The Free Black Women’s Library Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by readingintothevoid

A book by a revolutionary, community activist, political organizer or abolitionist
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How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged by Kimberly Jones

How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's Rigged

Kimberly Jones

192 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Angela Davis: An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

Angela Y. Davis

416 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

180 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
These Bones Will Rise Again by Panashe Chigumadzi

These Bones Will Rise Again

Panashe Chigumadzi

144 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Stacey Abrams

Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change

Stacey Abrams

missing duration info • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir politics reflective fast-paced
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

12 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations by Hannah Summerhill, Yseult P. Mukantabana

Real Friends Talk About Race: Bridging the Gaps Through Uncomfortable Conversations

Hannah Summerhill, Yseult P. Mukantabana

267 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nothing Personal: An Essay by James Baldwin

Nothing Personal: An Essay

James Baldwin

1 hour, 10 minutes • first pub 1964 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race informative reflective fast-paced
His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography by Ethel Waters

His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography

Ethel Waters

304 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history emotional reflective slow-paced