Akiba Solomon

Kenrya Rankin

A celebration of Black resistance and leadership in all its varied forms, offering a blueprint for what the fight for freedom and justice looks like -- and how each of us can contribute.Americans today are facing unprecedented attacks on our democracy, our privacy, women's rights, and civil rights. If you're Black in America, this is not new. As Colorlines editors Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin show, African Americans subvert and resist life-threatening forces as a matter of course. This book features essays, cartoons, and interviews with leading organizers, artists, journalists, comedians, athletes, and filmmakers on how they fight white supremacy. Contributors include Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robin DG Kelley, Harry Belafonte, Damon Young, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Marc Lamont Hill, and Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, and many others. Together, these contributions show how resistance work can be done through scathing, humorous pop culture writing; through traditional political organizing; by making antiracist, feminist art or movies; or through religion. And most importantly, this difficult work can also be joyous and affirming, a rewarding part of our everyday lives. This is a must-read for the newly politicized and for the next generation of leaders building a better future.

A Field Guide to Black Resistance

How We Fight White Supremacy

Ayana D. Byrd

A collection of witty and insightful essays by African-American women of all ages and walks of life--including Iyanla Vanzant, Jill Nelson, Jill Scott, and Melyssa Ford--addresses a variety of issues related to body image, includiing hair texture, skin color, weight, sexuality, and acceptance. Original.

Black Women Bare All about Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts

Naked

Ayana Byrd

Provocative essays on body image by black women. Candid, witty, and insightful, Naked is a compelling collection of essays that captures what today's black women think about their bodies-from head to toe. Tackling such issues as hair texture, skin color, weight, and sexuality, it follows women on their paths to acceptance-and enjoyment -of their unique features...to a place where it doesn't matter how big the breasts or how long the legs, only what is in the heart. Includes contributions from women of all ages and walks of life, including such notables as: - Iyanla Vanzant - Jill Scott - Kelis - Tracee Ellis Ross - Jill Nelson - Hilda Hutcherson - asha bandele - Melyssa Ford Edited by Ayana Byrd and Akiba Solomon Foreword by Sonia Sanchez

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