The issues that black women face today have roots, which means it’s possible to understand their origins. Many historians and scholars have written books, essays, articles and other materials to explain why we face extreme opposition from not only our own people, but from other racial groups as well. Here, in the bookstore, you should find many resources that might help you understand specific issues facing black women. Also, please note that for each book you purchase I receive a commission as an affiliate.
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Bell Hooks
Black Looks: Race and Representation
Vincent Woodard
The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture
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Frederick Douglas
Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
Michele Wallace
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
Olive Gilbert
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
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E. Frazier Franklin
Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelation to Middle-Class Blacks in America
Walter I. Trattner
From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America
J.A. Rogers
Sex and Race: Negro-Caucasian Mixing in All Ages and All Lands Volume 1 The Old World
Flavio Francisco Marsiglia and Stephen Kulis
Diversity, Oppression & Change
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Hearts of Men
Diane Miller Sommerville
Rape and Race in the Nineteenth-Century South
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan Report: The Negro Family: The Case for National Action
Drusilla Dunjee Houston
Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire
Sabrina Strings
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Professor Kaba Hiawatha Kamene
Spirituality Before Religions: Spirituality is Unseen Science…Science is Seen Spirituality