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Other autobiographical works by Maya Angelou include Gather Together in My Name (1974), Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976), The Heart of a Woman (1981), and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986).
Alice Walker's The Color Purple (1982) narrates the spiritual and personal journey of a young black woman who faces oppression through racism and sexual abuse.
The Bluest Eye (1969), authored by Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison, depicts a similar tale of a young black girl growing up in a racist society, but it concludes differently.
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) features a country lawyer in a 1930s Southern town who defends a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman.
Light in August (1932) by William Faulkner recounts the chase, torture, and eventual murder of a black man suspected of having a relationship with a white woman.
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