Being Black in the 21st century
This Collection showcases Black writers who provide insight into the modern Black experience.




Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Mary-Frances Winters

A Little Devil in America
Hanif Abdurraqib

Afropean
Johny Pitts

Black Is the Body
Emily Bernard

Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine

Dear Black Girl
Tamara Winfrey Harris

Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward

The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander

The Racial Wealth Gap, Explained
Joe Posner, Ezra Klein

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