Join Us in Celebrating The Visionary Pragmatism of Black Feminism
Edited by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith
This beloved, groundbreaking collection developed black women's studies in the US.
Alice Childress
A woman's odyssey explores the black American experience between 1900 to 1950.
Edited by Loretta J. Ross, Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater Toure
Foundations, Theory, Practice, Critique
Louise Meriwether
"[A] tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling toward womanhood."
Paule Marshall
A vivid and bittersweet classic coming-of-age tale, set in immigrant Brooklyn.
Sarah E. Wright
Classic novel of an African American woman's survival amidst poverty.
Edited by Amy Richards and Cynthia Greenberg
The nation's most notable feminists, organizers, and scholars reflect on the Clarence Thomas hearings.
Edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, and Robin M. Boylorn
Essays on hip-hop feminism.
Edited by Stanlie M. James, Frances Smith Foster, and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
The Evolution of Black Women's Studies
Safiya Bukhari
The True Life Story of Becoming a Black Panther, Keeping the Faith in Prison, & Fighting for Those Left Behind
Bridgett M. Davis
A novel about sisters, the legacy of the Black Power Movement, and the troubled bond between African Americans and Africans.
Dorothy West
An insightful, witty novel set in early twentieth-century black Boston by the Harlem Renaissance's youngest member.
Juniper Fitzgerald and Elise Peterson
Mamas work in different ways to take care of their babies, but everything they do is out of love.
Girls for Gender Equity, Joanne Smith, Meghan Huppuch, and Mandy Van Deven
A Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment and Violence in Schools and on the Streets
June Jordan
The only young adult book by June Jordan, rediscovered and introduced by Sapphire.
Dorothy Sterling
Three heroic women whose stories "every woman, man, and child should know."
Brontez Purnell
An uninhibited exploration of growing up gay in 1980s Alabama.