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#BlkWomenSyllabus was created in response to the violation of 21-year-old Charnesia Corley by a deputy in Texas. Corley says she was sexually assaulted by the deputy during a traffic stop on June 21. (2015)

The hashtag was initiated by Dr. Daina Ramey Berry and is a archive of writing and resources to empower Black women. Scholars, historians, writers, editors and more have contributed to the growing trend.

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1	We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 3.75 avg rating — 23,835 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Mary Prince 3.83 avg rating — 3,628 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Roll by Joe Hnida (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis 4.45 avg rating — 11,261 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman: Wisdom to Live the Life You Crave by Iris Ruth Pastor (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	TRAINING MANLEY : A Novel: If “all men are dogs,” who was the trainer that trained these pups? by Writingelk Kelly 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	My Hip-Hop Wiz: A Journey Through Rhythm, Resilience, and Self-discovery by Innton Tagger (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In and Out of Our Right Minds: The Mental Health of African American Women by Diane R. Brown (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Black Lesbian in White America by Anita Cornwell 4.20 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women's Humor by Nikki Giovanni (Foreword) 4.28 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Cultural Etiquette: a Guide for the Well-Intentioned by Amoja Three Rivers 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Technical Difficulties: African-American Notes on the State of the Union by June Jordan 4.29 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 9,897 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Walking in Circles: The Black Struggle for School Reform by Barbara A. Sizemore 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them by Noliwe M. Rooks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	To 'joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War by Tera W. Hunter 4.18 avg rating — 676 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks 4.51 avg rating — 20,270 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer by Chana Kai Lee 4.18 avg rating — 251 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts 4.45 avg rating — 5,392 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington 4.42 avg rating — 10,645 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks 4.52 avg rating — 1,682 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Learning to (Re)Member the Things We've Learned to Forget: Endarkened Feminisms, Spirituality, & the Sacred Nature of (Re)Search & Teaching by Cynthia B. Dillard 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by Paula J. Giddings 4.33 avg rating — 2,090 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches by Marilyn Richardson 3.70 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Birthing a Slave: Motherhood and Medicine in the Antebellum South by Marie Jenkins Schwartz (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 141 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought) by Monica A. Coleman (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 131 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan 3.99 avg rating — 2,141 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	"Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe": Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia by Daina Ramey Berry 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC by Faith S. Holsaert (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance by Angela Y. Davis (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 1,372 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Crescent City Girls: The Lives of Young Black Women in Segregated New Orleans by Lakisha Michelle Simmons 4.41 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story by Elaine Brown 4.30 avg rating — 4,655 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 3,720 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights by Rosetta E. Ross (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement by Bettye Collier-Thomas (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 231 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars