RESOURCE: 5 books to read during (and after) Black History Month

It’s almost the end of Black History Month, but it’s never too late to get a heads up on black intellectual property that can help you yesterday, today, and certainly tomorrow.

Below, you’ll find a quick list - 5 books by 5 black authors - that has changed the way I view the world, and the way I see and understand my position in it.

If you’re looking for a few texts to teach you about yourself, and shift your perspective on the way you engage with your multiple communities, the texts below are for you!

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Toni Cade Bambara - The Salt Eaters

Amiri Baraka - Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

Renee Gladman - The Activist

Komozi Woodard - The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era

Alice Walker - In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose

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