African-American Books

A Century of Negro Migration

Carter G. Woodson

A Century of Negro Migration is historical account written by Carter G. Woodson. In treating this movement of the Negroes, the writer does not presume to say the last word on the subject. The exodus o..

Booker T. Washington

Emmett J. Scott

Booker T. Washington is a biographical work by his secretary Emmett J. Scott. This is not a biography in the ordinary sense. The exhaustive "Life and Letters of Booker T. Washington" remains stil..

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

Various Authors

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence is written by various authors about  the Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of  Slavery to the Present Time.  Excerpts from the book: It ..

The Marrow of Tradition

Charles W. Chesnutt

The Marrow of Tradition is a historical novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, set at the time and portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmingto..

The Underground Railroad

William Still

The Underground Railroad Records is an 1872 book by William Still, who is known as the Father of the Underground Railroad. It is subtitled A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c., na..

Darkwater

W.E.B. Du Bois

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil is a literary work by W.E.B. Du Bois. Published in 1920, the text incorporates autobiographical information as well as essays, spirituals, and poems that were al..

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is gener..

The House Behind the Cedars

Charles W. Chesnutt

The House Behind the Cedars is the first novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was published in 1900 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The story occurs in the southern American states of No..