Resources on the Black Experience

On this page, you will find resources on the Black Experience. If you have additional resources that you would like to submit for consideration for this page, please email inclusiongwu [dot] edu.

Books

Collins, P. H. (2002). Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment. Routledge.
Lorde, A. (2012). Sister outsider: Essays and speeches. Crossing Press.
Hurston, Z. N. (1991). Their eyes were watching God. University of Illinois Press.
Brown, R. N. (2013). Hear our truths: The creative potential of Black girlhood University of Illinois Press.

Articles

The Combahee River Collective: A Black Feminist Statement
Miller-Young, M. (2010). Putting hypersexuality to work: Black women and illicit eroticism in pornography. Sexualities, 13 (2), 219-235
Lindsey, T. B. (2013). “One time for my girls”: African-American girlhood, empowerment, and popular visual culture. Journal of African American Studies, 17(1), 22-34.
Blackgirl, One Word: Necessary Transgressions in the Name of Imagining Black Girlhood
Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truth by Ruth Nicole Brown
Black Trans* Lives Matter by D-L Stewart
African American women stand out as working moms play a larger economic role in families
Our Grandmothers Maya Angelou
Equating Black Girls With Bad Attitudes Is Not the Answer
Put Some Respect On Our Name: Why Every Black & Brown Girl Needs to Learn About Radical Feminist Leadership
As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory, and Antiracist Politics
How Slavery Affected African American Families
Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston
Brittney Cooper Breaks Down Black Feminism
Womanist: Alice Walker's Term for Black Feminism

Podcasts

Film and Other Media