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- In Ernest Gaines's 1983 novel, A Gathering of Old Men, a white Cajun work boss is discovered shot in the yard of a black man. To disrupt the anticipated lynch mob, nineteen elderly black men and a young white woman all confess to the murder.
- Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon (1977) narrates the journey of Milkman Dead as he seeks his identity. Along the way, he uncovers his own bravery, resilience, and ability to love and find joy through his ancestral connections.
- Mark Twain's well-known and sometimes controversial 1884 classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, details the satirical adventures and moral growth of Huck Finn, a young white boy. He travels down the Mississippi River with Jim, an escaped slave, in a quest for freedom.
- Richard Wright's 1938 story collection, Uncle Tom's Children, depicts the struggles of African Americans striving to survive in a racist society. The stories explore themes of fear, violence, escape, bravery, and the pursuit of freedom.
- Taylor Branch's social history, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, which received the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, examines the state of the American civil rights movement from World War II through the 1960s. Focusing on Martin Luther King, Jr., the book also profiles other significant leaders and outlines key historical events.
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