A Black History Month Reading List

In celebration of Black joy and story-telling we have put together a short Black History (& Beyond) Reading List. As we close out Black History Month, we want to uplift the ideas and perspectives of Black creators and amplify existing resources that provide insight into the global Black experience. We invite you to read and share this list with your community and continue to engage beyond February into the coming year.

What We’re Reading

• THIS BOOK IS ANTI-RACIST

  Tiffany Jewell

• BRAVE. BLACK. FIRST 50+ AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

  Cheryl Hudson

• BLACK APPETITE. WHITE FOOD

  Jamila Lyiscott

• LOVE FROM THE VORTEX

  Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz

• BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED & SISTERS OF THE YAM: BLACK WOMEN AND SELF-RECOVERY

  Jayne Alle

• BLACK MACHO AND THE MYTH OF THE SUPERWOMAN

  Michele Wallace

• IN THE WAKE

  Christina Sharpe

• A BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

  Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross

• HOW WE GET FREE: BLACK FEMINISM AND THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE

  Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

• CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS & THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

  Isabel Wilkerson

• ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE

  George M. Johnson

• BREATHE: A LETTER TO MY SONS (HARDCOVER)

  Imani Perry

• “SLIPPIN’ IN AND OUT OF FRAME: AN AFRAFUTURIST FEMINIST ORIENTATION TO BLACK WOMEN AND AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.”

  Ashley R Hall

• SISTER OUTSIDER

  Audre Lorde

• KILLING RAGE: ENDING RACISM

  Bell Hooks

• OTHERWISE WORLDS

  Tiffany Lethabo King

• SPILL & UNDROWNED: BLACK FEMINIST LESSONS FROM MARINE MAMMALS

  Alexis Pauline Gumbs

• HOW TO BE LESS STUPID ABOUT RACE: ON RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE

  Crystal Marie Fleming

• WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST

  Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

• WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA?

  Dr. Beverly Tatum

• ELOQUENT RAGE: A BLACK FEMINIST DISCOVERS HER SUPERPOWER

  Dr. Brittney Cooper

• The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

  Jemar Tisby

• LONG TIME COMING: RECKONING WITH RACE IN AMERICA

  Michael Eric Dyson

• COUNTING DESCENT & HOW THE WORD IS PASSED

  Clint Smith

• BEGIN AGAIN: JAMES BALDWIN'S AMERICA AND ITS URGENT LESSONS FOR OUR OWN

  Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

• BLACK MASCULINITY AND THE POLITICS OF PASSING

  Jeffrey Q. McCune Jr

What We’re Listening To

Left of Black

Left of Black is a weekly webcast hosted by Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal and produced by the John Hope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.

It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders

Each week, Sam Sanders interviews people in the culture who deserve your attention. Plus weekly wraps of the news with other journalists. Join Sam as he makes sense of the world through conversation.

NPR Code Switch

Hosted by journalists of color, this podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. It explores how race impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.