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Books like Black Boy

Explore 24 books like Black Boy by Richard Wright — a handpicked selection united by North Africa, Church & State, Religious Groups Studies, and South Africa.

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Top related books to Black Boy

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Black Boy.

Capturing Kahanamoku How a Surfing Legend and a Scientific Obsession Redefined Race and Culture

Michael Rossi

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Historical Study & Educational Resources • Indigenous

Not That Bad Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Historical Study & Educational Resources • Community & Culture

Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom

Louis Hughes

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Race Relations • Black & African American

Shifting The Double Lives of Black Women in America

Charisse Jones

Themes: Constitutional Law • Race Relations • Specialties

The Roving Editor Or, Talks With Slaves in the Southern States

James Redpath

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Race Relations • Black & African American

The Lovers: Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet; The True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing

Rod Nordland

Themes: Religious Groups Studies • Constitutional Law • Specific Topics

The Moment Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasn’t and How We All Can Move Forward Now

Bakari Sellers

Themes: Race Relations • Black & African American • Specific Topics

The Knowing How the Oppression of Indigenous Peoples Continues to Echo Today

Tanya Talaga

Themes: Indigenous • Community & Culture • Native American

Liberating Abortion Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve

Renee Bracey Sherman

Themes: Constitutional Law • Specialties • Specific Topics

#10

Voice for the Voiceless Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People

Dalai Lama

Themes: Specific Topics • Community & Culture • Memoirs

#11

On a Move Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice — Mike Africa Jr.

Mike Africa (Jr.)

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Black & African American • Community & Culture

#12

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave. Written by Himself.

Frederick Douglass

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Race Relations • Black & African American

#13

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Olive Gilbert

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Black & African American • Historical Study & Educational Resources

#14

Latino Firsts Trailblazers and Milestones in United States History

Nicolás Kanellos

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Historical Study & Educational Resources • Community & Culture

#15

Desmond Tutu A Biography

Steven Gish

Themes: South Africa • Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Black & African American

#16

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle

Kristen Green

Themes: Race Relations • Black & African American • Specific Topics

#17

The Gospel of John Marrant Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic

Alphonso F. Saville IV IV

Themes: Black & African American • Community & Culture • Religious Studies

#18

Murder the Truth Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful

David Enrich

Themes: Constitutional Law • Specialties • Specific Topics

#19

American Nightmare: The History of Jim Crow

Jerrold M. Packard

Themes: Constitutional Law • Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Race Relations

#20

We Survived the Night

Julian Brave NoiseCat

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Indigenous • Community & Culture

#21

Creating Christian Indians Native Clergy in the Presbyterian Church

Bonnie Sue Lewis

Themes: Cultural & Ethnic Studies • Indigenous • Native American

#22

Citizenship and Genocide Cards IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar

Natalie Brinham

Themes: Constitutional Law • Race Relations • Specialties

#23

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Themes: Race Relations • Black & African American • Community & Culture

#24

The Jew Who Would Be King A True Story of Shipwreck, Survival, and Scandal in Victorian Africa

Adam Laurence Rovner

Themes: Religious Groups Studies • Native American • Africa

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of North Africa, Church & State, Religious Groups Studies — the same threads that run through Black Boy by Richard Wright. Among the authors featured: Michael Rossi, Roxane Gay, Louis Hughes, Charisse Jones, and others.