ATOMIC GLITTER BOMB
Here are some prominent examples you can find and read on Project Gutenberg:
Frederick Douglass:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
My Bondage and My Freedom
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois:
The Souls of Black Folk
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
The Gift of Black Folk
Booker T. Washington:
Up From Slavery
The Story of My Life and Work
Paul Laurence Dunbar: (One of the first influential Black poets)
Numerous poetry collections (e.g., Lyrics of Lowly Life, Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Novels (e.g., The Sport of the Gods)
Charles W. Chesnutt: (Pioneering African American novelist and short story writer)
The Conjure Woman
The Marrow of Tradition
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: (Journalist, activist, and early leader in the Civil Rights Movement)
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States
Sojourner Truth:
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: (Abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, and public speaker)
Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (novel)
Many poems
James Weldon Johnson: (Author, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Fifty Years and Other Poems
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it highlights some of the powerful and historically important voices of Black authors whose works are freely accessible due to their public domain status. You can browse Project Gutenberg's website directly or use their search function to discover more.
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