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10 bestAfrican American Essaysof November 2025

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The James Baldwin Collection: Collected Essays / Early Novels & Stories / Later Novels

The James Baldwin Collection: Collected Essays / Early Novels & Stories / Later Novels

The James Baldwin Collection: Collected Essays / Early Novels & Stories / Later Novels

Library of America

9.8

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2

The Message: Writing and the World

The Message: Writing and the World

The Message: Writing and the World

Hamish Hamilton

9.6

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3

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

9.3

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4

African American Quotations

African American Quotations

African American Quotations

imusti

9.0

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5

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution: Selected Essays and Historical Documents

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution: Selected Essays and Historical Documents

African Americans and the Haitian Revolution: Selected Essays and Historical Documents

Routledge

8.8

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African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture

African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture

African-American Religion: Interpretive Essays in History and Culture

Routledge

8.5

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7

Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays (New and and Selected Essays)

Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays (New and and Selected Essays)

Some of Us Did Not Die: New and Selected Essays (New and and Selected Essays)

Hachette India

8.2

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8

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American Essay

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American Essay

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American Essay

University of North Carolina Press

7.9

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9

Sister Outsider

Sister Outsider

Sister Outsider

Penguin

7.6

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10

Voodoo, Hoodoo and Conjure in African American Literature: Critical Essays

Voodoo, Hoodoo and Conjure in African American Literature: Critical Essays

Voodoo, Hoodoo and Conjure in African American Literature: Critical Essays

McFarland

7.3

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