For our second installment in the SAVE THE CULTURE series, we focused on 20 essential works of Black literature 📚 We reached out to Dr. Tony Medina, director of the Howard creative writing program, who gave us this list of innumerable works. These are just a few examples of how monumental African American writers have been, from giving voice to the enslaved and oppressed to radically shifting all of literature and inspiring new ways of approaching what it means to be Black. What books are missing from the list, and which would you add? 🔗 in our bio for the full list #howarduniversity #savetheculture #books