Suggested Black History Month Reading by Derek Minor, Lecrae, Propaganda and more

February is Black History month, and in honor of the many African Americans that help shape our world, we asked some of Christian hip-hop’s most enlightened artists about books that have given them a better understanding of black history.

Propaganda

“A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki
“Black Boy” by Richard Wright
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass

Da’ T.R.U.T.H.

“How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind” by Thomas Oden
“Urban Apologetics” by Christian Brooks
“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander

Speech (Arrested Development)

“Brainwashed” by Tom Burrell

Jackie Hill-Perry

“The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson
“12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northrup
“Why We Can’t Wait” by Martin Luther King Jr.
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass

Derek Minor

“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass

JGivens

“The Invisible man” by Ralph Ellison

John “the Tonic” Wells (The Cross Movement)

“My Bondage and My Freedom” by Frederick Douglass

Brady “Phanatik” Goodwin (The Cross Movement)

“The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson
“The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B. Du Bois
“The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander

*Brazilian artist Pregador Luo also took to his Instagram to show some of his Black History reading for the month*

A photo posted by Pregador Luo(@pregadorluo) on

Will you be checking any of these out?

Justin Sarachik
Justin Sarachik
Justin is the Editor-in-Chief of Rapzilla.com. He has been a journalist for over a decade and has written or edited for Relevant, Christian Post, BREATHEcast, CCM, Broken Records Magazine, & more. He's written over 10,000 articles, done over 1,000 interviews, and is in post-production for documentaries on Danny "D-Boy" Rodriguez & Mario "Machete" Perez. He's the project manager of the upcoming video game Run the Court and of the media brand Crimefaces. Justin likes to work with indie artists to develop their brands & marketing strategies. Catch him interviewing artists on Survival of the Artist Podcast & creating videos on his social media channels.
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