Read of the Week

What’s LaNesha reading this week?

  • Book cover titled "Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors" by Marian Wright Edelman, featuring a black and white photo of an elderly woman with short curly hair, hands clasped under her chin, wearing a dark top. The background is dark teal, and the text is in gold and white.

    5/10/2026

  • Black and white book cover featuring a photo of Ethel Payne, First Lady of the Black Press, smiling. Text includes the title "Eye on the Struggle," author's name James McGrath Morris, and quotes about her biography.

    5/3/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Breaking White Supremacy' by Gary Dorrien, featuring a black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr. in a suit, looking confidently to the side.

    4/26/2026

  • Cover of a book titled "Race, Religion, & Black Lives Matter: Essays on a Moment and a Movement" edited by Christopher Cameron and Phillip Luke Sinitiere, with a black and white photo of hands raised in protest or solidarity.

    4/19/2026

  • Book cover titled "The Polished King: Living Words of Martin Luther King Jr." by Joseph Evans, featuring a black-and-white photo of Martin Luther King Jr. resting his chin on his hand, with a color block background.

    4/12/2026

  • Book cover titled "Voices of Freedom" with a black-and-white photo of a large civil rights protest, featuring diverse people holding signs and raising fists. Subtitle indicates it is an oral history of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s to the 1980s, authored by Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer.

    4/5/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Howeard Bryant Kings and Pawns' by Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson, featuring black and white photos of people and newspaper clippings in the background.

    3/29/2026

  • Historical black and white photograph of a group of people marching, with a large poster displaying the title "Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear" by Aram Goudsouzian.

    3/22/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Black Against Brown' by Charise L. Cheney, with subtitle 'The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas', featuring an image of a historical group photograph of children and adults.

    3/15/2026

  • Black and white photo of a woman holding a sign that reads, "The presence of segregation is the absence of democracy. Jim Crow must go!" The image is part of a cover or poster advocating civil rights and was associated with Spelman College and the civil rights movement from 1957 to 1967.

    3/8/2026

  • Cover of a book titled "Kennedy, Johnson, and The Quest for Justice" by Jonathan Rosenberg and Zachary Karabell, featuring a black-and-white photo of civil rights protesters marching and holding a sign that says "March on Washington."

    3/1/2026

  • Book cover for 'Soon We Will Not Cry' by Cynthia Griggs Fleming, featuring a black-and-white photo of three women holding hands and dancing, with a crowd and trees in the background.

    2/22/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Scattered and Fugitive Things' by Laura E. Helton. Features a black and white portrait illustration of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a fur-collared coat, and holding a book. Yellow sidebar with black text lists topics covered in the book, including how Black collectors created archives and remade history.

    2/15/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement' by Elaine Allen Lectrick, featuring a black-and-white photograph of a protest scene with police and protesters, and a person being forcibly removed.

    2/8/2026

  • Cover of the book 'Divided Minds' by Carol Polsgrove, featuring four men in suits standing with arms crossed in front of a brick building.

    2/1/2026

  • Cover of a book titled "Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin" by John D'Emilio, featuring a sepia-toned photograph of Bayard Rustin in a suit and glasses.

    1/25/2026

  • Book cover of 'King: A Life' featuring a black and white close-up portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. with large yellow text for the title and author's name, and a gold circle indicating Pulitzer Prize winner.

    1/18/2026

  • Book cover titled "Looking for Lorraine" featuring a black-and-white photo of Lorraine Hansberry resting her chin on her hand, with the subtitle "The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry." The author is Imani Perry, with a quote from Alice Walker at the bottom.

    1/11/2026

  • Book cover for "The Race Beat" showing black and white photo of civil rights activists, with title and author information.

    1/4/2026

2025

  • The cover of a book titled "The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP" by Yvonne Ryan, featuring a black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting on a couch, resting his head on his hand.

    12/28/2025

  • Cover of a book titled "Black is a Country" by Nikhil Pal Singh, showing a black woman laughing and others in the background.

    12/21/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century' by Kevin K. Gaines. The cover features a divided yellow and gray background with black text and black and white images of two figures in historical attire.

    12/15/2025

  • Book cover for "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles, featuring a sepia-toned historical photograph of African American women working in a field, with green leaves at the top and a gold badge indicating a National Book Award winner.

    12/7/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Nothing Less Than Equality: The Battle over Segregated Education in the Nation's Capital' by Tikia K. Hamilton, featuring a historical black and white photograph of civil rights protesters holding signs about school segregation.

    11/30/2025

  • Book cover titled "Vanguard" by Martha S. Jones, featuring illustrations of Black women and girls standing in line at a voting booth, with a yellow background and social justice themes.

    11/23/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Schoolhouse Activists' by Tondra L. Loder-Jackson, featuring a black-and-white photo of African American women and a man standing in front of a schoolhouse, with trees and a sidewalk.

    11/16/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photo of Fannie Lou Hamer speaking into a microphone, with the title 'Walk with Me' and attribution to Kate Clifford Larson.

    11/9/2025

  • Book cover with the title "FIRE THIS TIME" and subtitle "The Watts Uprising and the 1960s" by Gerald Horne. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of two men, one in a police uniform and the other in a white shirt and hat, engaging in conversation. The background depicts a reddish-tinted aerial view of a neighborhood.

    11/2/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights' by Keisha N. Blain, featuring a stylized black silhouette of a woman with natural hair, set against patterns resembling the American flag.

    10/26/2025

  • Book cover featuring a woman in a vintage white dress with a veil, standing against a gold and black patterned background. The title reads 'Joy Goddess' and the subtitle mentions A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance. The author's name is A'Lelia Bundles.

    10/19/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners' by Lynn M. Thomas, featuring an illustrated portrait of an African woman with short hair, green eye makeup, and a neutral expression.

    10/12/2025

  • Book cover featuring a woman wearing a vintage hat adorned with flowers and lace, dressed in a dark coat with fur collar, holding a small animal, with decorative borders. Title: 'Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World' by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham.

    10/5/2025

  • Book cover titled "Going Down Jericho Road" by Michael K. Honey, about the Memphis Strike and Martin Luther King's last campaign, with black and white photos of civil rights leaders.

    9/28/2025

  • Book cover titled "Shattered Dreams of the Civil Rights Movement: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" by Brandon M. Terry, featuring a black and white photograph of a person holding a flower against a cloudy sky background.

    9/21/2025

  • Book cover showing a man with glasses and a woman sitting at a desk with papers, books, and a typewriter, with a mural behind them.

    9/14/2025

  • Book cover titled 'May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem' by Imani Perry, showing a group of children singing outdoors, dressed in white shirts and dark pants or skirts.

    9/7/2025

  • Black and white cover photo of Martin Luther King Jr. with the book title 'To Shape a New World' and subtitle 'Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.'

    8/31/2025

  • Book cover titled "Freedom Season" by Peniel E. Joseph, featuring a black and white photo of African Americans celebrating civil rights victory, with people smiling, some raising fists and hands in the air.

    8/24/2025

  • Black and white photograph of African American women and girls protesting segregation, holding signs and banners, with one woman prominently leading the march.

    8/17/2025

  • A black-and-white group photo of men and women in front of a tent, taken at the 1933 Amania Conference, with the title 'Born Along the Color Line' at the top.

    8/10/2025

  • Black and white photograph of a city street scene with people walking, buildings on both sides, and utility poles. Title text states "Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit" with the author's name, Kendra D. Boyd.

    8/3/2025

  • Book cover of "To the Promised Land" featuring a black-and-white photo of people standing in line outside a building with protest signs, including one that reads "Racism, Employment is Poison, No More Exploitation."

    7/27/2025

  • A book cover with the title 'A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America' by Jacqueline Jones, featuring an illustration of people gathered outdoors with some walking and others carrying objects in a stylized, abstract manner.

    7/20/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Black Picket Fences' with subtitle 'Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class'. Illustration of three Black children standing outside near picket fences, one holding an American flag.

    7/13/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Race and Upward Mobility' by Elda María Román, featuring an aerial view of a neighborhood with rows of houses and parked cars.

    7/6/2025

  • Book cover titled "Right to Ride" by Blair L. M. Kelley. The cover features an old photograph of a streetcar with African American passengers and conductors, overlaid with a pattern resembling barbed wire or fencing.

    6/29/2025

  • A group of men in suits standing outside in front of a brick building and a clock tower. The photo appears to be historical, and the title on the image reads, 'In Search of the Talented Tenth: Howard University Public Intellectuals and the Dilemmas of Race, 1926-1970'. The author's name at the bottom is Zachery R. Williams.

    6/22/2025

  • Book cover titled "The Stained Glass Window" featuring an oval black and white photograph of a man and two girls. The cover has a stained glass window border in multiple colors and a subtitle about family history from 1790 to 1958. The author is David Levering Lewis, a Pulitzer Prize winner.

    6/15/2025

  • Book cover for 'Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents' by Isabel Wilkerson, featuring a black-and-white historical photograph of a crowd of smiling and talking people, some wearing hats and sunglasses, with the title superimposed in large white text.

    6/8/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photograph of W.E.B. Du Bois. Title: W.E.B. Du Bois. Subtitle: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963. Inspirational quote about the book, and a gold medallion indicating it is a Pulitzer Prize winner.

    6/1/2025

  • Close-up of Martin Luther King Jr. in profile, with text overlaying the image that reads 'Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis with Michael D'Orso.'

    5/25/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Anchored in the Current' with a black and white photo of a man standing in water with his back to the camera, looking down, with a cloudy sky in the background.

    5/18/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing a suit and tie, with the title 'Where Do We Go From Here' in large letters at the top, and his name at the bottom. The cover includes a foreword by Coretta Scott King.

    5/11/2025

  • Close-up of worn yellow poster with black text reading "The Darkened Light" and smaller white text underneath, with peeling edges and part of a black figure visible at the bottom.

    5/4/2025

  • A mural of Martin Luther King Jr. on a brick wall with the quote, 'WAKING FROM THE DREAM,' and a man in a green shirt and glasses walking in front of it holding a newspaper.

    4/27/2025

  • Cover image of a book titled "Eyes Off the Prize" with a subtitle about the United Nations and African American struggle for human rights from 1944 to 1955. The cover features a historic black-and-white photograph of three African American men in suits and hats, standing in front of a background with flames and smoke.

    4/20/2025

  • Book cover titled "A Stone of Hope" by David L. Chappell, with a subtitle "Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow." The background features a historical black-and-white photograph of civil rights protesters carrying signs and demonstrating.

    4/13/2025

  • Book cover titled "In League Against King Alcohol" and subtitle "Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874-1933" by Thomas J. Lappas. The cover features a black-and-white photograph of a group of Native American women and children posing outdoors.

    4/6/2025

  • Book cover featuring a child sitting on stairs in front of a wooden building with large doors. The title reads "Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership" by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. The cover includes a quote about racial capitalism and a badge for the National Book Award Longlist.

    3/30/2025

  • Book cover titled "Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen" by Alexandria Russell with images of historic Black women and groups, including Harriet Tubman, a woman in a blue dress, an older woman in green, and a group of women in front of a building.

    3/23/2025

  • A black and white historical photograph of a large group of men and women, many dressed in formal attire, gathered for a public event or rally. The image appears to be from the early 20th century.

    3/16/2025

  • Book cover titled "Nursing Civil Rights" by Charissa J. Threat, focusing on gender and race issues among Army nurse corps, with a historical black-and-white photo of nurse soldiers in uniform.

    3/9/2025

  • Book cover titled "What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do" by Stephanie J. Shaw, featuring a group portrait of Black professional women dressed in white, during the Jim Crow era.

    3/2/2025

  • Close-up of four women's legs and feet, standing outdoors, wearing various types of shoes and dresses, with a book cover below them titled "Crossing the Line" about women's interracial activism in South Carolina during and after World War II.

    2/23/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photograph of Shirley Chisholm, with bold blue and white text displaying her name and description, and a subtitle indicating it is about her role as a champion of Black feminist power politics, authored by Anastasia C. Curwood.

    2/16/2025

  • Book cover titled "The Politics of Black Religion," featuring a person with hands clasped together, wearing a white garment, with the subtitle "Your Spirits Walk Beside Us" and the author's name, Barbara Dianne Savage.

    2/9/2025

  • A weekly time record sheet for an employee with shifts from 7:00 am to 12:30 pm. The sheet is for the week of July 15. Large red text overlays the sheet, reading "CONTINUALLY WORKING." The sheet lists the topics of a discussion or presentation: "Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee," authored by Crystal Marie Moten.

    2/2/2025

  • Book cover titled 'The Roots of the Black Working Class' by Blair LM Kelley with a black-and-white photo of Black people walking on a dirt road, some with umbrellas and hats, in a rural setting.

    1/26/2025

  • Book cover titled 'White Rage' by Carol Anderson, with a torn paper graphic revealing the title, and a yellow badge indicating it’s a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

    1/19/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar' by Barbara D. Savage, featuring a black and white photo of Merze Tate standing next to a bicycle with a basket, in front of an ornate historic building with a fence in the foreground.

    1/12/2025

  • Book cover titled "I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War against Reconstruction" by Kidada E. Williams.

    1/5/2025

2024

  • Book cover titled "The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History" featuring a black and white photo of W.E.B. Du Bois reading a book in a library with shelves of books behind him.

    12/29/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Subversive Habits' by Shannen Dee Williams, featuring a black and white photo of a smiling Black Catholic nun in religious habit, with a background of orange and yellow hues and multiple images of nuns.

    12/22/2024

  • Black and white photograph of women sitting at a long table in a library or study room filled with books. A woman stands behind the seated women. The image is part of a larger display with the text 'The Chicago Black Renaissance and Women's Activism' and the name 'Anne Meis Knufner' in yellow text.

    12/15/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Private Politics & Public Voices' with a subtitle about Black women's activism from World War I to the New Deal. The cover features a black and white historical photograph of Black women protesting with signs at an event in the U.S., with some signs reading 'They won't forget,' 'Stop lynching,' and 'Women and Barrels'.

    12/8/24

  • A historical protest march along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with large crowds holding signs advocating for civil rights, jobs, and freedom, during a civil rights movement demonstration.

    12/1/2024

  • Portrait of a woman in historical clothing with epaulet's and jewelry, accompanied by the text: "A passionate mind in relentless pursuit. The vision of Mary McLeod Bethune."

    11/24/2024

  • Book cover with a blue background, featuring a faded image of a woman's face and the title 'She Changed the Nation' in large bold letters. Subheading in yellow text reads 'Barbara Jordan's Life and Legacy in Black Politics' and the author's name, 'Mary Ellen Curtin,' is at the bottom.

    11/17/2024

  • Book cover titled 'We Rise: A Forceful History of Black Resistance' by Kellie Carter Jackson, showing a woman with African features in a white dress holding a rifle, standing outdoors with trees and a blue sky.

    11/10/2024

  • Book cover titled "Wake Up America" with subtitle "Black Women on the Future of Democracy," edited by Keisha N. Blain, coeditor of "Four Hundred Souls." The title appears upside down at the bottom.

    11/3/2024

  • Book cover for 'Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist' by Vivian M. May, featuring a black and white photo of Anna Julia Cooper wearing an academic cap and gown, holding a book, with the title and author's name in blue text.

    10/27/2024

  • Book cover titled "In Pursuit of Knowledge" with red flowers at the top and a light green background.

    10/20/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race' by John Fredrick Bell, featuring a black and white historical photograph of a group of Black women and men in formal attire.

    10/13/2024

  • Cover of a book titled 'bell hooks FEMINIST THEORY FROM MARGIN TO CENTER', second edition, published by South End Press Classics. The cover features a black and white photo of a woman with an afro hairstyle resting her chin on her hand.

    10/6/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African American Women's Contemporary Activism' with a photo of a woman holding a sign in the background.

    9/29/2024

  • Book cover for 'Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954' by Stephanie Y. Evans, featuring black and white photographs of three women in academic regalia on a green background with decorative floral borders on the left side.

    9/22/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds,' edited by Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway. The cover features a black and white photograph of a woman with dark, curly hair, dressed in vintage attire, sitting on an ornate chair, reading a book.

    9/15/2024

  • Book cover titled "Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women," edited by Mia Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage. Part of the cover shows a close-up of a black woman’s face, with a focus on her eye and forehead, set against a dark background.

    9/8/2024

  • Cover of a book titled "Words of Fire," featuring a black and white portrait of a woman with short hair, mixed with purple background and orange and white text.

    9/1/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954' by William H. Watkins with a foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley, featuring a red and black background with an abstract circular design.

    8/25/2024

  • Book cover titled 'First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School' by Alison Stewart with a foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry. The cover features a black and white photo of a classroom with students, mostly girls, reading or writing at their desks. There is a girl at the chalkboard teaching or speaking to the class.

    8/18/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Benjamin Elijah Mays: Schoolmaster of the Movement' by Randal Maurice Jelks. The cover features a portrait of Benjamin Elijah Mays, an African American man with gray hair, dressed in a suit with a red bowtie, sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

    8/11/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Disciplining Women' by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, featuring a black and white photograph of a group of women and girls sitting and standing in front of a building with trees and plants in the background, with pink and green design elements.

    8/4/2024

  • A group of Black women and women, many holding books, standing outdoors with a sign that reads "To Live More Abundantly" and a subtitle about Black collegiate women, Howard University, and Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe.

    7/28/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Her Truth and Service' featuring a black-and-white portrait of Lucy Diggs Slowe with cursive handwritten text overlay. The subtitle states 'Lucy Diggs Slowe in Her Own Words' and the editor's name is Amy Yeboah Quarkume.

    7/21/2024

  • Cover of a book titled 'Black Intellectual Thought in Education,' showing a stack of books, an ink bottle, a small hourglass, a pair of glasses, and a small decorative object on a desk.

    7/14/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The Black Intellectual Tradition: African American Thought in the Twentieth Century,' edited by Derrick P. Alridge, Cornelius L. Bynum, and James B. Stewart, featuring a black and white image of an African American person's face.

    7/7/2024

  • Book cover of 'Stony the Road' by Henry Louis Gates Jr., featuring a black silhouette of a person's head with trees in the background.

    6/30/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Upending the Ivory Tower' with the subtitle 'Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Ivy League' by Stefan M. Bradley. The cover features a black-and-white photo of two young Black children, one sitting on Martin Luther King Jr.'s statue and the other standing, both expressive.

    6/23/2024

  • Book cover titled 'A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools' by Michael Hines, featuring torn paper, a vintage photo of Madeline Morgan, and school supplies background.

    6/16/2024

  • Book cover titled "The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture" by Courtney Thorsson, featuring a black-and-white photograph of eight Black women, some smiling and standing, with a mirror and a portrait on the wall in the background.

    6/9/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Have You Got Good Religion? Black Women's Faith, Courage, & Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement' by Annemarie Mingo. The cover features a painting of Black women participating in a civil rights march with signs advocating for justice and freedom.

    6/2/2024

  • Book cover titled 'To Advance the Race: Black Women's Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s' by Linda M. Perkins, featuring a historical black-and-white photograph of eight black women in period clothing.

    5/26/2024

  • Book cover titled "Revives My Soul Again" with gold decorative circle on a black background. Subtext: "The Spirituality of Martin Luther King Jr." Edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Victor Anderson, with a yellow band at the bottom.

    5/19/2024

  • Cover of the book titled "The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century" by Jane Rhodes, featuring four black-and-white photographs of a woman with dark hair in a bun, wearing a high-collared dress.

    5/12/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The Revolution Has Come' featuring black and white photo of young Black individuals, with a subtitle 'Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland' by Robyn C. Spencer.

    5/5/2024

  • Book cover titled "Black Panther Woman" showing a smiling Black woman with curly hair, wearing large earrings and a jacket, in black and white, with a subtitle about Erickka Huggins' political and spiritual life, authored by Mary Frances Phillips.

    4/28/2024

  • Book cover titled "Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46" by Nancy Marie Robertson. The cover features illustration of a woman in period clothing carrying a suitcase, standing beside a street scene with a city skyline and a streetlamp with a YWCA sign.

    4/21/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Women in White America', featuring a black-and-white portrait of a woman with short hair, with text indicating it is a documentary history edited by Gerda Lerner.

    4/14/2024

  • Book cover featuring Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, a civil rights pioneer, with the title "She Can Bring Us Home" and author Diane Kiesel.

    4/7/2024

  • Painting of three African American women activists from the Cold War era, with two women on the sides looking at the woman in the center, holding hands with her, set against a background of green leaves.

    3/31/2024

  • Black and white photograph of African-American woman speaking into multiple microphones. Text overlays the image, reading "How Long? How Long?" and "African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights" with the name Belinda Robnett.

    3/24/2024

  • Book cover for Charles M. Payne's 'I've Got the Light of Freedom' featuring a black-and-white photo of four African American individuals, including a woman with glasses, with serious expressions.

    3/17/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The Forging of a Black Community' by Quintard Taylor featuring a black and white photograph of a large group of people crossing a street in Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era.

    3/10/2024

  • Book cover titled "The Vined Garvey: The Life & Times of Amy Jacques Garvey" by Ula Yvette Taylor, featuring black-and-white photographs of Amy Jacques Garvey, a man, and woman, with a purple background.

    3/3/2024

  • Book cover titled 'More Than a Dream' with a black-and-white photo of African American women and children protesting in front of the Lincoln Memorial, with some color elements including yellow, green, pink, and orange on clothing and text.

    2/25/2024

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white portrait of Lugenia Burns Hope on a pink background, titled "Lugenia Burns Hope: Black Southern Reformer" by Jacqueline Anne Rouse.

    2/18/2024

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white portrait of Pauli Murray. The title reads "The Life of Pauli Murray," authored by Rosalind Rosenberg, with the words "JANE" and "CROW" in large purple letters.

    2/11/2024

  • Book cover titled "Passionate for Justice" featuring a black and white portrait of Ida B. Wells, with the subtitle "As Prophet for Our Time," authored by Catherine Meeks and Nibs Stroupe, with foreword by Stacey Abrams.

    2/4/2024

  • Book cover featuring a portrait of Audre Lorde with a head wrap, with the title "Sister Outsider" and subtitle "Essays and Speeches".

    1/28/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Blues Legacies and Black Feminism' by Angela Y. Davis, featuring black and white photos of women, including Angela Davis and others, and an endorsement quote from Toni Morrison.

    1/21/2024

  • Book cover titled 'African American Women and Christian Activism 1905-1945' by Judith Weisenfeld. The cover background is dark with red tones.

    1/14/2024

  • Book cover for "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story" by Elaine Brown. The cover features red, black, and white colors with photos of Black individuals and a woman smiling, along with quotes and text referencing the autobiography.

    1/7/2024

2023

  • Book cover titled "Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement" by Yohuru Williams. Features a black and white historical photo of a woman kneeling with a handbag in front of a police officer and construction site background.

    11/19/2023

  • Book cover titled 'The Wretched of the Earth' by Frantz Fanon, with a preface by Jean-Paul Sartre.

    11/12/2023

  • A young man wearing a white Pith helmet standing beside a car on a rural road. He has a sign on his back that reads, "Move on over or we'll move on over you," with an image of a black panther. The background shows open fields and a clear sky. The photo is in black and white with some red text.

    11/5/2023

  • Book cover titled "Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom" by Keisha N. Blain, featuring a historical black and white photograph of women marching in uniform with one woman carrying a flag.

    10/29/2023

  • Book cover titled "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination" by Robin D. G. Kelley, with a foreword by Aja Monet. Features an artistic illustration of a mask with black eye holes, spiked hair, and a hand making a peace sign.

    10/22/2023

  • Black and white photograph of a group of Black children and teenagers, some in school clothes, standing outdoors in multiple rows, with some standing on elevated ground, against a plain background.

    10/15/2023

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photo of three women looking at a blueprint, with the title 'Until There Is Justice' and subtitle 'The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman' written on it.

    10/8/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Better Living by Their Own Boots: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965' by Cherisse Jones-Branch, featuring a black-and-white photo of African American women in vintage clothing.

    10/1/2023

  • Cover of a book titled 'Ebony & Ivy' by Craig Steven Wilder, with a chain and leaves graphic.

    9/24/2023

  • Book cover titled 'The Women of Now' with a black and white photo of women protesting holding a banner that says 'Women of the World Unite.' The subtitle reads 'How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America' by Katherine Turk.

    9/17/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell' by Alison M. Parker, featuring a black-and-white portrait of Mary Church Terrell wearing a large hat.

    9/10/2023

  • Book cover titled "Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order" by Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, featuring a black, white, gray, and red color scheme with a background of green leaves.

    9/3/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Fugitive Pedagogy' by Jarvis R. Givens with a background image of a classroom filled with students and teachers.

    8/27/2023

  • Two men sitting in a library looking at bookshelves, one wearing a hat, in black and white.

    8/20/2023

  • Cover of a book titled 'Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968,' second edition, by Steven E. Lawson and Charles Payne, with an introduction by James P. Patterson. The cover features black and white photographs of civil rights protests and meetings.

    8/13/2023

  • Book cover titled "WAGING A GOOD WAR" with the subtitle "A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1954-1968." The cover mentions the author as a New York Times bestselling author of First Principles. The background is red with black and white text.

    8/6/2023

  • Black and white photo of diverse women and children with overlaid text about history and civil rights.

    7/30/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights' by Dylan C. Penningroth, featuring a black and white photo of three African American individuals sitting outdoors, engaged in conversation.

    7/23/2023

  • A group of people protesting in the street, with a man in the foreground wearing a white shirt, surrounded by other people, some wearing glasses and hats, against a background of buildings with signs and a cloudy blue sky.

    7/16/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Julian Bond's Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement,' featuring a black-and-white photograph of four African American men walking together near a building.

    7/9/2023

  • Book cover titled "The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South" by Wayne A. Wiegand and Shirley A. Wiegand, featuring a black-and-white photograph of four people in a library, with two women and two men, one man dressed as a police officer, and one woman seated at a table writing.

    7/2/2023

  • Book cover titled "The Three Mothers" by Anna Malaika Tubbs. Text highlights the book's focus on the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin who shaped a nation. The cover features stylized silhouettes of three women in red, black, and pink colors.

    6/25/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall' by Michael G. Long with foreword by Derrick Bell. The cover shows a black-and-white photo of a group of people, including Thurgood Marshall, walking in a city street.

    6/18/2023

  • Book cover titled "Begin Again" by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., with a red background on the top half and an off-white background on the bottom half. The top half has the bold white text "BEGIN AGAIN" and black text "James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own." The bottom half features a black and white photo of James Baldwin sitting between four empty chairs.

    6/11/2023

  • Book titled 'The Shattering' by Kevin Boyle featuring black and white historical photographs of American soldiers, protestors, and groups with American flags.

    6/4/2023

  • Book cover for 'Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights' by Steven Levingston. The cover features black and white images of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. in expressive poses.

    5/28/2023

  • Book cover titled "Degrees of Freedom" by William D. Green, featuring a historic black and white photograph of African American and white children and adults standing together in period clothing, with a brick building in the background.

    5/21/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Women Race & Class' by Angela Y. Davis with a quote about women's movement.

    5/14/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Black Prophetic Fire' by Cornel West and Christa Buschendorf.

    5/7/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision' by Barbara Ransby

    4/30/2023

  • Book cover for 'Liberated Threads' by Tanish C. Ford, featuring a woman with short hair and glasses speaking into a megaphone during a protest or rally, with a background of other women holding signs.

    4/24/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Becoming King' by Troy Jackson, with an introduction by Clayborne Carson, featuring a black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr.

    4/16/2023

  • Book cover with a black and white photograph of Nannie Helen Burroughs, an African American woman with an elaborate hairstyle adorned with a large flower. The title reads "Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer 1900-1959."

    4/9/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark', featuring a black and white photo of Septima Clark with short hair, looking to the side.

    4/2/2023

  • Cover of a book titled 'A Chance for Change' with a subtitle 'Head Start and Mississippi's Black Freedom Struggle' by Crystal R. Sanders. The cover features black and white photos of African American children and an adult woman, along with a child on a swing set.

    3/26/2023

  • A black and white photo of women and children in a large gathering, some raising their hands, holding papers, in a possibly educational or protest setting. Overlaid text promotes a book titled 'Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC,' edited by Faith S. Holsaert and others.

    3/19/2023

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photograph of a smiling man with glasses and curly hair, sitting at a desk with books in the background. The title reads 'Pauli Murray,' and the author is Troy R. Saxby, with a subtitle 'A Personal and Political Life' in purple.

    3/12/2023

  • Book cover of 'Bearing the Cross' by David J. Garrow, featuring a black-and-white photo of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking into a microphone.

    3/5/2023

  • Book cover titled 'God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights' by Charles Marsh, featuring a black-and-white photograph of a long, straight road with trees on both sides and a clear sky.

    2/26/2023

  • Book cover of "Open Wide the Freedom Gates" by Dorothy Height, featuring a portrait of Dorothy Height with short hair and a pearl necklace.

    2/19/2023

  • Book cover titled 'A Forgotten Sisterhood' with the subtitle 'Pioneering Black Women Educators in the Jim Crow South,' featuring a black-and-white photograph of nine women in early 20th-century attire.

    2/12/2023

  • Two young African American girls standing on a street holding a protest sign that reads, 'We protest dog attacks in Birmingham NAACP.' The girls are dressed in checkered clothing, and there appears to be a car behind them.

    2/5/2023

  • Black woman holding a protest sign that reads "Jim Crow Must Go" during a civil rights demonstration, with police officers and other protestors in the background.

    1/29/2023

  • Book cover for 'Freedom's Daughters' by Lynne Olson, about women heroes in the civil rights movement 1830-1970, featuring a black and white photo of a woman raising her fist.

    1/22/2023

  • Book cover titled 'A Shining Thread of Hope' by Darlene Clark Hine and Kathleen Thompson, featuring historical photos of Black women and children in America.

    1/15/2023

  • Cover of a book titled "Lighting the Fires of Freedom" by Janet Dewart Bell, featuring a black-and-white photograph of African American women protesting, with some raising their fists and others shouting.

    1/8/2023

  • Book cover titled "Separate Roads to Feminism" by Benita Roth, with the subtitle "Black, Chicana, and White Feminist Movements in America’s Second Wave". The cover is yellow with black and white images of a feminist symbol, a woman’s profile with a flower, and a raised fist inside a female symbol.

    1/1/2023

2022

  • Book cover of 'Radical Sisters' by Anne M. Valk showing a black and white illustration of a protest with people holding signs including one that reads 'Women Demand Equality' in an urban setting.

    12/25/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946' by Nina M. Jajciki, featuring a collage of historical photographs related to African Americans and the YMCA.

    12/18/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Living for the Revolution' by Kimberly Springer, featuring black feminist organizations from 1966 to 1980, with a black and white photo of four Black women protesting with a megaphone and flyers in an urban environment, and a crowd of people at the bottom.

    12/11/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Gender and the Civil Rights Movement' showing a black woman with a wrinkled face surrounded by a crowd of diverse people.

    12/4/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment' by Patricia Hill Collins, featuring police officers and a woman in an urban setting.

    11/27/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era' by Ashley D. Farmer, featuring black and white illustrations of Black women and a raised fist.

    11/20/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women' by Brittany G. Cooper. Features a side profile of a woman with an Afro and colorful abstract shapes in the background.

    11/13/2022

  • Cover of the book "At Canaan's Edge" by Taylor Branch, featuring a black and white photograph of a young African American girl in the foreground with others and a woman speaking into a microphone in the background.

    11/6/2022

  • Book cover for 'Pillar of Fire' by Taylor Branch, featuring a black-and-white image of two hands shaking.

    10/30/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63' by Taylor Branch, featuring a black and white photo of a community gathering or march with silhouettes of people.

    10/23/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Civil Rights Queen' with a black-and-white photograph of Constance Baker Motley making a peace sign, wearing a suit and pearl necklace.

    10/16/2022

  • Book cover with a large black circle and white text that reads "How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective." Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

    10/9/2022

  • Cover of a book titled 'Four Hundred Souls,' with an abstract painting of African Americans walking, and text indicating it's about African American community history from 1619 to 2019, edited by Bram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain.

    10/2/2022

  • Book cover titled 'A Black Women's History of the United States' by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross, with a patchwork design of brown, black, and beige fabrics and embroidered text.

    9/25/2022

  • Book cover titled 'The Sword and the Shield' featuring black and white images of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

    9/18/2022