Last week in my open letter I promised to send Washington reporter Michelle Cottle a syllabus on black feminism in response to her calling First Lady Michelle Obama a “feminist nightmare.” Here is my suggested reading list:
Cooper, Anna Julia. A Voice From the South.
Davis, Angela. Women, Race, & Class.
Giddings, Paula. Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells.
Giddings, Paula. When And Where I Enter The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America.
Guy-Shefthall, Beverly. Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought.
Harris-Perry, Melissa. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America.
Hunter, Tera. To ‘Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women’s Lives and Labors After the Civil War.
Lorde, Audre. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Marby, Marcus. Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power. Morgan, Joan. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks it Down. Ransby, Barbara. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Shange, Ntozke. For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf.
Melissa Harris-Perry Recommended
