20 Banned Books Written By Black Women

The censorship of Black authors is nothing new.

For years, books by Black authors have been targeted for censorship, and repression, and banned in school districts and school libraries across the country. This censorship is usually fueled by religious or political beliefs and even parents’ needs to “protect ” their children from things they deem not age appropriate.

But when we remove these books from our libraries and lists, we don’t expand our children’s views or have conversations about lives and thoughts that are unlike their own.

Why read banned books by Black Authors?

I believe in representation.

I believe that Black writers should tell their stories and that children and young adults should have the freedom to read and access these stories and ideas.

But due to the increasing political climate and debates over critical race theory, more books by black authors are being banned than ever before. Books about the Black experience here in the United States are being targeted. And many of these books are on countless reading lists for the most recommended books by black authors.

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