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Black Freedom

Historical, creative, and theoretical writings centered on Black lives.

Alameda County Library

15 items

  • How We Get Free

    Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

    "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free."
    eBookChicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2017 — EBOOK OVERDRIVE
  • A memoir by one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, and an exposition of the movement.
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2018 — B KHAN-CULLORS,P
  • A historical analysis of systemic racism and structural inequality, and the growing movement towards Black liberation.
    BookChicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2016] — 305.89607 TAYLOR
  • Hood Feminism

    Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot

    Kendall, Mikki,
    "If the movement is for all women, you need to be addressing the concerns of all women."
    Book[New York] : Viking, [2020] — 305.42097 KENDALL
  • An archival resurrection of the lives of young Black women in early 20th-century New York and Philadelphia.
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019] — 305.48896 HARTMAN
  • Anthology of poems, art, recipes, essays, photographs & ideas by Black creatives working in the present moment.
    BookNew York : One World, [2020] — 305.896 BLACK
  • Illustrated anthology of Black feminist thought leaders.
    Book[Berkeley, Calif.?] : The Church of Black Feminist Thought, [2019] — 305.48896 BLACK
  • No, You Shut Up

    Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America

    Sanders, Symone D.,
    Start now. Stand up. Speak out.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — 322.40973 SANDERS
  • Freedom Dreams

    the Black Radical Imagination

    Kelley, Robin D. G
    A history of 20th-century artists and philosophers of the African diaspora.
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, c2002 — 305.89607 KELLEY
  • Eloquent Rage

    a Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

    Cooper, Brittney C., 1980-
    “The clarity that comes from rage should also tell us what kind of world we want to see, not just what kind of things we want to get rid of."
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2018 — B COOPER,B
  • Lessons learned on the journey through life and the current protest movement.
    BookNew York, New York : Viking, [2018] — 323.092 MCKESSON
  • “This is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it; great men have done great things here, and will again, and we can make America what America must become.”
    BookNew York : Modern Library, c1995 — 305.89607 BALDWIN
  • This Bridge Called My Back

    Writings by Radical Women of Color

    Groundbreaking anthology of poems, essays, and personal histories from 1981.
    BookAlbany, NY : State University of New York (SUNY) Press, [2015] — 810.80928 THIS
  • Unapologetic

    a Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

    Carruthers, Charlene A., 1985-
    A rallying cry to make the movement for Black Liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist.
    BookBoston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2018] — 305.48896 CARRUTHERS