The Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge - hosted by emilyhays

A book by a revolutionary, community activist, political organizer or abolitionist
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Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers

Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret

Catherine Coleman Flowers

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction health nature politics race informative reflective medium-paced
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

160 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
How We Fight White Supremacy by Kenrya Rankin, Akiba Solomon

How We Fight White Supremacy

Kenrya Rankin, Akiba Solomon

285 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

6 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ada B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Ada B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster

466 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

Emergent Strategy #1

adrienne maree brown

441 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Charlene Carruthers

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams

Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

Stacey Abrams

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

Are Prisons Obsolete?

Angela Y. Davis

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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