In this edition of Faith Walking, Erica Campbell recites the scripture that says, “my people perish for lack of knowledge.” The bible encourages us to study, to inform ourselves; to read. Based off of that, Erica urges us to keep reading, and to encourage reading in our households.
It goes beyond reading articles about pop culture online and in magazines- you have to read books! Check out the exclusive video to hear more of this message in this exclusive clip from “Get Up! Mornings With Erica Campbell.”
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50 Books Every Black Teen Should Read
50 Books Every Black Teen Should Read
1. “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur
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2. “Moonwalk” by Michael Jackson
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3. “Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison
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4. “Visions for Black Men” by Na’im Akbar
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5. “The Coldest Winter Ever” by Sister Souljah
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6. “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama
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7. “Sag Harbor” by Colson Whitehead
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8. “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers
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9. “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe
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10. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston
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11. “When Chickenheads Come Home To Roost” by Joan Morgan
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12. “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” as told to Alex Haley
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13. “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
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14. “Interiors: A Black Woman’s Healing…in Progress” by Iyanla Vanzant
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15. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
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16. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
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17. “Blues People” by Amiri Baraka
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18. “Our Kind of People” by Lawrence Otis Graham
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19. “Picking Cotton” by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
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20. “What is the What” by Dave Eggers
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21. “Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center” by bell hooks
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22. “Soledad Brother” by George Jackson
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23. “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz
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24. “Good To Great” by Jim Collins
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25. “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin
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26. “Down These Mean Streets” by Piri Thomas
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27. “Flyy Girl” by Omar Tyree
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28. “Summer Of My German Soldier” by Bette Greene
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29. “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
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30. “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
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31. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
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32. “Miles: The Autobiography” by Miles Davis
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33. “Invisible Life” by E. Lynn Harris
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34. “Kaffir Boy” by Mark Mathabane
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35. “Kindred” by Octavia Butler
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36. “Letter to My Daughter” by Maya Angelou
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37. “Manchild in the Promised Land” by Claude Brown
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38. “Mis-Education of the Negro” by Carter G. Woodsen
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39. “If Beale Street Could Talk” by James Baldwin
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40. “Nile Valley Contributions To Civilization” by Tony Browder
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41. “I Am Not Sidney Poitier” by Percival Everett
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42. “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell
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43. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki
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44. “Roots” by Alex Haley
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45. “Sula” by Toni Morrison
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46. “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
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47. “Who Am I Without Him?” by Sharon Flake
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48. “Twelve Years a Slave” by Solomon Northup
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49. “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine” by Bebe Moore Campbell
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50 Books Every Black Teen Should Read
At NewsOne, we believe that the child who reads is the child who leads. In keeping with that idea, we decided this summer to take a look at the state of reading for black youth. Research has found that the proportion of young people who are daily readers drops has dropped dramatically in recent years. According to some studies, since 1984, the percentage of 13-year-olds who are weekly readers dropped from 70% to 53%. Even worse, the percentage of 17-year-olds who are weekly readers fell from 64% to a startling 40%. And the percentage of 17-year-olds who never or hardly readtripled during the same period, from 9% to 27%. It’s jarring news. We tapped our brother and sister sites: Hello Beautiful and The Urban Daily to get the staff’s summer reading recommendations. Here are a few titles they said had an impact on them and that every black youth should read.
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