Black Feminism Books

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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,195 ratings — published 1984
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.50 — 19,381 ratings — published 1981
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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.41 — 5,536 ratings — published 1990
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.59 — 34,870 ratings — published 1981
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,721 ratings — published 2017
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.35 — 63,818 ratings — published 2020
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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.44 — 9,108 ratings — published 1984
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,948 ratings — published 2018
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.52 — 9,812 ratings — published 1981
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,183 ratings — published 1999
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.60 — 31,742 ratings — published 1987
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Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.47 — 950 ratings — published 1995
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 3.92 — 119,140 ratings — published 2014
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,551 ratings — published 2000
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.40 — 24,041 ratings — published 1982
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,348 ratings — published 1983
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But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,785 ratings — published 1986
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The Black Woman: An Anthology The Black Woman: An Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.48 — 409 ratings — published 1970
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,747 ratings — published 1998
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.44 — 36,119 ratings — published 2015
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Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classsics, 26) Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (Verso Classsics, 26)
by (shelved 20 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.08 — 706 ratings — published 1978
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Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies) Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies)
by (shelved 19 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.24 — 329 ratings — published 2018
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.29 — 34,688 ratings — published 1975
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Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.45 — 5,265 ratings — published 1997
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The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.55 — 8,761 ratings — published 2018
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Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,603 ratings — published 1993
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,391 ratings — published 2011
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Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,642 ratings — published 1989
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Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,369 ratings — published 2018
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.28 — 756,171 ratings — published 1982
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When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,125 ratings — published 1999
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Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.35 — 923 ratings — published 1983
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.39 — 332,549 ratings — published 2012
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.44 — 13,029 ratings — published 1994
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,450 ratings — published 2019
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Women, Culture, and Politics Women, Culture, and Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,689 ratings — published 1989
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.35 — 30,821 ratings — published 2003
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An Autobiography An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.44 — 10,882 ratings — published 1974
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When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,084 ratings — published 1984
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Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy Series) Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy Series)
by (shelved 13 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,609 ratings — published 2020
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,610 ratings — published 1992
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.31 — 275,472 ratings — published 1979
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Sula Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.06 — 125,754 ratings — published 1973
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Thick: And Other Essays Thick: And Other Essays (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.43 — 18,696 ratings — published 2019
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Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2) Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.34 — 10,841 ratings — published 2002
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This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
by (shelved 12 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,742 ratings — published 2018
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.13 — 304,677 ratings — published 1970
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The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.72 — 476 ratings — published 1977
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Black Looks: Race and Representation Black Looks: Race and Representation (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-feminism)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,476 ratings — published 1992
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Minna Salami
“Les feministes negres sempre han subratllat que la lluita no pot dirigir-se únicament contra el patriarcat, com diuen les feministes blanques. Tampoc poc centrar-se únicament en la lluita de classes, com diuen les socialistes. No pot abordar tan sols el racisme i l'imperialisme, com diuen les negres radicals. I tampoc pot combatre només l'ecocidi, com diuen les activistes ecologistes.”
Minna Salami, Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone

bell hooks
“No level of individual self-actualization alone can sustain the marginalized and oppressed. We must be linked to collective struggle, to communities of resistance that move us outward, into the world.”
bell hooks, Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery

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