For Black History Month, we reached out to members of Spokane’s Black community and asked them to share a couple of their favorite books or books they felt were important for others to read.
Recommended by Kiantha Duncan, Spokane NAACP President
African Americans in Spokane by Jerrelene Williamson, Spokane Northwest Black Pioneers
Book
This is My America by Kim Johnson
Book
Recommended by Carl Richardson, Artist and SFCC Professor
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: Poem by Maya Angelou, Paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Book
Recommended by Inga Laurent, GU Professor and Inlander Writer
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
eBook
Recommended by Ginger Ewing, Executive Director, Terrain
Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Book
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by Deray McKesson
Book
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Book | Large Print | eBook | Audiobook(Libby)
Recommended by Shantell Jackson, Multidisciplinary Artist and Poet
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Book
Stop Telling Women to Smile by Tatyana Fatzlalizadeh
Book
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
Book | eBook | Audiobook(Libby)
Caste: The Origin of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Book | eBook | Audiobook(Libby)
Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
Book
Recommended by Bob Lloyd, Artist and Photographer; Retired Professor of Art, EWU
The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It by Malcolm W. Nance
Book
Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter by Charlton D. McIlwain
Audiobook
