Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Fiction | Anthology/Varied Collection | YA | Published in 2019

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Download PDF

Access Full Guide

Summary

Background

Story Summaries & Analyses

“Half a Moon” by Renée Watson

“Black Enough” by Varian Johnson

“Warning: Color May Fade” by Leah Henderson

“Black. Nerd. Problems.” by Lamar Giles

“Out of the Silence” by Kekla Magoon

“The Ingredients” by Jason Reynolds

“Oreo” by Brandy Colbert

“Samson and the Delilahs” by Tochi Onyebuchi

“Stop Playing” by Liara Tamani

“Wild Horses, Wild Hearts” by Jay Coles

“Whoa!” by Rita Williams-Garcia

“Gravity” by Tracey Baptiste

“The Trouble With Drowning” by Dhonielle Clayton

“Kissing Sarah Smart” by Justina Ireland

“Hackathon Summers” by Coe Booth

“Into the Starlight” by Nic Stone

“The (R)evolution of Nigeria Jones” by Ibi Zoboi

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Tools

Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

What is one theme related to queer identity in the collection? Use at least three stories and their literary elements in your discussion.

Choose three stories and identify the protagonists and their foils in each story. Identify the major internal change that each protagonist makes in the stories and how the foil causes them to make that change.

Two stories in the text—“Out of the Silence” and “Gravity”—are written using the second person perspective. Discuss the way that this narrative choice impacts the text. Consider the themes, characterization, and conflicts in each.