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

A contemporary Black Feminist or Womanist text (published between 2000 & now)
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An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World by Patrisse Cullors

An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

Patrisse Cullors

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris

The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America

Tamara Winfrey Harris

3 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race reflective fast-paced
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

Gabrielle Union

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Charisse Jones

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

Kumea Shorter-Gooden, Charisse Jones

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race sociology challenging informative reflective fast-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
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Sesali Bowen

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced