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African American Writers

Step into a bookshelf where American history speaks in voices too powerful to ignore—voices forged in bondage, resistance, intellect, and unbreakable hope. Here, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Harriet Jacobs, and others confront slavery, race, freedom, and the fight to define a nation’s conscience. These are not just books; they are testimonies, battle cries, and enduring works of art that still echo today.

42 Audiobooks

The mule-bone : a comedy of Negro life in three acts

The mule-bone : a comedy of Negro life in three acts

by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston

The Conservation of Races The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 2

The Conservation of Races The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 2

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

by Booker T. Washington

The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States

The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

My Bondage and My Freedom

My Bondage and My Freedom

by Frederick Douglass

The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays

The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

by Frederick Douglass

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

The Future of the American Negro

The Future of the American Negro

by Booker T. Washington

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave

by William Wells Brown

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.

by William Still

The Colonel's Dream

The Colonel's Dream

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel

The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

John Brown: An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College

John Brown: An Address at the 14th Anniversary of Storer College

by Frederick Douglass

Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter

Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter

by William Wells Brown

Frederick Douglass A Biography

Frederick Douglass A Biography

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes

Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes

by Louis Hughes

The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings

The Anti-Slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-Slavery Meetings

Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter

Clotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's Daughter

by William Wells Brown

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself

by Henry Bibb

The Conjure Woman

The Conjure Woman

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics

Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

The Negro

The Negro

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States

Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States

by William Wells Brown

Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

by Austin Steward

The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

Three Years in Europe: Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met

by William Wells Brown

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

De turkey and de law : A comedy in three acts

De turkey and de law : A comedy in three acts

by Zora Neale Hurston

Abolition Fanaticism in New York Speech of a Runaway Slave from Baltimore, at an Abolition Meeting in New York, Held May 11, 1847

Abolition Fanaticism in New York Speech of a Runaway Slave from Baltimore, at an Abolition Meeting in New York, Held May 11, 1847

by Frederick Douglass

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

by Matthew Alexander Henson

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

by Phillis Wheatley

The Negro Problem

The Negro Problem

Three plays : Lawing and jawing; Forty yards; Woofing

Three plays : Lawing and jawing; Forty yards; Woofing

by Zora Neale Hurston

Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, a Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South. Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave Life.

Biography of a Slave, Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson, a Preacher of the United Brethren Church, While a Slave in the South. Together with Startling Occurrences Incidental to Slave Life.

by Charles Thompson

The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development

The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois, Booker T. Washington

Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century

by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

The House Behind the Cedars

The House Behind the Cedars

by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt