Ida Bae Wells Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Ida Bae Wells

Laid against Collier’s lush, gem-toned imagery, the book weaves a unifying and empowering narrative of Black people connected across bodies of water, bonded by a common identity ... “We Are Here” feels like a love letter to Black children...

Ida Bae Wells

@seanofiachra @shadihamid I'd suggest you read Black Marxism or Charles Mills' The Racial Contract to start. Also, maybe consider what type of solidarity can be built that is predicated on ignoring a key part of groups' identities and how that impacts their poverty.

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“An American Story” is ... a story ... of America, a history we all must own. It is a book that respects children as capable of grappling honestly with our past while also respecting the challenges and discomfort adults feel in figuring out how to teach them the truth ...

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@GreelyHawkshaw @HowardU I’m reading Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism right now and will likely include a few chapters on that because of how he explains racial capitalism but also critiques Marxism’s blind spots around race.

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I cannot wait to read this book from one of the people who consistently pushes our profession to rise to its mandate.

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In Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams wrote: "The British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it.’" Y'all really need to stop. https://t.co/LPRdIICBRx

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Just finished @britrbennett’s spectacular book “The Vanishing Half” and just started @surlybassey’s new book “Libertie,” and Lord I’m grateful I decided to end my rule of not having time to read anything but non-fiction. I’ve missed fiction so and these Black women are doing it.

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Y'all are so dumb. "Roald Dahl originally wanted the eponymous hero of his much-loved children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be black." https://t.co/6EDF41itOg https://t.co/1Uzyf6cJoa

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Re-re-re-reading Du Bois's Black Reconstruction." And, damn, this brilliant man was also such a gorgeous writer. Like, we know this, but still. Damn. https://t.co/ZKal1q7Tts

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RT @nytimes: Sally Rooney turned down an offer from an Israeli publisher to translate her most recent book, "Beautiful World, Where Are You…