Black Boy
Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of...
Go Tell It on the Mountain
In one of the greatest American classics, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
She was born Marguerite, but her brother Bailey nicknamed her Maya ("mine"). As...
Song of Solomon
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a...