![]() ![]() His autobiography is a powerful journey into the transformative effects of literature’s power to free us from bondage, despair and apparent hopeless. In the most literal sense, Frederick Douglass’s transformative journey from undervalued slave to one of America’s greatest oratory forces is a remarkable journey of both the body and the intellect. Sometimes travel is more than resorts and sight-seeing physical movement becomes a necessity for survival, for freeing ourselves from our minds and bodies and elevating our souls. In honor of Black History Month, and in honor of great literature, the nominees are:ġ) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass But if you’ve missed them, please check out not one, but all the books on our top five list below. If these works by African American writers are on your shelves already, take the time to revisit them. Travel opens up our eyes to the beautiful diversity of the human experience, and our bookshelves deserve the same attention. ![]()
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