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Haymarket Books by Black Women, for Liberation

“If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free.” 
—Combahee River Collective Statement

Browse a reading list of books by Black women who are engaged in the work of history-making, radical imagining, and movement building. All of these books are currently 40% off, as part of our Black History Month sale.

How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition)

How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition)

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Winner of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free.” —Combahee River Collective Statement The Combahee...
Black Women Writers at Work

Black Women Writers at Work

Edited by Claudia Tate
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A critical collection of conversations with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones and other Black women writers that changed the scope of Black literature in the 20th century and beyond.
I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like

I Know What the Red Clay Looks Like

by Rebecca Carroll
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Thirty years after its original publication, this newly imagined edition brings the work and musings of fifteen Black literary luminaries in conversation with a new generation of writers and reader...
This Unruly Witness

This Unruly Witness

Edited by Durell M. Callier, Dominique C. Hill, et al.
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A collection of bold and tender writing on June Jordan’s multidimensional legacy as a poet, healer, and activist. This Unruly Witness was curated for people who see love as a life force, who seek ...
Angela Davis

Angela Davis

by Angela Y. Davis
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Featuring a new introduction by the author, Angela Davis: An Autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle.
Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, et al.
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An urgent, vital contribution to the indivisible projects abolition and feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.
Abolition

Abolition

by Angela Y. Davis
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A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis For over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and f...
We Are Each Other's Liberation

We Are Each Other's Liberation

Edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, et al.
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A major anthology that illuminates historical and contemporary solidarities between Black and Asian feminists. A collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist ...
We Do This 'Til We Free Us

We Do This 'Til We Free Us

by Mariame Kaba
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A reflection on prison industrial complex abolition and a vision for collective liberation from organizer and educator Mariame Kaba.
See You Soon

See You Soon

by Mariame Kaba
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From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl’s worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between ...
Lifting As They Climbed

Lifting As They Climbed

by Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell
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An essential guidebook to influential Black women from Chicago’s South and West Sides, and their social, cultural, and artistic contributions to movements both past and present.  Geographically, h...
I Didn't Come Here to Lie

I Didn't Come Here to Lie

by Karen G.J. Lewis and Elizabeth Todd-Breland
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An intimate, inspiring memoir by educator and labor union leader Karen Lewis, a formidable fighter, a staunch defender of teachers and students, and a beloved Chicagoan. In 2012, Karen Lewis led t...
#SayHerName

#SayHerName

by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Forum Policy American African
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An urgent call to change the story of police violence against women and girls.
The Black Antifascist Tradition

The Black Antifascist Tradition

by Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen
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The story of the fight against fascism across the African diaspora, revealing that Black antifascism has always been vital to global freedom struggles. At once a history for understanding fascism ...
It’s Not That Radical

It’s Not That Radical

by Mikaela Loach
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So We Can Know

So We Can Know

Edited by Aracelis Girmay
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An anthology of nonfiction by writers of color that transcends form, So We Can Know is a record of varied and intricate relationships to pregnancy.
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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This updated and expanded edition of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 's groundbreaking book features a new chapter and a foreword by Angela Y. Davis.
Rehearsals for Living

Rehearsals for Living

by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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Articulating abolitionist and anti-colonial presents and futures, Rehearsals for Living asks what it means to get free.
Assata Taught Me

Assata Taught Me

by Donna Murch
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Incisive analysis of the history and politics of Black liberation struggle by radical scholar Donna Murch.
Finding My Voice

Finding My Voice

by Emerald Garner
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Eric Garner's daughter describes what it is like to have her father murdered by the police while the whole world watched.
Eslanda

Eslanda

by Barbara Ransby
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The first biography of the bold, principled, and fiercely independent woman who defied convention to make her own mark on the world.
Florida Water

Florida Water

by aja monet
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Florida Water is a collection of poems that, like the cleansing waters of spiritual baths, rinse, reflect, and reveal the raw truths that lie within. In this vulnerable meditation, aja monet refle...
The Billboard

The Billboard

by Natalie Y. Moore
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As a play and book, The Billboard is a cultural force that treats abortion as more than pro-life or pro-choice.
Too Much Midnight

Too Much Midnight

by Krista Franklin
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Krista Franklin’s work emerges at the intersection of poetics, popular culture, and the dynamic histories of the African Diaspora.
Feminist Freedom Warriors

Feminist Freedom Warriors

Edited by Linda Carty and Chandra Talpede Mohanty
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A collection of compelling narratives highlighting the struggles of feminist warriors whose voices are too often marginalized.
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

by Angela Y. Davis
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Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson, Palestine, and prison abolition.
Electric Arches

Electric Arches

by Eve L. Ewing
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Original meditations on race, gender, identity, and the joy and pain of growing up, from a distinctive new voice.
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2

The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2

Edited by Mahogany L. Browne, Idrissa Simmonds, et al.
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A BreakBeat Poets anthology to celebrate and canonize the words of Black women across the diaspora.
The Limitless Heart

The Limitless Heart

by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
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Encompassing the breadth of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor’s astounding career, The Limitless Heart is a time capsule of the boundless love, care, grief, and fortitude that make her work so stirring. With dee...
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