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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorKilling Rage: Ending Racism
bell hooks · 277 pages
One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, the author of such powerful and influential books as Ain't I a Woman and Black Looks, Bell Hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must be achieved hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public disc
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis · 176 pages
>In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar **Angela Y. Davis** illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay · 360 pages
A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once l
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge · 272 pages
In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on her blog about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. Ex
Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
Angela Garbes · 256 pages
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Beverly Guy-Sheftall · 577 pages
An anthology of African American Feminist thought.
The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985
James Baldwin · 690 pages
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience.
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
Luvvie Ajayi · 241 pages
"With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I'm Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out bad behavior in our increasingly digital, connected lives--from the importance of the newest Shonda Rhimes television drama to serious discussio
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 400 pages
In these "urgently relevant essays," the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me "reflects on race, Barack Obama's presidency and its jarring aftermath"*--including the election of Donald Trump
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
Slavenka Drakulic · 193 pages
If The War Goes On: Reflections On War And Politics
Hermann Hesse · 160 pages
A collection of essays from Hermann Hesse concerning World War II, his personal anguish and his antagonism to racism, nationalism and war.
Our Declarations of Independence
Edited by Angela T. Rye
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
Tom Wolfe · 153 pages
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones · 590 pages
The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness
Rebecca Solnit · 339 pages
"The incomparable Rebecca Solnit, author of more than a dozen acclaimed books of nonfiction, brings the same dazzling writing to the twenty-nine essays in The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness. As the title suggests, the territory of Solnit's concerns is vast, and in her signature alchemical style she combines commentary on history, justice, war and peace, and explorations of place, art, an
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories
Gabrielle Union · 262 pages
In this collection of essays infused with wisdom and humor, actress Gabrielle Union tells personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame.
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
Martin Luther King Jr.
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Gloria Steinem · 406 pages
Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays are found here, from the humorous expose "I Was a Playboy Bunny" to the moving tribute to her mother, "Ruth's Song." The satirical and hilarious "If Men Could Menstruate" is alone worth the price of admission.
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Clint Smith · 240 pages
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 64 pages
In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Kiese Laymon · 168 pages
By Any Means Necessary
Malcolm X · 184 pages
"We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary." "The thing that I would like to impress upon every Afro-American leader is that no kind of action in this country is ever going to bear fruit unless that action is tied in with the overall international struggle." Through these speeches from the last year of his life, Malcom X
A Taste of Power - A Black Woman's Story
Elaine Brown · 452 pages
Brown's account of her life at the highest levels of the Black Panther party's hierarchy. More than a journey through a turbulent time in American history, this is the story of a black woman's battle to define herself.
Anarchism and Other Essays
Emma Goldman · 201 pages
"Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism which will make an end to the terrible struggle for the means of existence,--the savage struggle which undermines the finest qualities in man, and ever widens the social abyss. In short, Anarchism strives towards a social organization which will