Blackness


Between the World and Me
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Assata: An Autobiography
Black Skin, White Masks
Homegoing
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Americanah
The Bluest Eye
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Women, Race & Class
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Souls of Black Folk
Beloved
Kindred
Slavery at Sea by Sowande M. MustakeemDispossessed Lives by Marisa J. FuentesFreedom Papers by Rebecca J. ScottBlack on Both Sides by C. Riley SnortonGood Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs by Kathleen M. Brown
#BlackWomanhood
22 books — 1 voter
Raising Free People by Akilah S. RichardsUntigering by Iris  ChenGuerrilla Learning by Grace LlewellynRevolutionary Mothering by Alexis Pauline GumbsThinking In Systems by Donella H. Meadows
Parenting for Liberation
18 books — 3 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
Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren  Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen  GedneyPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Women's prison memoirs
69 books — 58 voters

Mitta Xinindlu
And the Creator said: With this Afro hair, I crown you as kings and queens. The natural heirs of the Earth. I crown you so that you never need to place a material crown upon your head as proof of your royalty, one wich loses value with time. Your Afro crown remains valuable through all lifetimes. I set you apart from the rest. I keep you covered in a natural shade. I give you hair that retains water, so you remain cool under the Sun. I crown you with natural antennas, connecting you to the sk ...more
Mitta Xinindlu

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Emmanuel started learning the basics of his Blackness before he knew how to do long division: smiling when angry, whispering when he wanted to yell.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black

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