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Reading Classics by Black Authors | A Reading Vlog

Reading Classics by Black Authors | A Reading Vlog



as part of my quest to prove that BIPOC were writing literature and that literature can count as classics, I am doing a vlog series where I read classics from various BIPOC. No more lies about only whites writing classics lol

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My GoodReads Lists:
2021 Releases Featuring Queer Men: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/155017.2021_Releases_Featuring_Queer_Men

Queer Lit/Queer Writers from pre-2000: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/146997.Queer_Lit_Queer_Writers_Before_2000

Authors Mentioned in This Video:
Hannah Crafts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Crafts
William Wells Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wells_Brown
Elizabeth Keckley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Keckley
Frances E.W. Harper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Harper
Charles W. Chesnutt:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W._Chesnutt
Claude McKay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_McKay
Rudolph Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Fisher

Books Mentioned (these are Project Gutenberg links, so you can read these for free):
Iola Leroy: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12352
Clotel: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2046
Behind the Scenes: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24968
The Marrow of Tradition: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11228

These are GR links since these were not originally published until present day:
The Bondwoman’s Narrative: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588937.The_Bondwoman_s_Narrative
Romance in Marseille: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46062158-romance-in-marseille
Conjure-Man Dies: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52033848-the-conjure-man-dies

Pasifika/Polynesian Own Voices Books: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2497661-jeanne?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=pasifika-polynesian-books

A Thread With Pacific Islander Novels/Stories: https://twitter.com/CassaCassaCassa/status/1299727058570866690?s=20

Support a Native Trans Woman Transition and Survive: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-aexandrias-medical-transition

Support the Last Black Rural Farmer in Oklahoma: https://www.gofundme.com/f/CircleRRanch

Indigenous Student in Need of Funds: https://www.gofundme.com/f/indigenous-student-in-need-of-funds

101 Links to Black Writers & Voices in Australia: https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/19577014

Thread of Black Women/NB/Trans writers of SFF: https://twitter.com/sirens_con/status/1269742719401734144

Books Created by Black Authors, Illustrators & Editors: https://twitter.com/TheArtisanGeek/status/1268251453937913857

Black Fronted Bands in Heavy Metal: https://twitter.com/M3talcor3shan3/status/1268017279234646016

Aboriginal Australian Authors writing About Race (yes, Aboriginal Australians are Black): https://avidreader.com.au/product-lists/indigenous-writers-race-issues

Support ‘Standing Our Ground’ a group of Wangan & Jagalingou Tribal Warriors who are defending their land: https://standing-our-ground.org/

Black Owned Book Stores: https://www.elitedaily.com/p/22-black-owned-bookstores-you-can-order-from-online-22952386

Donate to Black Rainbow an organization based in Australia that is geared towards suicide prevention in LGBT indigenous people: https://giveeasy.org/charity/appeal/black-rainbow/default

Black Rainbow’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/blkrnbow

The myth of Aboriginal Stories being myths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUIgkbExn6I

IndigenousX Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvKlrvu7nws

Dr. Anita Heiss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f8ew23tLl0

IndigenousX’s Twitter account, an account that is passed around between numerous Aboriginal Australians and they talk about their experiences being Black in Australia: https://twitter.com/IndigenousX

SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBCaineWriter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.b.caine/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/14832090-t-b-caine

Intro/Outro:
All That from Bensound
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/all-that-chill-hop

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