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Black Student Union Reading Lists

Starting in 2021, the Black Student Union (BSU) shared monthly reading lists with the library. These reading lists were then displayed. This guide will archive the old lists.

March 2023 Reading List

1. Dawn by Octavia Butler, FIC BUT

2. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, FIC GYA

3. The 1619 Project by Nickole Hannah-Jones, E441.A15 2021

4. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, E185.6.W685 2011  

5. Ain't I A Woman by bell hooks,  E185.86.H73 2014

6. The Color Purple by Alice Walker, FIC WAL

7. Paradise by Toni Morrison, FIC MOR

8. The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid, FIC KIN

9. Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis, JC 571 .D33275 2016

10. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor, FIC OKO

11. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, PS 3562 .O75 S5 2020

12. How Long "Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin, FIC JEM

13. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall  E 185 .86 .K46 2020

14. Cuts Both Ways by Candice Brathwaite, FIC BRA

15. In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom, FIC AKI

16. Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden, JUV BLACKLIVES F 702.C85 B65 2014

17. Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

18. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby PN 4587.2.I73 A25 2017

19. Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing by Zee Clarke, BF 175.4.R34 C59 2023 

20. Works of Lucy Parsons by Lucy Parsons