Angela Davis Inspired Reading Challenge - hosted by helenabythebook

“Black”
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

Don't Cry for Me

Daniel Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

192 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

224 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics race challenging reflective slow-paced
Just Above My Head by James Baldwin

Just Above My Head

James Baldwin

592 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

bell hooks

180 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems by Audre Lorde

Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems

Audre Lorde

229 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan

A Visitation of Spirits

Randall Kenan

320 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ reflective slow-paced
Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution by Walter Rodney

Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution

Walter Rodney

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist) by Albert Woodfox

Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

Albert Woodfox

414 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced