The Coffee Will Make You Black (1998 - 2019) Reading List

AALBC’s Book Club is now The Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Join us for a lively community discussion about our latest selection, Kin: A Novel by Tayari Jones.

Join Zoom ● June 28, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT

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Cover for Kin: A Novel

September 2018 Selection

Cover of Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”

by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant

October 2018 Selection

Cover of Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

November 2018 Selection

Cover of Praise Song for the Butterflies

Praise Song for the Butterflies

by Bernice L. McFadden

December 2018 Selection

Cover of Stamped from the Beginning (Revised): The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Stamped from the Beginning (Revised): The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi