Our Black History Month Reading List
WOC COMMUNITY PICKS
The weekend is perfect for starting a new book and we have recommendations for you. From thought-provoking insights and career advice to poetry and biographies - and beyond, our community weighed in on their favorite books and publications for our Black History Month (and year-round, of course) reading list.
Have you read any of these books?
Black Women. Black Love: America's War on African American Marriage by Dianne M. Stewart
“I’m loving this book. Even suggested it as my book club’s read and gave away 2 copies as gifts!”
“I would highly recommend this...I would say it’s a must read for anyone that wants to learn more about the birth of American racism and how ‘inferior’ groups are not the only ones that are negatively impacted by systems of oppression.”
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
Recommended by Rosann S., WOC Member
Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women's Philanthropy During Jim Crow by Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Advancement: A Guide to Strengthening Engagement and Fundraising Through Inclusion by Angelique Grant and Ronald J. Schiller
