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Black Feminism


Black Feminism Books

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
Women, Race & Class
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
All About Love: New Visions
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Bad Feminist
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Assata: An Autobiography
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
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Lists

The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirSet the Night on Fire by Mike DavisBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstSexual Politics by Kate Millett
Second Wave Feminism
147 books — 66 voters
Freeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinAbolition for the People by Colin KaepernickIn the Wake by Christina SharpeBlack, White, and in Color by Hortense SpillersAt the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Black Studies
102 books — 10 voters

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooksFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeRedefining Realness by Janet MockThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
13 Must Reads For The Black Feminist In Training
13 books — 2 voters
How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorWords of Fire by Beverly Guy-SheftallHome Girls by Barbara SmithBlack-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds by Mary Helen WashingtonSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Black Feminist Foundations
15 books — 1 voter

Feminism Is for Everybody by bell hooksWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAin't I a Woman by bell hooksFeminist Theory by bell hooksHood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Black Feminism Starter Pack
8 books — 2 voters
How We Get Free by Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorWomen and Socialism by Sharon SmithMy Mother Was a Freedom Fighter by Aja MonetUndivided Rights by Loretta J. RossThe Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Haymarket Books 2018 Women's Liberation Reading List
12 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “Black Feminism”

Malebo Sephodi
“ I knew there was something wrong when I couldn't say he or she in my own language. ...more ”
― Malebo Sephodi, Miss Behave
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Angela Y. Davis
“ Black feminism emerged as a theoretical and practical effort demonstrating that race, gender, and class are inseparable in the social worlds we inhabit. At the time of its emergence, Black women were frequently asked to choose whether the Black movement or the women’s movement was most important. The response was that this was the wrong question. ”
― Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
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Groups Tagged "Black Feminism"

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