RESOURCE: 5 books to read during (and after) Black History Month
It’s almost the end of Black History Month, but it’s never too late to get a heads up on black intellectual property that can help you yesterday, today, and certainly tomorrow.
Below, you’ll find a quick list - 5 books by 5 black authors - that has changed the way I view the world, and the way I see and understand my position in it.
If you’re looking for a few texts to teach you about yourself, and shift your perspective on the way you engage with your multiple communities, the texts below are for you!
Toni Cade Bambara - The Salt Eaters
Amiri Baraka - Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays
Renee Gladman - The Activist
Komozi Woodard - The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era
Alice Walker - In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose