1. “I Am Not Sidney Poitier” by Percival Everett
2. “The Blacker The Berry” by Wallace Thurman
3. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett
4. “We’re Gonna Need More Wine” by Gabrielle Union
5. The Success Commandments: Master the Ten Spiritual Principles to Achieve Your Destiny” by DeVon Franklin
6. “Song Of Solomon” by Toni Morrison
7. “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Fredrick Douglas
8. “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
9. “Half Of A Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
10.”Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly
11. “Go Tell It On The Mountain” by James Baldwin
12.”Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur
13. “Annie Allen” by Gwendolyn Brooks
14. “Up From Slavery” by Booker T. Washington
15. “Blessed Life: My Surprising Journey of Joy, Tears, and Tales from Harlem to Hollywood " by Kim Fields
16. “The Secret Life Of Bees” By Sue Monk Kidd
17. “Kindred” by Octavia E. Butler
18. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
19. “Higher Is Waiting” by Tyler Perry
20. “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander