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.

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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

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