The Black History One

The Non-Fiction One 2021 - hosted by charlieeee

Read a book on any period in Black History. This can be focused on Black joy and celebration from the past (or future); the Civil Rights Movement in the USA; the Bristol Bus Boycott; Black Tudors etc.

All books added

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Glory Edim with Barbara Smith (Contributor), Jesmyn Ward (Contributor), Lynn Nottage (Contributor), Jacqueline Woodson (Contributor), Gabourey Sidibe (Contributor), Morgan Jerkins (Contributor), Tayari Jones (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor), Stephanie Powell Watts (Contributor), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Contributor), Renée Watson (Contributor), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contributor), N.K. Jemisin (Contributor), Marita Golden (Contributor), Jamia Wilson (Contributor), Zinzi Clemmons (Contributor), Dhonielle Clayton (Contributor), Veronica Chambers (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Glory Edim with Barbara Smith (Contributor), Jesmyn Ward (Contributor), Lynn Nottage (Contributor), Jacqueline Woodson (Contributor), Gabourey Sidibe (Contributor), Morgan Jerkins (Contributor), Tayari Jones (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor), Stephanie Powell Watts (Contributor), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Contributor), Renée Watson (Contributor), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contributor), N.K. Jemisin (Contributor), Marita Golden (Contributor), Jamia Wilson (Contributor), Zinzi Clemmons (Contributor), Dhonielle Clayton (Contributor), Veronica Chambers (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
Toni Morrison

354 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

354 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

309 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

309 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Becoming
Michelle Obama

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Becoming

Michelle Obama

448 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

A Black Women's History of the United States
ReVisioning American History #5

Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

A Black Women's History of the United States

ReVisioning American History #5

Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Ibram X. Kendi with Keisha N. Blain

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi with Keisha N. Blain

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

152 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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