Books like Beautiful, also, are the souls of my Black sisters by Jeanne L. Noble

A gripping sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever, following Porsche as she battles foster care, group homes, and juvenile detention while striving to reclaim the life her family once shared.

In Search of Our Mother's Garden: A Collection of Nonfiction Essays by Alice Walker

Black Feminist Thought offers a foundational overview of African‑American feminist theory, exploring the ideas of key thinkers such as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde.

A collection of African-American women's firsthand accounts of their experiences in the United States from colonial times to the present day, highlighting struggles, self-help, and resilience against racism, economic hardship, and violence.

A heart‑felt tale of a fourteen‑year‑old girl balancing her dreams with the harsh realities of life in the Negro section of town.

A candid guide by Sister Souljah that empowers young African‑American girls to maintain integrity amid societal pressures, exploring themes of sexual identity, autonomy, and relationships.

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.

"In this book, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham gives us our first full account of the crucial role of black women in making the church a powerful institution for social and political change in the black community. Between 1880 and 1920, the black church served as the most effective vehicle by which men and women alike, pushed down by racism and poverty, regrouped and rallied against emotional and physical defeat. Focusing on the National Baptist Convention, the largest religious movement among black Americans, Higginbotham shows us how women were largely responsible for making the church a force for self-help in the black community. In her account, we see how the efforts of women enabled the church to build schools, provide food and clothing to the poor, and offer a host of social welfare services. And we observe the challenges of black women to patriarchal theology. Class, race, and gender dynamics continually interact in Higginbotham's nuanced history. She depicts the cooperation, tension, and negotiation that characterized the relationship between men and women church leaders as well as the interaction of southern black and northern white women's groups." "Higginbotham's history is at once tough-minded and engaging. It portrays the lives of individuals within this movement as lucidly as it delineates feminist thinking and racial politics. She addresses the role of black Baptist women in contesting racism and sexism through a "politics of respectability" and in demanding civil rights, voting rights, equal employment, and educational opportunities." "Righteous Discontent finally assigns women their rightful place in the story of political and social activism in the black church. It is central to an understanding of African American social and cultural life and a critical chapter in the history of religion in America."--Jacket.

Wounds of Passion is bell hooks’ memoir tracing her journey as an African‑American feminist writer: from her early work on birth control and the women’s movement to a fifteen‑year partnership with a poet and scholar that shaped her literary voice.

Too Heavy a Load traces a century of African American women’s fight against racism and gender bias, highlighting their vital role in civil rights, women’s rights, and the evolving focus of American racial progress.

A revolutionary text by Frantz Fanon, providing insight into the fight for freedom and national culture in decolonization era.