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A deeply personal, fiercely loving testament to survival and the transformative power of collective action in the face of systemic violence. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with When they call you a terrorist.
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- righteous
- sorrowful
- 01
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
A fierce, lyrical reckoning with American history that bridges the personal and the political with devastating clarity.
- 02
Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall
A fierce, necessary dismantling of mainstream feminism that demands we look at survival, not just privilege.
- 03
Eloquent Rage
Brittney C. Cooper
An unapologetic and energizing memoir that reclaims anger as a transformative tool for justice and resilience.
- 04
Assata
Assata Shakur
A fierce, poetic, and unapologetic testament to survival and revolutionary awakening in the face of relentless state violence.
- 05
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander · 2010
A paradigm-shifting, meticulously argued dismantling of the American justice system that leaves you forever changed.
- 06
The End of Policing
Alex S. Vitale
A rigorous, uncompromising dismantling of reformist illusions that challenges readers to imagine a world built on care rather than coercion.
- 07
Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi
A monumental, paradigm-shifting journey through the intellectual history of American racism that demands a fundamental rewiring of how you view the present.
- 08
So you want to talk about race
Ijeoma Oluo
A sharp, compassionate, and deeply practical guide that cuts through the noise to make complex conversations about systemic inequality feel possible.
- 09
If They Come in the Morning
Angela Yvonne Davis · 1971
An urgent, foundational chorus of revolutionary voices dismantling the logic of the carceral state.
- 10
Killing the black body
Dorothy Roberts · 1997
An unflinching, foundational text that radically reshapes how you understand bodily autonomy and systemic power.
- 11
I can't breathe
Matt Taibbi
A riveting, urgent piece of literary journalism that unpacks the devastating roots and repercussions of systemic police violence.
- 12
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A warm, lucid, and deeply personal invitation to rethink the way we raise our children and view ourselves.
