This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Simmons chapter.
Too often, black women doen’t get the credit that they deserve in the literary world. Here is a list of some amazing black authors to read for Black History Month!
- Nella Larsen: Passing
- Lorraine Hansberry: A Raisin in The Sun
- Zora Neale Hurston: How it Feels to be Colored Me, Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Alice Walker: Everyday Use, The Color Purple
- Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We Should All be Feminists
- Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl
- Maya Angelou: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Tayari Jones: An American Marriage
- Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give
Happy reading!