Read of the week. 

As a librarian and lifelong learner, books are at the center of LaNesha’s world. Here is a curated list of books based on LaNesha’s weekly reading list. Which books are of most interest to you?

2026

  • 5/31/2026

  • Book cover of "History of Black Womens Deans, College Alumnae Organizations, and Activism" by Ashla C. Hill Roseboro featuring framed 1920s or 1930s photo of Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe and other Black women deans

    5/24/2026

  • 5/17/2026

  • Book cover image of "Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors" by Marian Wright Edelman whose black and white photo is on the cover

    5/10/2026

  • Book cover titled "Breaking White Supremacy" by Gary Dorrien, featuring a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. wearing a suit and tie.

    4/26/2026

  • The 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, featuring a black-and-white image of raised hands at a protest or rally.

    4/19/2026

  • Book cover with the title 'The Polished King' and a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. on the right. Subtitle reads 'Living Words of Martin Luther King Jr.' by Joseph Evans.

    4/12/2026

  • Book cover titled "Voices of Freedom" featuring a black and white photo of civil rights protesters, including people wearing sunglasses and holding signs, gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

    4/5/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Howard Bryant: Kings and Pawns' featuring black-and-white photos of Black individuals, with newspaper clippings in the background. The title is bold with 'Kings' in blue and 'Pawns' in red.

    3/29/2026

  • Black and white photograph of civil rights protesters marching together, led by a woman and several men, with a large sign above them reading 'Down to the Crossroads, Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear, Aram Goudsouzian'.

    3/22/2026

  • Book cover for 'Black Against Brown' by Charise L. Cheney, featuring a historical photograph of a diverse group of children and adults, with the title and author's name overlaid.

    3/15/2026

  • A woman protesting holding a sign that reads: "The presence of segregation is the absence of democracy". The cover features a large red title, "Undaunted by the Fight," and mentions the book is about Spelman College and the Civil Rights Movement from 1957 to 1967.

    3/8/2026

  • Book cover titled "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Quest for Justice" by Jonathan Rosenberg and Zachary Karabell, part of the Presidential Recordings Project. Features a black and white photo of civil rights marchers holding a banner that says "March on Washington."

    3/1/2026

  • A black-and-white photo of three women holding hands while dancing or celebrating outdoors on a dusty ground, with a large crowd in the background. Overlaid text on the photo reads "Soon We Will Not Cry" and a quote about Cynthia Griggs Fleming. The cover is for a book titled "Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson."

    2/22/2026

  • Book cover for "Scatterred and Fugitive Things" by Laura E. Helton featuring a black-and-white drawing of a woman wearing a large hat and a fur-lined coat, holding a book, with a yellow background and black text.

    2/15/2026

  • Cover of a book titled 'Southern White Ministers and the Civil Rights Movement' by Elaine Allen Lectrack, showing a black and white photo of protesters and police during a civil rights demonstration, with one officer arresting a young man.

    2/8/2026

  • Book cover titled "Divided Minds" by Carol Polsgrove, focusing on intellectuals and the civil rights movement. The cover features a black-and-white photo of four men in suits standing with crossed arms, in front of a brick building.

    2/1/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin' by John D'Emilio, featuring a black and white portrait of a man with glasses, curly gray hair, and a thoughtful expression, dressed in a suit.

    1/25/2026

  • Close-up black and white cover of the book "King: A Life" by Jonathan Eig, featuring a side profile of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face with large yellow text.

    1/18/2026

  • Book cover titled 'Looking for Lorraine' with a black and white photo of Lorraine Hansberry, featuring her resting her chin on her hand. Text highlights her life and Imani Perry as author, with a quote from Alice Walker.

    1/11/2026

  • Book cover of "The Race Beat" showing black and white photo of Civil Rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., during a press event.

    1/4/2026

2025

  • Book cover titled "The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP" by Yvonne Ryan, featuring a black and white photo of a man in a suit sitting thoughtfully in a room with white paneling.

    12/28/2025

  • Book cover titled "Black is a Country" by Nikhil Pal Singh. Features a black-and-white photo of two women laughing or shouting, with other blurred figures in the background.

    12/21/2025

  • Book titled "Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century" by Kevin K. Gaines, featuring a black statue of a man with a dog on the cover

    12/15/2025

  • Book cover for "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles, featuring a vintage photograph of Black women and girls standing in a cotton field, with green leaves at the top, an award emblem, and text highlighting the book's themes and accolades.

    12/7/2025

  • Book cover with a background photo of a historical civil rights protest, featuring Black women holding signs advocating for integrated and equal education, with the title 'Nothing Less Than Equality: The Battle over Segregated Education in the Nation's Capital' by Tikia K. Hamilton.

    11/30/2025

  • Cover of a book titled 'Vanguard' by Martha S. Jones. The subtitle reads 'How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All.' The cover features an illustration of Black women and children waiting in line at a voting booth, with a sign that reads 'Voting Booth' and a ballot box.

    11/23/2025

  • Book cover titled "Schoolhouse Activists" showing a black-and-white photo of nine African American women and one man standing in front of a house, holding books and papers, with trees in the background.

    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 subtitle "A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer," and the author's name, Kate Clifford Larson.

    11/9/2025

  • Book cover titled "Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s" by Gerald Horne, featuring a black and white photo of a police officer and a young Black man having a conversation, with a red background and an aerial view of a city.

    11/2/2025

  • Book cover titled "Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights" by Keisha N. Blain. Features a black silhouette of a woman with natural hair against a background of red, white, and blue patterns.

    10/26/2025

  • Book cover featuring a portrait of a Black woman in a vintage white dress and pearl necklace, with a gold and black art deco patterned background. Title: 'Joy Goddess' and writer's name A'Lelia Walker.

    10/19/2025

  • A book cover titled 'Beneath the Surface: A Transnational History of Skin Lighteners' by Lynn M. Thomas features an illustrated portrait of a woman with dark skin, green eye makeup, and black hair styled in a bob. The background is black with some brownish speckles.

    10/12/2025

  • Book cover for 'Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World' by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham. The cover features a historical photo of Nannie Helen Burroughs, an African American woman, dressed in a dark coat with a fur collar, wearing a large hat decorated with flowers and a feather, set against a decorative border background.

    10/5/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Going Down Jericho Road' by Michael K. Honey, featuring a black-and-white photograph of civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King Jr., with a background image of a protest march.

    9/28/2025

  • The cover of the book titled "Shattered Dreams of the Civil Rights Movement" by Brandon M. Terry, featuring a partial black and white statue of a woman with a partly cloudy sky background.

    9/21/2025

  • A book cover with an orange background featuring a man with glasses, a tie, and a raised fist, smiling. The title reads "The Scholar and the Struggle" by Lawrence Reddick, with a subtitle about Black history and black power.

    9/14/2025

  • Book cover titled "May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem" by Imani Perry, featuring a black and white photo of children singing, dressed in uniforms, standing outdoors in a wooded area.

    9/7/2025

  • Close-up of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face with book title text overlay: "To Shape a New World - Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr."

    8/31/2025

  • Cover of the book "Freedom Season" by Peniel E. Joseph, featuring a black and white photo of happy and triumphant civil rights activists and leaders celebrating during the civil rights movement of 1963, with the title and author's name in bold red and white text.

    8/24/2025

  • Black and white photo of African American women and young men protesting for civil rights, holding signs and banners with messages about segregation, discrimination, and voting rights, walking along sidewalk.

    8/17/2025

  • Black and white photograph of a group of people gathered in front of a tent, with the text "Born Along the Color Line" at the top. The photo appears to be from the 1933 Amergia Conference, featuring men and women, some seated and some standing.

    8/10/2025

  • Black and white photograph of a busy street scene in Detroit with pedestrians, including a woman in a long coat and men wearing hats, walking on the sidewalk. Shops and signboards line the street, creating a historic urban atmosphere. The text overlay reads 'Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit' and 'Kendra D. Boyd.'

    8/3/2025

  • Black and white cover image showing a line of African American people waiting outside a building, with protest signs in the background. Title and author text overlay.

    7/27/2025

  • Book cover titled "A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America" by Jacqueline Jones. The cover features a background illustration of a historical scene with silhouettes of people in white, black, and shades of brown, some holding tools or flags, set in a natural environment with trees.

    7/20/2025

  • Book cover titled "Black Picket Fences," featuring an illustration of three Black children, one holding an American flag, standing in a yard with white picket fences and houses in the background.

    7/13/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Race and Upward Mobility' by Elda María Román. It features an aerial view of a suburban neighborhood with closely packed houses and streets.

    7/6/2025

  • Historical black and white photo of people boarding a streetcar labeled "Passenger & Power Car" with the number 245, set in an early 20th century urban area. Overlaid with colorful, stylized grid lines and text about streetcar boycotts and African American citizenship.

    6/29/2025

  • Cover of a book titled 'In Search of the Talented Tenth: Howard University Public Intellectuals and the Dilemmas of Race, 1926-1970' by Zachery R. Williams. The cover features a historic black-and-white photograph of seven men in suits standing outdoors in front of a campus building with a sign reading 'Howard University' and a clock tower in the background.

    6/22/2025

  • Book cover titled "The Stained Glass Window" featuring a black and white vintage photo of a man with two young girls, one girl wearing a dress and the other in a blouse and skirt, inside an oval frame, with a decorative border resembling stained glass, and text indicating the book is about American family history from 1790 to 1958, by David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

    6/15/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black and white photo of a large crowd of people, with text indicating it is a book titled 'Cast: The Origins of Our Discontents' by Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and including a badge for Oprah's Book Club 2020.

    6/8/2025

  • A black and white portrait of W.E.B. Du Bois with a serious expression, partial face, and a mustache and beard. The book cover features text including the author's name and a quote praising the book, with a gold circle badge indicating a Pulitzer Prize win.

    6/1/2025

  • Black and white photo of John Lewis in profile, looking downward, with text overlay that reads "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement" and "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 head bowed, facing away from the camera.

    5/18/2025

  • Cover of a book titled 'Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?' featuring a black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr. with the subtitle 'Foreword by Coretta Scott King.'

    5/11/2025

  • Close-up of a worn and torn yellow poster with black text about race, democracy, and African American political thought, with peeling edges revealing the white wall beneath.

    5/4/2025

  • A man walking past a mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on a brick wall, with the quote: 'Waking from the dream: The struggle for civil rights in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.'

    4/27/2025

  • Black and white photo of three men in suits and hats standing in front of an industrial fire with flames and smoke in the background. The top part of the image contains red and white text about the United Nations and African American struggle for human rights from 1944-1955, and the bottom has the name Carol Anderson.

    4/20/2025

  • Book cover titled 'A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion and the Death of Jim Crow' by David L. Chappell. The background features a black-and-white photo of civil rights protesters holding signs and demonstrating.

    4/13/2025

  • Book cover titled "In League Against King Alcohol: 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 with a photo of a young Black boy sitting on steps in front of a wooden building. The title reads, 'Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership' by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. The cover also includes a quote about racial capitalism and a logo for the National Book Award Longlist.

    3/30/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen and Unseen' by Alexandria Russell, featuring images of notable Black women and historical figures.

    3/23/2025

  • A black and white photograph of a large gathering of Black women and men, including some in uniforms and hats, attending a public event or meeting.

    3/16/2025

  • Book cover titled "Nursing Civil Rights: Gender Race in the Army Nurse Corps" by Charissa J. Threat, featuring a black and white historical photograph of African American nurses in uniform beside a ship.

    3/9/2025

  • Book cover titled "What a Woman Ought to Be and to Do" by Stephanie J. Shaw, featuring a black and white photo of professional black women from the Jim Crow era.

    3/2/2025

  • Cover of a book titled "Crossing the Line" showing the lower half of four women wearing skirts and various types of shoes, standing on a sidewalk.

    2/23/2025

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white photo of Shirley Chisholm with glasses, curly hair, and a patterned blouse, alongside the title 'Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics' by Anastasia C. Curwood.

    2/16/2025

  • Book cover titled 'The Politics of Black Religion' with a person of color wearing white robes and clasped hands.

    2/9/2025

  • A weekly work schedule printed on yellowed paper showing clock-in and clock-out times from 7:00 am to 12:30 pm. Overlaid in large red text are the words 'CONTINUALLY WORKING.' The schedule also includes a lecture or presentation titled 'Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee' by Crystal Marie Moten.

    2/2/2025

  • Book cover titled "The Roots of the Black Working Class" and "Black Folk" by Blair LM Kelley, with a black-and-white historical photo of Black men, women, and children walking along a dirt path, some carrying umbrellas.

    1/26/2025

  • Book cover of 'White Rage' by Carol Anderson, featuring a black background with torn paper revealing the title in bold letters, and a yellow circle indicating it is a National Book Critics Circle Award winner.

    1/19/2025

  • Book cover titled 'Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar' by Barbara D. Savage. Features a black and white historical photograph of a woman in academic robes riding a bicycle with a basket, in front of a historic building with a fence.

    1/12/2025

  • Book cover titled "I Saw Death Coming" by Kidada E. Williams, about the history of terror and survival during the war against reconstruction, with a round sticker indicating it was longlisted for the National Book Award.

    1/5/2025

2024

  • Book cover titled 'The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Intellectual History' featuring a black-and-white photograph of W.E.B. Du Bois reading a book at his desk in front of a bookshelf.

    12/29/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle' by Shannen Dee Williams, featuring a black and white photograph of a smiling Black Catholic nun with a cross necklace, holding a microphone, with a colorful background.

    12/22/2024

  • Black and white photograph of a group of women sitting at a long table with books and papers in front of them, in a library or study room with bookshelves in the background. A woman stands behind them.

    12/15/2024

  • Book cover titled `Private Politics & Public Voices` by Nikki Brown, featuring a historical black-and-white photo of women protesting, holding signs advocating for justice and equality.

    12/8/24

  • Photograph of a large crowd of civil rights protesters marching along the National Mall in Washington, D.C., holding signs advocating for jobs, freedom, and education during a civil rights march.

    12/1/2024

  • Portrait of a woman with dark skin, wearing a gold patterned dress and a white lace collar, with a heart-shaped pendant necklace, seated with her hands on her lap. Overlaid text reads: "A passionate mind in relentless pursuit. The vision of Mary McLeod Bethune, a historical figure.

    11/24/2024

  • Book cover with a blue background, an illustration of a woman's face, and text that reads "SHE CHANGED THE NATION" by Mary Ellen Curtin and "Barbara Jordan's Life and Legacy in Black Politics".

    11/17/2024

  • Book cover titled 'We Rise: A Forceful History of Black Resistance' by Kellie Carter Jackson features a portrait of a Black woman with a serious expression, dressed in a long white dress with intricate lace details, holding a rifle with smoke emanating from it, standing outdoors under tall trees with green leaves and a blue sky in the background.

    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."

    11/3/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist' by Vivian M. May, featuring a black-and-white photograph of Anna Julia Cooper dressed in academic regalia, holding a book.

    10/27/2024

  • Book cover titled 'In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America' by Kabria Baumgartner, featuring red flowers and a faint illustration of black women and children gathered in a classroom or meeting.

    10/20/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race' by John Frederick Bell. The cover features a historical black-and-white photograph of a group of African American young women and girls, some standing and some seated, dressed in 19th-century clothing.

    10/13/2024

  • Book cover titled 'bell hooks Feminist Theory from Margin to Center, Second Edition, South End Press Classics'. 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" edited by Kimberly Springer, featuring a young African American woman holding a sign that reads the title, with a preface by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and epilogue by Loretta J. Ross.

    9/29/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History' by Stephanie Y. Evans. The cover features black-and-white photographs of three women dressed in academic regalia, arranged vertically on a green background with decorative floral designs.

    9/22/2024

  • Book cover of 'Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds,' edited by Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway, featuring a black and white photo of a woman reading a book.

    9/15/2024

  • The book cover features a partial portrait of a Black woman on the left side and the title 'Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women' in orange text on a dark background. The editors' names are listed at the top.

    9/8/2024

  • Book cover for 'Words of Fire' featuring a black-and-white photo of a woman's face on a purple background.

    9/1/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954' by William H. Watkins with foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley. The background is dark red with a stylized fingerprint and bars.

    8/25/2024

  • Book cover for "First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School" by Alison Stewart, featuring a vintage black-and-white classroom scene with students and a teacher.

    8/18/2024

  • Book cover of 'Benjamin Elijah Mays: Schoolmaster of the Movement,' featuring a portrait of Benjamin Elijah Mays sitting in a library. Mays is wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and red bow tie, with a background of bookshelves filled with books.

    8/11/2024

  • Cover of a book titled 'Disciplining Women' featuring a black-and-white photo of a group of women and girls, with pink and green background sections and additional text.

    8/4/2024

  • Group of Black women, many in coats, standing outdoors with a large sign overhead that reads 'To Live More Abundantly: Black Collegiate Women, Howard University, and the Audacity of Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe'

    7/28/2024

  • Book cover for 'Her Truth and Service' by Lucy Diggs Sloane, edited by Amy Yeboah Quarkume. The cover features a black-and-white photo of Lucy Diggs Sloane's face with handwritten text overlay.

    7/21/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Intellectual Thought in Education' displaying stacked books, an inkwell, a small hourglass, and reading glasses on a desk.

    7/14/2024

  • Cover of a book titled 'The Black Intellectual Tradition: African American Thought in the Twentieth Century' with a black and white photo of a person's eyes at the bottom.

    7/7/2024

  • Book cover of "Stony the Road" by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., featuring a silhouette of a person's head, as well as trees and a white background.

    6/30/2024

  • Book cover for 'Uprising of the Ivory Tower' featuring a historical photo with two Black children, one sitting on Abraham Lincoln's statue's beard and the other standing on his head, with bold white and red text.

    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 vintage photographs and torn paper edges.

    6/16/2024

  • Book cover titled "The Sisterhood" by Courtney Thorsson, featuring a black-and-white photo of eight black women, some standing and some sitting, smiling and posing.

    6/9/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Have You Got Good Religion?', by Annemarie Mingo. Features an illustration of Black women and girls protesting in a city, holding signs advocating for civil rights and justice. The background includes buildings and a street scene.

    6/2/2024

  • Book cover titled 'To Advance The Race' by Linda M. Perkins, featuring a historic black and white photo of eight Black women in early 20th-century clothing sitting and standing on the steps of a building.

    5/26/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Revives My Soul Again' with a black background, gold and white text, and a circular gold glitter design. Subtitle reads 'The Spirituality of Martin Luther King Jr.' and the editors are Lewis V. Baldwin and Victor Anderson.

    5/19/2024

  • Book cover 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 and a high-collared dress, arranged in a grid on a newspaper background.

    5/12/2024

  • Book cover titled 'The Revolution Has Come' featuring a black and white photo of five young Black people standing together, wearing casual clothing, with a focus on their serious expressions.

    5/5/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Panther Woman' by Mary Frances Phillips featuring a black and white photo of Erika Huggins, a Black woman with curly hair, laughing and wearing earrings and a jacket.

    4/28/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-46' by Nancy Marie Robertson. The cover features an illustration of a woman in early 20th-century attire holding a suitcase, standing outdoors near a pond with a city skyline in the background, and a YWCA signpost nearby.

    4/21/2024

  • Book cover titled 'Black Women in White America: A Documentary History,' edited by Gerda Lerner, featuring a monochrome photo of a Black woman with her hand on her head, and an attribution from Washington Post Book World.

    4/14/2024

  • Book cover featuring a black and white portrait of Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee and the title 'She Can Bring Us Home,' about her achievements as a civil rights pioneer, written by Diane Kiesel.

    4/7/2024

  • Illustration of three African American women activists from the Cold War era, with their hands clasped together, under green leafy branches, and a background with a golden hue.

    3/31/2024

  • A black and white poster of an African-American woman speaking at a microphone, with text about her activism for civil rights. The poster features the title, "How Long? How Long?" and mentions Belinda Robnett's name.

    3/24/2024

  • Black and white photo of four young African American children looking upward with serious expressions, on cover of a book titled 'I've Got the Light of Freedom' by Charles M. Payne.

    3/17/2024

  • Book cover for 'The Forging of a Black Community' by Quintard Taylor, featuring a black and white photo of a large group of people walking on a city street with buildings and cars in the background.

    3/10/2024

  • Book cover titled "The Veiled Garvey" by Ula Yvette Taylor, featuring black-and-white photos of Amy Jacques Garvey, with a blue background.

    3/3/2024

  • Cover of a book titled 'More Than a Dream,' featuring a black and white photo of young women participating in a march in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The title text is in bold orange and yellow letters, with subtitle 'The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom' and authors Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long.

    2/25/2024

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white photograph of Lugenia Burns Hope, with a pink border. The title reads "Lugenia Burns Hope: Black Southern Reformer" and the author is Jacqueline Anne Rouse.

    2/18/2024

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white portrait of a woman with short hair, with large purple text and white text, and the author's name Rosalind Rosenberg.

    2/11/2024

  • Book cover titled "Passionate for Justice" featuring a portrait of Ida B. Wells in black and white, with a gold border and textual credits to authors Catherine Meeks & Nibs Stroupe.

    2/4/2024

  • Book cover featuring an edited photo of Audre Lorde with a large head, wearing a yellow head wrap, against a background of a landscape with mountains and sky. The cover is titled "Sister Outsider" with subtitles "Essays and Speeches" and her name "Audre Lorde."

    1/28/2024

  • Book cover titled "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism" by Angela Y. Davis with photos of Angela Davis, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.

    1/21/2024

  • Book cover titled "African American Women's Christian Activism" by Judith Weisenfeld, with the subtitle "New York's Black and YWCA, 1905-1945". The background has a dark red and black abstract pattern.

    1/14/2024

  • Book cover of "A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story" by Elaine Brown, featuring a black and red background with a black woman smiling and black and white photos of people at a march or rally.

    1/7/2024

2023

  • Book cover titled "Rethinking the Black Freedom Movement" by Yohuru Williams, featuring a black and white historical photograph of a woman kneeling with her hands on a book, and a police officer and construction scene in the background.

    11/19/2023

  • Book cover of "The Wretched of the Earth" by Frantz Fanon with a yellow and purple and red color scheme.

    11/12/2023

  • A Black man wearing a white helmet and denim jacket standing on a road with a white car in the background. He has a sign on his back that says, "Move on over or we'll move on over you" with a panther illustration. The image is black and white with red and black text, and the title "Bloody Lowndes" is at the top, along with a subtitle about civil rights and Black power in Alabama.

    11/5/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Set the World on Fire' by Keisha N. Blain. It features a black-and-white historical photograph of Black women in military uniforms marching in a parade, carrying a flag, with onlookers in the background.

    10/29/2023

  • Book cover titled "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination" by Robin D. G. Kelley, with a foreword by Aja Monet, featuring an abstract drawing of a face with tribal markings and hair made of black lines.

    10/22/2023

  • A black and white photo of a group of African American children and teenagers, dressed in period clothing, standing outdoors.

    10/15/2023

  • Book cover for "Until There Is Justice" by Jennifer Scanlon featuring a black and white photo of three women looking at a large document or blueprint, with the title in bold red text.

    10/8/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women's Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965' by Cherisse Jones-Branch, featuring a vintage black and white photograph of Black women dressed in vintage clothing, standing outside a building with windows.

    10/1/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Ebony & Ivy' by Craig Steven Wilder, with a chain and vines design.

    9/24/2023

  • Book cover titled "The Women of Now" by Katherine Turk with a black and white photo of women protesting on a balcony holding a banner that reads "Women of the World Unite" and a crowd of women and children protesting below.

    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" by Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, with the subtitle "Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order." The cover features a black, white, and red color scheme with a leafy background on the middle portion.

    9/3/2023

  • Book cover titled "Fugitive Pedagogy" by Jarvis R. Givens, with a yellow background and an old classroom scene showing children and teachers, some using laptops and tablets, and a blackboard in the background.

    8/27/2023

  • Cover of a book titled 'Freedom Libraries' showing two men sitting in a library, facing away from the camera, one wearing a hat. The cover features shelves of books.

    8/20/2023

  • Cover of a book titled 'Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968' by Steven F. Lawson and Charles Payne, second edition, with black and green text. The cover features black and white photos of civil rights protests and gatherings.

    8/13/2023

  • Book cover titled 'WAGING A GOOD WAR: A MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1954-1968' by Thomas E. Ricks, with a red background and large black text.

    8/6/2023

  • Cover of a book titled "A More Beautiful and Terrible History" with a black-and-white photo of diverse women and children in the background.

    7/30/2023

  • Book cover titled ''Before the Movement'' by Dylan C. Penningroth, featuring a black and white photo of three African American individuals sitting and talking outdoors.

    7/23/2023

  • A group of men, mostly of African descent, walking in a city street during a protest or march. The man in the front wears a white shirt and has a serious expression. The background shows a busy street with storefronts and buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

    7/16/2023

  • Book cover for 'Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement' edited by Pamela Horowitz and Jeanne Theoharis, with foreword by Pamela Horowitz, introduction by Jeanne Theoharis, photographs by Danny Lyon, and afterword by Vann R. Newkirk II. Features a black-and-white photo of four African American men walking.

    7/9/2023

  • Book cover titled "The Desertion of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism" by Wayne A. Wiegand and Shirley A. Wiegand, featuring a black-and-white historical photo of four individuals, one seated at a table and three standing in a library setting.

    7/2/2023

  • Book cover titled 'The Three Mothers' by Anna Malaika Tubbs, with a colored silhouette of three women's faces in pink, red, and black, and a quote praising the author.

    6/25/2023

  • Book cover titled "Marshalling Justice: The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall" by Michael G. Long, with a foreword by Derrick Bell. The cover features a black-and-white photo of Thurgood Marshall leading a group of people in a city street, dressed in formal attire.

    6/18/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Begin Again' by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., with a red and black color scheme, featuring a person sitting on a chair between three empty chairs, against a split background of red and beige.

    6/11/2023

  • Book cover titled 'The Shattering' by Kevin Boyle with a black and white collage of photographs of American soldiers and civilians and multiple American flags.

    6/4/2023

  • Book cover titled "Kennedy and King: The President, the Pastor, and the Battle Over Civil Rights" featuring black and white photos of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. with their mouths open, indicating speech or protest.

    5/28/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Degrees of Freedom' by William D. Green. The subtitle is 'The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865-1912'. The cover features a historical black and white photograph of a group of African American and white children and adults, some wearing hats, standing outdoors against a brick wall.

    5/21/2023

  • Cover of the book 'Women Race & Class' by Angela Y. Davis with a quote about understanding dilemmas of women's movements.

    5/14/2023

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

    5/7/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement' by Barbara Ransby.

    4/30/2023

  • Book cover of 'Liberated Threads' by Tanish C. Ford, featuring a Black woman with glasses and short curly hair holding a megaphone. In the background, a group of Black women are seated outdoors, with a brick building behind them.

    4/24/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader' by Troy Jackson with introduction by Clayborne Carson, featuring a black-and-white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

    4/16/2023

  • Cover of a book titled "Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer 1900-1959" featuring a black and white photograph of Nannie Helen Burroughs wearing a high-neck blouse and a large headwrap.

    4/9/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Freedom's Teacher: The Life of Septima Clark' by Katherine Mellen Charron, featuring a black-and-white photograph of Septima Clark with short hair and a contemplative expression.

    4/2/2023

  • Book cover titled 'A Chance for Change' with subtitle 'Head Start and Mississippi's Black Freedom Struggle' by Crystal R. Sanders, featuring black and white photographs of children playing and walking outside.

    3/26/2023

  • Black and white photo of children and women raising books in the air, with a title overlay reading "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC".

    3/19/2023

  • Book cover featuring a smiling man with glasses, sitting at a desk in front of bookshelves. Title is "Paul Murray" with the subtitle "A Personal and Political Life" and the author's name is Troy R. Saxby.

    3/12/2023

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

    3/5/2023

  • Book cover for 'God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights' by Charles Marsh, featuring a black and white image of a long, winding road stretching into the distance between trees.

    2/26/2023

  • Book cover featuring a black-and-white photograph of a woman with short hair, wearing earrings, a collared shirt, and a pearl necklace. The title reads 'Open Wide the Freedom Gates' by Dorothy Height, with a foreword by Maya Angelou.

    2/19/2023

  • Book cover titled "A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators in the Jim Crow South" by Audrey Thomas McCluskey, featuring a black-and-white photograph of seven Black women and girls.

    2/12/2023

  • Two young African American girls holding signs during a protest in Birmingham, Alabama, with a car and building in the background.

    2/5/2023

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

    1/29/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Freedom's Daughters' by Lynne Olson, featuring a historical black woman activist raising her arm in a civil rights protest.

    1/22/2023

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

    1/15/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Lighting the Fires of Freedom' by Janet Dewart Bell, featuring a black-and-white photo of African American women and men protesting or rallying, with some raising their fists and shouting.

    1/8/2023

  • Book cover titled 'Separate Roads to Feminism' by Benita Roth, with a yellow background and black and white feminist imagery including a woman with a rose, a raised fist within the female symbol, and a circular feminist emblem with faces.

    1/1/2023

2022

  • Book cover titled "Radical Sisters" by Anne M. Valk, featuring a black-and-white historical protest image with women holding signs that say "Women Demand Equality" and other protest signs, set against a cityscape background.

    12/25/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946' by Nina M. Jajkji, featuring sepia-toned historical photos of African Americans involved with the YMCA.

    12/18/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Living for the Revolution' by Kimberly Springer, featuring a black-and-white photo of women protesting with a megaphone and a scene of a large crowd of protesters at the bottom.

    12/11/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Gender and the Civil Rights Movement,' featuring a black and white photo of a young Black woman in a crowd during a protest, with a sign that reads 'March for Jobs August.'

    12/4/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Black Feminist Thought' by Patricia Hill Collins, featuring a woman protesting police officers with a sign, set against a city street background.

    11/27/2022

  • Book cover for 'Remaking Black Power' by Ashley D. Farmer, featuring a black and white collage of African American women and a raised fist symbol.

    11/20/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women' by Brittney G. Cooper, featuring a black woman with a colorful abstract shape behind her head.

    11/13/2022

  • Book cover of 'At Canaan's Edge' by Taylor Branch, featuring a black-and-white photograph of children and adults in a school setting, with the title and author prominently displayed.

    11/6/2022

  • Book cover of 'Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963–65' by Taylor Branch, featuring a black and white photo of a handshake.

    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 civil rights march or protest with people holding banners and a cloudy sky.

    10/23/2022

  • Book cover of 'Civil Rights Queen' featuring a black-and-white photo of Constance Baker Motley raising her hand in a peace sign, with large text overlay.

    10/16/2022

  • Book cover titled "How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective" edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, featuring a textured black circle on a light background.

    10/9/2022

  • Book cover titled 'Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019,' edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, featuring an abstract painting of African American figures.

    10/2/2022

  • Close-up of a stitched fabric sign with text reading "A BLACK WOMEN'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES" and a smaller line at the bottom with authors' names: Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross.

    9/25/2022

  • Book cover titled 'The Sword and The Shield' about the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., written by Peniel E. Joseph.

    9/18/2022