Cite Black Women. Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Color Purple
Alice WalkerCite Black Women.6) THE COLOR PURPLE (1982) by Alice Walker “A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something. What can she become? I asked. Why, she said, the mother of his children. But I am not the mother of anybody's children, I said, and I am something." https://t.co/6kl0nH4XPe
Paperback, 2019
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Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South
Deborah Gray WhiteCite Black Women.In _Ar’n’t I a Woman? : Female Slaves in the Plantation South_ (1987), Dr. Deborah Gray White provides historical analysis and examination of kinship networks and the intersections of race and gender during enslavement. https://t.co/0VZIgGnziA
Paperback, 1999
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Palmares
Gayl JonesCite Black Women.Gayl Jones Is Releasing Her First Novel in Two Decades “This spring, she self-published her first novel in 21 years—Palmares, a six-volume work about the last fugitive-slave settlement in Brazil...Beacon Press ... plans to release it in September 2021.* https://t.co/m087BCvyws
Paperback, 2022
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Toni MorrisonCite Black Women.In Toni Morrison's _Playing in the Dark_, our history and the nuances of the memory exist in fiction. Morrison reminds us that cultural identities are formed and informed by a nation’s literature (39).
Paperback, 1993
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya AngelouCite Black Women.5) I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS (1969) by Maya Angelou "The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors.” https://t.co/JdPeSjHKSj
Paperback, Mass Market, 2009
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Because When God Is Too Busy: Haiti, Me & the World
Gina Athena UlysseCite Black Women.For #CiteBlackWomenSunday, we're featuring Gina Athena Ulysse's poetry collection, _Because When God is Too Busy: Haiti, Me, & THE WORLD_ (2017). https://t.co/a9XUXeBKTx
Paperback, 2017
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Blood in My Eye
George L. JacksonCite Black Women.“As a slave, the social phenomenon that engages my whole consciousness is, of course, revolution. Revolution should be love inspired.” — George Jackson, Blood in My Eye
Paperback, 1996
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A Voice From The South
A. Black Woman of the SouthCite Black Women.In 1892, Cooper published A Voice from the South by a Black Woman of the South, where she argued that educating Black women was integral to Black liberation and uplift. You can read the book here: https://t.co/tg2CyA5sH5
Paperback, 2013
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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America
Keisha N. BlainCite Black Women.To learn more about the political life of Fannie Lou Hamer, check out Chana Kai Lee's FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (1999) and @KeishaBlain's UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America (2021)! #CiteBlackWomen https://t.co/1KvuviPlLc
Paperback, 2022
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel WilkersonCite Black Women.8) CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) by Isabel Wilkerson “Their lives were to some degree a lie and in dehumanizing these people whom they regarded as beasts of the field, they dehumanized themselves.” https://t.co/0atQeNcSoc
Paperback, 2023
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