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All the Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance by EbonyJanice Moore

All the Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance

EbonyJanice Moore

139 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life by Yasmine Cheyenne

The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life

Yasmine Cheyenne

288 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

261 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction biography feminism history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

300 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Cover My Dreams in Ink: A Son's Unbearable Solitude, A Mother's Unending Quest by Jessie Dunleavy

Cover My Dreams in Ink: A Son's Unbearable Solitude, A Mother's Unending Quest

Jessie Dunleavy

380 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction autobiography biography education memoir psychology emotional reflective slow-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

Kiss Her Once for Me

Alison Cochrun

345 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Nadine Burke Harris

234 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction health psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

Skye Falling

Mia McKenzie

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

Nedra Glover Tawwab

282 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0thoughtsfromtheafro's review
nonfiction psychology self help informative reflective medium-paced