Must Read Books
Information is one of the most powerful tools in the world. It has been said that if one wants to know how to solve a problem that they should simply pick up a book and see how others solved it in the past. The power and truth that is compressed within states as such, reiterates how important reading is to an individuals growth and ability to solve problems. In addition to those benefits, reading has teh capability to expand an individuals mind to think more indepth and broad in scope. Reading tends to leave to an increase in vocabulary which inheritly leads to a better command of language. We can go on and on about the power of reading but you don't have to take our word for it. Crack open one of the following books and see for yourself.
| Authors | Titles |
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| Alex Haley and Malcolm X | Autobiography of Malcolm X |
| Assata Shakur | Assata |
| Carroll Case | The Slaughter |
| Chancellor Williams | The Destruction of Black Civilization |
| Chancellor Williams | The Re-Birth of African Civilization |
| Dennis Kimbro | Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice |
| Dr. Carter G. Woodson | The Mis-Education of the Negro |
| Dr. Claude Anderson | Powernomics |
| Dr. Francis Cress Welsing | The Isis Papers |
| Edward Bernay | Propaganda |
| Frederick Douglass | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
| Haki R. Madhubuti | Black Men: Single, Obsolete, and Dangerous? |
| Gene Sharp | From Dictatorship to Democracy |
| Harriet A. Washington | Medical Apartheid |
| Isabel Wilkerson | The Warmth of Other Suns |
| John G. Jackson | The Introduction to African Civilizations |
| Kenneth S. Greenberg | Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory |
| Llaila Afrika | African Holistic Health |
| Marcus Garvey, Tony Martin (by edited) | Message to the People - The course of African Philosophy |
| Masao Miyoshi and Harry Harootunian | Postmodernism and Japan |
| Michelle Alexander | The New Jim Crow |
| Muammar Gaddafi | The Green Book |
| Patrice Malidoma | Of Water and Spirit |
| Ray Bradbury | The Martian Chronicles |
| Richard Dawkins | The God Delusion |
| Richard Wright | Black Boy |
| Robert Greene | The 48 Laws of Power |
| Robert Kiyosak | Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
| Robert Lipsyte and Dick Gregory | Nigger: An Autobiography by Dick Gregory |
| Shirley Jackson | The Lottery |
| Sun Tzu | The Art of War |
| The Willie Lynch | The Willie Lynch letters (Whether or not its true is irrelevant, the psychological behavior within it is what matters.) |
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This is just a beginning of the list when considering some must read books. Leave a comment below and let us know what books (author and title) do you think is missing from this list?
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