Via Penguin Random House.  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings By MAYA ANGELOU Foreword by Oprah Winfrey ABOUT I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Here is a book as … Read More

Via Macmillian.  Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower ELOQUENT RAGE A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower BRITTNEY COOPER    “Brittney Cooper is a national treasure. This book is just so good.” —Rebecca Traister “Rigorous, honest, heartfelt, compassionate, and challenging.” —Mychal Denzel Smith “I was waiting for an author who wouldn’t forget, ignore, or erase us black … Read More

Via Google Books.  Black Feminist Thought Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment By Patricia Hill Collins In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She not only provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black … Read More

Via The New York Times.  An Antiracist Reading List Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage. By Ibram X. Kendi No one becomes “not racist,” despite a tendency by Americans to identify themselves that way. We can only strive to be “antiracist” on a daily basis, to continually rededicate ourselves to … Read More

Via Haymarket Books.  Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States Edited by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-lan PriceForeword by Alicia Garza Explores the reality of US police violence against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities. What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police … Read More