{"id":20759,"date":"2024-03-12T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=20759"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T00:20:31","slug":"celebrating-black-authors-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/celebrating-black-authors-for-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black authors for Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by: Claire Phillips | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n

As Black History Month comes to an end, here is a list of books written by Black authors to expand one\u2019s reading portfolio. With a mix of thrillers, memoirs and historical fiction, everyone is sure to find something to enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Color Purple\u201d by Alice Walker <\/b>\u2014<\/span> This Pulitzer prize winning novel depicts the lives of African American women living in twentieth-century rural Georgia. Though separated while they were young, sisters Celie and Nettie stay loyal to each other across time through a series of letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vanishing Half\u201d by Brit Bennett <\/b>\u2014<\/span> From the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, racial identities and communities are explored. One twin sister remains in the southern town she once tried to escape, while the other hides her past from her white husband.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAce of Spades\u201d by Faridah \u00c0b\u00edk\u00e9-\u00cdy\u00edm\u00edd\u00e9 <\/b>\u2014 At Niveus Private Academy, the wealthy students strive for nothing less than perfection. When the anonymous texter, \u201cAces,\u201d brings two students\u2019 secrets to light, everything turns upside down.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hate U Give\u201d by Angie Thomas <\/b>\u2014 Starr Carter exists in two worlds \u2014 the poor neighborhood where she lives and the suburban prep school she attends. The shaky balance between her two worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the shooting of her best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecoming\u201d by Michelle Obama <\/b>\u2014 The first African-American First Lady shares her experiences advocating for young women, creating inclusivity in the White House and changing the ways families pursue the topic of health in her memoir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRight Where I Left You\u201d by Julian Winters <\/b>\u2014 Isaac Martin is ready to start summer, but not ready to start college without his best friend, Diego. Knowing the summer is limited, Isaac enacts a plan to snatch up a pair of badges for a comic convention \u2014 until past friends come into the picture and things become complicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Taking of Jake Livingston\u201d by Ryan Douglass <\/b>\u2014 Jake Livingston is one of the only Black students at St. Clair Prep School, and to make matters worse, he can see dead people. Most ghosts are harmless, but once Jake meets the vengeful spirit, Sawyer, high school becomes a game of survival that Jake isn\u2019t sure he can win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRed at the Bone\u201d by Jacqueline Woodson <\/b>\u2014 On the evening of 16 year-old Melody\u2019s coming of age party, she wears a beautiful dress to celebrate with relatives \u2014 a dress made for her mother 16 years prior for a ceremony that never happened. Her family history is unfurled as this book moves both forward and backward in time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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