Gale eBooks

American street / by Ibi Zoboi -- As brave as you / by Jason Reynolds -- The blacker the berry / by Wallace Thurman -- Daughter / by Asha Bandele -- For my people / by Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Mercy / by Tyehimba Jess -- Non-zero probabilities / by N.K. Jemisin -- One Friday morning / by Langston Hughes -- Outcast / by Claude McKay -- Riot or revolt? / by Henry Dumas -- Steady going up / by Maya Angelou -- Stick fly / by Lydia R. Diamond -- Zooman and the sign / by Charles Fuller

Highlights African America literature, providing representation of literary works for all students. Discussion of classic and contemporary works also includes the social, political, cultural, and historical context of each work. Focuses on up-and-coming authors as well as works from tried and true authors that have not been covered before, and contains a mix of genres, including novels, poems, short stories, and dramas