


16. Value Beyond Visuals by Joseph Provine Jr,.  FIC PRO