February is Black History Month and it is a great time to read some awesome books written by (and about) amazing black trailblazers.
“Unbought and Unbossed,” by Shirley Chisholm
“Pauli Murray: the Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest and Poet,” by Pauli Murray
“The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” by Jeanne Theoharis
“The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell it Like it Is,” Edited by Maegan Parker Brooks and Davis W. Houck
“At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance – A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power,” by Danielle L. McGuire
“Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Movement in the United States,” by Premilla Nadasen
“Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision,” by Barbara Ransby