Recommended Book List for Black Girl Advocates

Raising Black girl magic takes a village. Add on the heavy lifting to ensure Black girls are fully equipped with the tools to navigate a racist country well it is an all-hands on deck kind of job.

Black girlhood requires unique care and intention. Thus who are called to act in service of girls must themselves be well versed in Black girl lived experiences. Yet probably more than anything those who proclaim to love and honor Black girl development must possess an audacious and radical love for Black girls rooted in honesty as well as commitment to speak truth to power.

GLMPI has compiled a list of recommended reading for Black Girl Advocates:

We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Abolitionist Papers)
Mariame Kaba
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us

What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250223210

Arrested Justice Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation
Beth Richie
https://nyupress.org/9780814776223/arrested-justice/

Teaching Black girls: Resiliency in urban classrooms
Venus Evans-Winters, PhD.
https://www.venusevanswinters.com/publications.html

The State of Black Girls: A Go-To Guide for Creating Safe Space for Black Girls
Marline Francois-Madden LCSW
https://www.marlinefrancois.com/state-of-black-girls

Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image
Editors: Danielle Apugo, Lynnette Mawhinney, Afiya Mbilishaka
https://www.tcpress.com/strong-black-girls-9780807764527

Black Feminism in Qualitative Inquiry
Venus Winters Evans Ph.D
https://www.venusevanswinters.com/publications.html

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
Bettina Love
https://bettinalove.com/

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall
https://bookshop.org/books/hood-feminism-notes-from-the-women-that-a-movement-forgot/9780525560548

Dear Black Girl
Tamara Winfrey Harris
https://www.tamarawinfreyharris.com/works/

Electric Arches
Eve L. Ewing
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1129-electric-arches

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Monique Morris, PhD
https://pushoutfilm.com/book

*Please add to the list or let us know what you've been reading*