February is Black History Month, and this year, in collaboration with Women’s Programs, we’ve put together a list of recent resources that explore the experiences of black women in America. - Want to start a revolution?: radical women in the black freedom struggle / edited by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, and Komozi Woodard [e-book]
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Some liked it hot: jazz women in film and television, 1928-1959 / Kristin A. McGee [e-book]
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Black beauty: aesthetics, stylization, politics / by Shirley Anne Tate [e-book]
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Rosa / Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier 323.092 P252g 2008
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Labor of love, labor of sorrow: black women, work, and the family, from slavery to the present / Jacqueline Jones [e-book]
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Erotic revolutionaries: Black women, sexuality, and popular culture / Shayne Lee [e-book]
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Unequal sisters : a multicultural reader in U.S. women’s history / edited by Vicki L. Ruiz and Ellen Carol DuBois 305.4 U56
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Alice Walker / California newsreel [online video]
And I couldn’t resist including an older gem by my all time favorite activist, Angela Davis:
- If they come in the morning; voices of resistance/ Angela Y. Davis [and others] Foreword by Julian Bond. 365.45 D261i
Take a look at our past blog post about Black History Month for more excellent resources at the Highline Library:
