Tuesday, February 7, 2023

A Black History Month reading list

During our nearly 24 years of operation, our group has read many books by and/or about African-American members of the LGBTQ+ community. In honor of Black History Month, here is a list:


James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room and Just Above My Head


Keith Boykin, Beyond the Down Low


John D'Emilio, Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin


Samuel Delaney, Times Square Red, Times Square Blue


James Earl Hardy, B-Boy Blues


Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings


E. Lynn Harris (editor), Freedom in This Village


Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name


Tarell Alvin McCraney, Choir Boy


Darryl Pinckney, Black Deutschland


Alice Walker, The Color Purple


Vincent Woodard, The Delectable Negro



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