Toni Cade Bambara's Gorilla, My Love is a collection of fifteen stories penned between 1959 and 1972. Many narratives feature a child as the storyteller, including ‘‘The Lesson,’’ and address issues pertinent to the African-American community.

Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing (1968), edited by LeRoi Jones and Larry Neal, brings together creative works that are integral to the Black Aesthetic Movement.

Madhubuti's poetry collection Don't Cry, Scream (1969) exemplifies the verse produced during the Black Aesthetic Movement. His poetry is marked by the use of dialect and slang, expressing both his outrage at social and economic injustices and his celebration of African-American culture.

The play Dutchman (1964), written by Amiri Baraka, stands as one of his most renowned works. It portrays the animosity between African Americans and white Americans through the random meeting of a middle-class African-American man and a white woman. Additionally, it delves into the political and psychological struggles of African-American men during the 1960s.

The Black Woman (1970), edited by Toni Cade Bambara, is an anthology of poetry, short stories, and essays by prominent African-American women writers. It was the first compilation of its kind published in the United States.

James Baldwin's essay collection, The Fire Next Time (1963), warned white Americans about the potential for violence if their attitudes and policies towards African Americans did not change. The first essay challenges the concept of African-American inferiority, while the second essay recounts Baldwin's upbringing in Harlem and his engagement with the Black Power movement.

Kaye Gibbon's novel Ellen Foster is narrated from the perspective of a child. Ellen, a young, impoverished southern girl, grows up in an abusive household. This concise yet impactful novel follows her journey to find a true family.