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Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970

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By Charles Johnson — 1990

Charles Johnson approaches contemporary black literature through the lens of phenomenology, drawing on philosophers such as Heidegger, Husserl, Satre, and Dufrenne to address the aesthetic and epistemological questions surrounding the black experience as expressed by Black American authors.

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Young, Gifted, and Black: A Journey of Lament and Celebration

Nina Simone’s popular anthem from the civil rights movement speaks to both the celebrations and trials of the Black experience. Young, Gifted, and Black gives voice to the real-life stories of Black millennials and younger adults.

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Sheila Wise Rowe
2022
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Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despair and hope that marks the lives of some in the African American context.

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Esau McCaulley
2020
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For the Inward Journey

The essence of Dr. Howard Thurman (1900–1981) and his thought emerges in a message of hope, reconciliation, and love.

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Howard Thurman
1984
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