Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Translator Lunine Pierre-Jerome, Alice Walker, Alice Walker
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
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The coldest winter ever by Sister Souljah
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Michelle Obama in Her Own Words by Michelle Obama, Carlton Books Staff
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Sula by Toni Morrison
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Parable of the sower by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy, John Jennings, Silvia Moreno
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes Staff
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Passing by Nella Larsen
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Publishing History

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Subjects

Fiction, African Americans, Biography, African american women, History, African americans, fiction, Man-woman relationships, Women, African americans, biography, Social conditions, Race relations, Fiction, general, Noires américaines, African American authors, Juvenile literature, Women authors, Fiction, romance, general, Intellectual life, Female friendship, Poetry

Places

United States, Southern States, Alabama, New York (State), New York, New York (N.Y.), North Carolina, Montgomery, Montgomery (Ala.), Washington (D.C.), Georgia, California, Atlanta (Ga.), Chicago (Ill.), Virginia, Illinois, Louisiana, South Carolina, New Orleans (La.), Mississippi

People

Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913), Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Sojourner Truth (d. 1883), Zora Neale Hurston, Rosa Parks (1913-), Maya Angelou, Michelle Obama (1964-), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), Alice Walker (1944-)

Times

20th century, 19th century, 21st century, 1975-, Civil War, 1861-1865, 18th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 20e siècle, 1980-, 17th century

Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Mary Monroe, 28 books
Mary B. Morrison, 25 books
Kiki Swinson, 23 books
Nikki Turner, 19 books
Gwynne Forster, 19 books
Darlene Clark Hine, 18 books
Joy Deja King, 18 books
Pearl Cleage, 16 books
Victoria Christopher Murray, 15 books
Maya Angelou, 15 books
Hill, Donna, 15 books
De'nesha Diamond, 15 books
Zane, 15 books
Valerie Wilson Wesley, 14 books
L. A. Banks, 13 books
Niobia Bryant, 13 books
Alice Walker, 13 books
Bell Hooks, 13 books
Iyanla Vanzant, 13 books
Terry McMillan, 13 books
ReShonda Tate Billingsley, 12 books
Brenda Hampton, 12 books
Chunichi, 12 books
Kimberla Lawson Roby, 12 books
Stephanie Perry Moore, 11 books