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Black books aren't just being banned—they’re being erased. Quietly. Systemically. From classrooms, libraries, and publishing houses. In this Believe Black People episode, Black empowerment storyteller Ama-Robin breaks down how erasure works—and how we fight back.
This isn’t about asking for space. It’s about reclaiming it.
Join the Canon of Black Books Challenge and help rewrite the shelves.
Subscribe. Share. Build the canon. Because we ain’t imagining this.
Ama-Robin's Black Literary Canon
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
The Miseducation of the Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
#MyBlackCanon
#BlackBookCanon
#BlackLiteraryCanon
#BuildTheBlackShelf
#BlackBooksMatter
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Black books aren't just being banned—they’re being erased. Quietly. Systemically. From classrooms, libraries, and publishing houses. In this Believe Black People episode, Black empowerment storyteller Ama-Robin breaks down how erasure works—and how we fight back.
This isn’t about asking for space. It’s about reclaiming it.
Join the Canon of Black Books Challenge and help rewrite the shelves.
Subscribe. Share. Build the canon. Because we ain’t imagining this.
Ama-Robin's Black Literary Canon
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
The Miseducation of the Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
#MyBlackCanon
#BlackBookCanon
#BlackLiteraryCanon
#BuildTheBlackShelf
#BlackBooksMatter