Conscious / Enlightening Reading List
This page is really to provide a gateway for me to awknowledge the books that have helped me along the way try to be an enlightened individual; inspired me into learning about black history, the world, acceptance of who I am, and I hope it proves useful and informative for you; This page details some books that SHOULD be in your collection ;-)
| When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth by Century America (Paperback) | The Outsider (Paperback) | Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and People's War (Paperback) | Another Country (Paperback) | |
| The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans (The New Marcus Garvey Library, No. 9) | Conversations with My Sons and Daughters (Paperback) | The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback) | Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (Utopianism & Communitarianism) | |
| Africa: The Time Has Come (Hardcover) | Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred (Paperback) | The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback) | I Write What I Like: Selected Writings (Paperback) | |
| Biko (Paperback) | Native Son (Perennial Classics) by Richard Wright | Black Labor, White Wealth : The Search for Power and Economic Justice by Claud Anderson | Roots by Alex Haley | |
| Race Matters by Cornel West | How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney | Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale | From the Browder File: 22 Essays on the African American Experience (From the Browder File Series) by Anthony T. Browder | |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America by Earl G. Graves | The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing | Hip Hop Decoded by The Black Dot | From Superman to Man by J. A. Rogers | |
| Breaking the Curse of Willie Lynch: The Science Of Slave Psychology by Alvin Morrow | Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys by Jawanza Kunjufu | Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery by Naim Akbar | Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. by Chancellor Williams | |
| The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon | Know Thyself by Na?im Akbar | Willie Lynch: Why African Americans Have So MAll Issues by Marc Sims | Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur | |
| Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color by Iyanla VanZant | Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver | Uprising by Yusuf Jah | |
| 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro by J. A. Rogers | Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis | The MisbyEducation of the Negro by Carter Godwin Woodson | From Niggas to Gods, Vol. II: Escaping "Niggativity" & Becoming God by Akil | |
| Visions for Black Men by Na?im Akbar | Therefore I Am: A Book for AfricanbyAmerican Men by Frederick Covington | Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison | From Niggas to Gods, Part One by Akil | |
| Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler | The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Alex Haley | Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper | Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality by Yusuf Jah | |
| When we Ruled by Robin Walker | What Is Cool?: Understanding Black Manhood in America by Marlene K. Connor | The Black Man's Guide to Working in a White Man's World by E. LeMay Lathan | Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison | |
| Ugly by Constance Briscoe | Beyond Ugly by Constance Briscoe | Gifted at Primary, Failing at Secondary by Neil Mayers | Melanin (what makes black people black) by Llaila Afrika | |
| Egyptian Yoga by Sebai Muata Ashby | The African Origin of Civilisation by Cheikh Anta Diop | Before the Slave Trade by Robin Walker | African Holistic Health by Dr Llaila Afrika | |
| Truth & Nothing But by Gerald Slater | What they Never Told you in History Class by KhamitbyKush | Cultural Genocide by Yosef benbyJockannan | Free Your Mind by The Investigator | |
| From the Browder File by Anthony T Browder | The Black Matrix by Franklin Jones | Medical Apartheid by Harriet A Washington | The Melanin Diet by Deanne Meningall | |
| Long Run, Short Catch by Asama Iwuoha | A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown | Enemy Between My Legs by Stephanie L Jones | Do You by Russell Simmons | |
| Legacy of the Black Gods by Paul Simons | Conversations with the Blackman's God by Neferatiti & Arkenatan Shabazz
| What being Black is and What being Black Isn't by Jacob Whittingham and Biscuit | The Black Male Handbook by Kevin Powell
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| Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Nutricide by Dr Llaila Afrika | The Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Black Studies Primer by Keith A P Sandiford | |
| Spirit of a Man by Iyanla Vanzant | The Value in the Valley by Iyanla Vanzant | In the Meantime by Iyanla Vanzant | Still I Rise by Maya Angelou | |
| I Shall Not be Moved by Maya Angelou | I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou | Yesterday I Cried by Iyanla Vanzant | ISIS papers by Dr Cress Welsing | |
| All books by Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (especially They Came Before Columbus) | All books by Dr. Chekh Anta Diop (especially Civilization or Barbarism) |
| All books by Joel Augustus Rogers | All books by Dr. Amos N. Wilson (especially Blueprint for BlackPower) |
| All books by Dr. Jacob Carruthers (especially Mdw Ntr: Divine Speech) | All books by Dr. Molefi Asante (especially The Painful Demise of Eurocentrism) |
| All books byDr. John Henrik Clarke | All books by Dr. YosefBen Jochannan |
| All books by Dr. Tony Martin (especially Race First) | All books by Asa G. Hilliard |
| All books by Dr. Naim Akbar | All books by Dr. Eric Williams |
| All books by Walter Rodney | All books by Michael Bradley |
| All books by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad | All books by Agyei Akoto (especially The Sankofa Movement) |
| All books by Dr. Theophile Obenga | All books by Gerald Massey (especially Ancient Egypt Light of the World) |
| All books by Tony Browder | All books by Dr. John Hope Franklin |
| All books by Oba T Shaka | All books by Noam Chomsky |
| All books by Ayi Kwei Armah (especially Two Thousand Seasons) | All books by Dr. Chinua Achebe(especially Things Fall Apart) |
| All books by Dr. Maulana Karenga (especially The Husia) | Let the Circle be Unbroken by Dr. Marimba Ani |
| Yurugu by Dr. Marimba Ani | Powernomics by Claude Anderson |
| Miseducation of the Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson | The Destruction of Black Civilization by Dr. Chancellor Williams |
| Black Labor, White Wealth by Claude Anderson | The West and the Rest of Us by Dr. Chinweizu |
| Metu Neter Vol. 1 & 2 by Ra Un Nefer Amen | Conversations with Ogotemmeli by Marcel Griaule |
| Decolonizing the Afrikan Mind by Dr. Chinweizu | The Pale Fox by M. Graiule and G. Dieterlen |
| Echoes of the Old Darkland by Charles S. Finch | The Star of Deep Beginings by Charles S. Finch |
| Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations by Dr. Runoko Rashidi | African Cultural Values by Kwame Gyekye |
| Eurocentrism by Samir Amin | Darwin’s Athletes by John Hoberman |
| The African Personality in America by Dr. Kobi Kambon | Oludumare by Dr. E. Bolaji Idowu |
| African History and Culture edited by Richard Olaniyan | Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes by Harold Courlander |
| In the Matter of Color by A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. | Black Messiahs and Uncle Toms by Wilson Jeremiah Moses |
| Global African Presence by Edward Scobie | The Story of the Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole |
| King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild | The Adinkra Dictionary by W. Bruce Willis |
| Let The Ancestors Speak by Ankh Mi Ra | Ancient Future by Wayne B. Chandler |
| Black Athena Vol. 1&2 by Martin Bernal |
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| The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon | The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron | A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn |
| Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? By Reginald Louis/Blair Walker | The New World Order by Ralph Epperson | Dark Majesty by Texxe Marrs |
| The Emerging Police State by William M. Kunstler | Shadows of Power “America’s Hidden Oligarchy” by James Perloff | The Two Babylon’s by Rev. Alexander Hislop |
| Conspirators Hierarchy by Dr. John Coleman | Surviving Global Slavery (Living Under the New World Order) by Robert k. Spear | Think Free To Live Free by Claire Wolfe |
| EN ROUTE to GLOBAL OCCUPATION by Gary H. Kah | Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln | The Iceman Inheritance by Michael Bradley |
| The Messianic Legacy by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln | The Thirteenth Tribe by Author Koestler | The Valley of the Dry Bones by Rudolph R. Windsor |
| The Lost Tribes A Myth by Professor Allen Godbey | From Babylon to Timbuktu by Rudolph R. Windsor | Culture Bandits by Del Jones |
| The Secret Relationship between Blacks and Jews by the N.O.I. | The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham | They Stole It But They Must Return It by Dr. Richard Williams |
| The Stolen Legacy by George G.M. James | Did God Make Them Black? By Isaac O. Olaleye | The Black Holocaust by Del Jones |
| Nature Knows No Color Line by J.A. Rogers | The River by Edward Hooper | Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment by James H. Jones |
| Chemical and Biological Warfare by Steven Rose | The Debt; What America Owes to Blacks by Randall Robinson | Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys (vol. 1, 2 and 3) by Jawanza Kunjufu |
| Population and Development by Eamonn Keane | Critical Issues in Educating African American Youth by Jawanza Kunjufu | Black Enterprise Guide to Investing by James A. Anderson |
| Motivating and Preparing Black youth for Success by Jawanza Kunjufu | To Be Popular or Smart: The Black Peer Group by Jawanza Kunjufu | Black Students/Middle Class Teachers by Jawanza Kunjufu |
| Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth by Ric Edelman | All You Need to Know About the Music Business by Donald S. Passman | Heal Thyself for Health and Longevity by Queen Afua |
| Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club by Thomas E. O’Hara/Kenneth S. Janke Sr. | The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children by Carol Simontacchi | Capitalism; the Unknown Idea by Ayn Rand |
| Seize The Time by Bobby Seale | No More Prisons by William Upski Wimsatt | The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy |
| The Life and Times of Cesar Borge by Raphael Sabatini | The Prophet by…Khalil Gibran | The SANKOFA Movement: ReAfrikanization and the Reality of War by…Kwame Agyei & Akua Nson Akoto |
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| AFRICAS GIFT TO AMERICA- J.A. ROGERS | THE BLACK HOLOCAUST FOR BEGINNERS- SAM ANDERSON | PECULIAR INSTITUTION- KENNETH STAMP |
| COUNTERING THE CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY BLACK BOYS, VOL. I-IV- JAWANZA KUNJUFU | CHAINS AND IMAGES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SLAVERY- NA’IM AKBAR | RACISM- THE THEORY OF COLOR CONFRONTATION- DR. FRANCES CRESS WELSING |
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| The Hiphop Driven Life by…Arnett Kale Powell & Adebayo “Bayo” Alabi Olorunto | Blueprint for Black Power by…Amos N. Wilson | NationBuilding (Theory & Practice in Afrikan Centered Education) by…Kwame Agyei Akoto |
| Our Criminal Society (The Social and Legal Sources of Crime in America) by…Edwin M. Schur | The West and the Rest of Us by…Chinweizu | Two Thousand Seasons by…Ayi Kwei Armah |
| Who Needs The Negro? by…Sidney M. Wilhelm | The Culture of Terrorism by…Noam Chomsky | Ruminations by… KRS ONE |
| Agents Of Repression (The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party & the American Indian Movement by…Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall | Rich Dad Poor Dad by…Robert T. Kiyosaki | Black Skin, White Masks by…Frantz Fanon |
| Challenge of the Congo by…Kwame Nkrumah | Beginnings of Learning by…J Krishnamurti | A Higher Form Of Killing by…Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman |
| African World Revolution (Africans at the Crossroads) by…John Henrik Clarke | Blaming The Victims by…Edward W. Said & Christopher Hitchens | The Chi Kung Way by…James Macritchie |
| Parable of the Sower by…Octavia E. Butler | Salvation: Black People and Love by…Bell Hooks | Power Edited by…Steven Lukes |
| Rhythm & Business Edited by…Norman Kelley | Pragmatism Edited by…..Louis Menand | The Education of the Negro by…Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson |
| An Ordinary Person’s Guide To Empire by…Arundhati Roy | The Alchemist by…Paulo Coelho | The Art Of War For Executives by…Donald G. Krause |
| Rules For Radicals by…Saul D. Alinsky | Eyes To My Soul (The Rise or Decline of a Black FBI Agent) by…Tyrone Powers | Economic Democracy by…J.W. Smith |
| The Historical Jesus and the Mythical Christ by…Gerald Massey | How To Master The Art Of Selling by…Tom Hopkins | Message to the Blackman by…The Hon. Elijah Muhammad |
| How to Eat to Live (1 & 2) by…The Hon. Elijah Muhammad | Yurugu (An African-Centered Critique Of European Cultural Thought and Behavior) by…Marimba Ani | The Race (Matters Concerning Pan Afrikan History, Culture, and Genocide) Edited by…Kiarri T-H. Cheatwood |
| The Rebirth of African Civilization by…Chancellor Williams | Age of Propaganda (The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion) by…Anthony Pratkanis & Elliot Aronson | Orgasms (How to Have Them, Give Them, and Keep Them Coming) by…Lou Paget |
| Sexual Secrets (The Alchemy Of Ecstasy) by…Nik Douglas & Penny Slinger | Black-On-Black Violence (The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination) by…Amos N. Wilson | The Dancing Wu Li Masters (An Overview of The New Physics) by…Gary Zukav |
| Seat of the Soul by….Gary Zukav | MDW NTR: Divine Speech by…Jacob H. Carruthers | The Hero With A Thousand Faces by…Joseph Campbell |
| The Miseducation of the Black Child by…Nathan Hare & Julia Hare | The 48 Laws of Power by…Robert Greene | Striking Thoughts by…Bruce Lee |
| Trauma and Recovery by…Judith Herman, MD | The Culture Of Fear by…Barry Glassner | Christianity Before Christ by…John G. Jackson |
| The New Nuclear Danger by…Helen Caldicott | Weapons Of Mass Deception by…Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber | The Mafia Manager (A Guide To The Corporate Machiavelli) by…V. |
| Mercy, Mercy Me (The Art, Loves & Demons of Marvin Gaye) by…Michael Eric Dyson | The Compassion Box by…Pema Chodron | The Wu-Tang Manual by…The RZA |
| The Reflexive Universe by…Arthur M. Young | Death At An Early Age by…Jonathan Kozol | How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by…Walter Rodney |
| Guerrilla Publicity by…Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, and Jill Lublin | Who is the King of Glory by…Alvin Boyd Kuhn | Think and Grow Rich (A Black Choice) by…Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill |
| Melanin (what makes black people black) - Llaila Afrika | Gifted at Primary, Failing at Secondary - Neil Mayers | Egyptian Yoga - Sebai Muata Ashby |
| The African Origin of Civilisation - Cheikh Anta Diop | Before the Slave Trade - Robin Walker | African Holistic Health - Dr Llaila Afrika |
| Nutricide - Dr Llaila Afrika | When we Ruled - Robin Walker | Black Studies Primer - Keith A P Sandiford |
| Ugly - Constance Briscoe | Beyond Ugly - Constance Briscoe | Roots - Alex Haley |
| The Caged Virgin - Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali | I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing - Maya Angelou |
| ISIS papers - Dr Cress Welsing | Yesterday I Cried - Iyanla Vanzant | In the Meantime - Iyanla Vanzant |
| I Shall Not be Moved - Maya Angelou | Still I Rise - Maya Angelou | The Value in the Valley - Iyanla Vanzant |
| Spirit of a Man - Iyanla Vanzant | Conversations with the Blackman's God - Neferatiti & Arkenatan Shabazz | Legacy of the Black Gods - Paul Simons |
| What being Black is and What being Black Isn't - Jacob Whittingham and Biscuit | The Black Male Handbook - Kevin Powell | Do You - Russell Simmons |
| Enemy Between My Legs - Stephanie L Jones | A Piece of Cake - Cupcake Brown | Long Run, Short Catch - Asama Iwuoha |
| The Melanin Diet - Deanne Meningall | Medical Apartheid - Harriet A Washington | The Black Matrix - Franklin Jones |
| Free Your Mind - The Investigator | Cultural Genocide - Yosef ben-Jockannan | Truth & Nothing But - Gerald Slater |
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