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Words of the Wise: 18 Essential Reads by Black Women

From literary stalwarts to emerging talents, The Helm team shares their favorite reads for Black History Month.

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Words of the Wise: 18 Essential Reads by Black Women

From literary stalwarts to emerging talents, The Helm team shares their favorite reads for Black History Month.

The Bluest Eye book by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

 Sing, Unburied, Sing book by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

 Feel Free book by Zadie Smith

Feel Free

 This Will Be My Undoing book by Morgan Jerkins

This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America

 The Wedding Date book by Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date

 An American Marriage book by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

 red poetry book bone by yrsa daley-ward

Bone

 Their Eyes Were Watching God book by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

 Unapologetic a black, queer, and feminist mandate for radical movements books by Charlene A Carruthers

Unapologetic : A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

 I am enough book by Grace Byers

I Am Enough

 Little Leaders- Bold Women in Black History book by Vashti Harrison

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

 Full, Full, Full of Love book by Trish Cooke

Full, Full, Full of Love

 Step Into Your Power: 23 lessons On How To Live Your Best Life book by Jamia Wilson

Step Into Your Power: 23 lessons On How To Live Your Best Life

 Children of Blood and Bone book by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

 Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth book by Warsan Shire

Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth

 Redefining Realness by Janet-Mock.

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

 Aint I A woman book by bell hooks

Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism

 Emergent Strategy Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds

Letter from The Helm

  • A Letter From The Helm

    Here’s what we’re asking ourselves as we begin 2019. What do I want? What do I stand for? And then: How do I get there?

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