Books like Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis

A call to abolish the prison system as the dominant way of responding to America's social ills.

A powerful and prescient account of Angela Davis's political imprisonment and the systemic issues within the United States' prison system, focusing on race, policing, and radical politics in America's criminal justice system.

A study, by J. F. Miller, examining how emancipation impacted African Americans’ mental and physical health, noting increases in insanity and tuberculosis.

Explore how race, class, sexuality, and nationality shape eating disorders among African‑American, Latina, and lesbian women in Becky W. Thompson’s evidence‑based study.

John H. McWhorter explains the structure, history, and cultural significance of Black English, challenging misconceptions while exploring its impact on education, politics, and global youth culture.

The Third Reconstruction is Rev. William J. Barber’s memoir of the Forward Together Moral Movement, documenting the seven‑year coalition that inspired North Carolina’s Moral Mondays civil‑rights protests.

A powerful history of black teachers who fought Southern segregation and inequality, illuminating the pivotal role of African American educators in the civil rights movement.

A scholarly examination of enslaved people as commodities throughout their entire life cycles in early America, revealing the economic strategies of slaveholders and the human experiences behind the trade.

Takin' It to the Streets is a comprehensive collection of primary documents covering political, social and cultural aspects of the 1960's. Drawn from mainstream sources, little-known sixties periodicals, pamphlets and public speeches, this anthology brings together representative writings many of which have been unavailable for years or have never been reprinted, from the Port Huron Statement and Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" to Richard Nixon's "If Mob Rule Takes Hold in the U.S." and Ronald Reagan's "Freedom versus Anarchy on Campus." Introductions and headnotes by the editors help highlight the importance of particular documents while relating them to each other and placing them within the broader context of the decade. While paying particular attention to civil rights, anti-war activity, Black power, the counter-culture, the women's and gay/lesbian struggles for recognition, the authors also take into account the conservative backlashes these sparked and thus present a balanced portrait of a tumultous era. Covering an extremely popular period of history, Takin' It to the Streets stands out as a thorough and accessible collection of documents, an authoritative reader for a decade such as America had not seen before or experienced since.

An autobiography of Angela Davis, focusing on her political activism and feminist perspective on freedom and liberation.

Feminist analysis of blues tradition through the lens of three crucial black women singers: Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday, providing a groundbreaking look at the roots of the blues and its connection to social and cultural values outside mainstream American culture.

A Fire in the Bones offers a compelling collection of essays by Albert J. Raboteau, exploring how African‑American religious faith and institutions have shaped and resisted social injustice in American history.

A biography of the black lesbian feminist poet, tracing her Harlem upbringing, pioneering poetic career, activism, and final years in St. Croix battling breast cancer.

A scholarly study revealing how white women across the South sustained segregation from the 1920s to the 1970s through grassroots politics, media, and community influence.