This post originally appeared on the Higher Heights website.

In time for summer reading, Higher Heights is proud to present our Chisholm 50 #BlackWomenLead Summer Reading list.

We are honored and excited to highlight dynamic Black women authors, who in the spirit of Shirley Chisholm– are truth tellers and have written stories to illuminate larger truths and themes that affect us all.

Chisholm entered office at a moment when our country was challenged by divisive ideologies and policies, but she refused to let these divisions detour her work to enact progressive policies that ensure civil and human rights and opportunities for all Americans.

The Black women authors are being celebrated under the #Chisholm50 umbrella because they are torch carriers of Shirley Chisholm’s legacy by lifting the voices of Black women without sacrificing heritage, language, or voice.

Please enjoy our Chisholm 50 #BlackWomenLead Summer Reading list.

 

 

• Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change, Stacey Abrams

• The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story, Joy-Ann Reid

• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics, Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore

• Unapologetic A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radial Movements, Charlene A. Carruthers

• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, Brittney Cooper

• Thick, Tressie McMillan Cottom

• Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, Valerie Jarrett

• Reclaiming Our Space, Feminista Jones

• Becoming, Michelle Obama

• More Than Enough, Elaine Welteroth

• Training School for Negro Girls, Camille Acker

• We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

• I’m Judging You: The Do Better Manual, Luvvie Ajayi

• Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic: Rocking our Truth, Beverly Bond

• Trailblazer, Dorothy Butler Gilliam

• I am Enough, Grace Byers

• Queen Bey: A Celebration of the Power and Creativity of Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Veronica Chambers

• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele

• Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment, Parker Curry, Jessica Curry

• Women, Race and Class, Angela Davis

• The World According to Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis

• Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less, Tiffany Dufu

• Well-Read Black Girl, Glory Edim

• Hunger: Memoir of (My) Body, Roxane Gay

• The Last Black Unicorn, Tiffany Haddish

• The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, Kamala Harris

• Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, Vashti Harrison

• Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman’s Playbook for Love and Success, Charreah K. Jackson

• An American Marriage, Tayari Jones

• Note to Self, Gayle King

• The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir, Jenifer Lewis

• Standing Our Ground, Lucia Kay McBath

• The Source of Self-Regard, Toni Morrison

• The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities, Soledad O’Brien

• Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes and Black Women in America, Melissa V. Harris-Perry

• Moving Forward, Karine Jean-Pierre

• The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae

• Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be your Own Person, Shonda Rhimes

• Under Fire, April Ryan

• For Colored Girls That Have Considered Suicide, Ntozake Shange

• Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

• The Hate You Give, Angie Thomas

• Can We All Be Feminists?, June Eric-Udorie

• Watch Us Rise, Renée Watson, Ellen Hagan

• Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward

• Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting, Terrie M. Williams

• Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present, Jamia Wilson

• The Path Made Clear, Oprah Winfrey