Allison W
@berlea.bsky.social
28/28: the last book I chose bridges Black History and Women’s History Months. If you have been to the GYN, you should know Anarcha.
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health
Book by J. C. Hallman
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health
Book by J. C. Hallman
March 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
28/28: the last book I chose bridges Black History and Women’s History Months. If you have been to the GYN, you should know Anarcha.
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health
Book by J. C. Hallman
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health
Book by J. C. Hallman
27/28: I picked this one because one of my friends recently pointed out how people who fight for right often have a savior complex and often overlook the most basic needs. A good, yet uncomfortable read for me.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
February 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
27/28: I picked this one because one of my friends recently pointed out how people who fight for right often have a savior complex and often overlook the most basic needs. A good, yet uncomfortable read for me.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
26/28
26/28:
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee
A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.
26/28:
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee
A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.
February 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
26/28
26/28:
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee
A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.
26/28:
The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee
A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.
25/28: My pick wasn’t intended to highlight Joy Reid’s firing or the POC’s firings from MSNBC, but obviously this choice is slightly ironic as it points out more work needs to be done. She’s a talented author, who has told the story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.
Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
February 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
25/28: My pick wasn’t intended to highlight Joy Reid’s firing or the POC’s firings from MSNBC, but obviously this choice is slightly ironic as it points out more work needs to be done. She’s a talented author, who has told the story of Medgar and Myrlie Evers.
Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
Medgar and Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
24/28:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling.
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling.
February 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
24/28:
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling.
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling.
23/28:
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project offers a revealing vision of the American past & present, reframing the its history by placing the consequences of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' national narrative.
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project offers a revealing vision of the American past & present, reframing the its history by placing the consequences of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' national narrative.
February 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
23/28:
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project offers a revealing vision of the American past & present, reframing the its history by placing the consequences of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' national narrative.
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
The 1619 Project offers a revealing vision of the American past & present, reframing the its history by placing the consequences of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the United States' national narrative.
22/28- I first read about the racial divide on Nashville Hot Chicken on @bittersouth.bsky.social webpage, it turns out Ms. Martin has a whole book about it.
Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story by Rachel Louise Martin
Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story by Rachel Louise Martin
February 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
22/28- I first read about the racial divide on Nashville Hot Chicken on @bittersouth.bsky.social webpage, it turns out Ms. Martin has a whole book about it.
Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story by Rachel Louise Martin
Hot, Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story by Rachel Louise Martin
21/28: it’s the end of Engineers’ Week, so let’s celebrate these Black women.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
February 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
21/28: it’s the end of Engineers’ Week, so let’s celebrate these Black women.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
19/28: Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot by Rebecca Burns
The summer of 1906: anger simmered in ATL, a city where the races lived peacefully, if apart. Racial hatred came to the forefront during a political campaign, & whites attacked & killed at least 25 blacks.
The summer of 1906: anger simmered in ATL, a city where the races lived peacefully, if apart. Racial hatred came to the forefront during a political campaign, & whites attacked & killed at least 25 blacks.
February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
19/28: Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot by Rebecca Burns
The summer of 1906: anger simmered in ATL, a city where the races lived peacefully, if apart. Racial hatred came to the forefront during a political campaign, & whites attacked & killed at least 25 blacks.
The summer of 1906: anger simmered in ATL, a city where the races lived peacefully, if apart. Racial hatred came to the forefront during a political campaign, & whites attacked & killed at least 25 blacks.
20/28:
Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 by Mark Bauerlein
1906: in a bitter gubernatorial contest, GA politicians played the race card & white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Bauerlein traces the origins, development & brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred & violence.
Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 by Mark Bauerlein
1906: in a bitter gubernatorial contest, GA politicians played the race card & white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Bauerlein traces the origins, development & brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred & violence.
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
20/28:
Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 by Mark Bauerlein
1906: in a bitter gubernatorial contest, GA politicians played the race card & white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Bauerlein traces the origins, development & brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred & violence.
Negrophobia: A Race Riot in Atlanta, 1906 by Mark Bauerlein
1906: in a bitter gubernatorial contest, GA politicians played the race card & white supremacists trumpeted a Negro crime scare. Bauerlein traces the origins, development & brutal climax of Atlanta's descent into hatred & violence.
18/28:
James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James Cone explores these symbols & their interconnection in the history & souls of black folk. Both the cross & the lynching tree represent the worst in humans & yet a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning.
James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James Cone explores these symbols & their interconnection in the history & souls of black folk. Both the cross & the lynching tree represent the worst in humans & yet a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning.
February 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
18/28:
James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James Cone explores these symbols & their interconnection in the history & souls of black folk. Both the cross & the lynching tree represent the worst in humans & yet a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning.
James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree
James Cone explores these symbols & their interconnection in the history & souls of black folk. Both the cross & the lynching tree represent the worst in humans & yet a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning.
17/28:
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.: Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson
Go-go―the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC―features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity.
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.: Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson
Go-go―the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC―features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity.
February 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
17/28:
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.: Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson
Go-go―the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC―features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity.
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.: Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson
Go-go―the only musical form indigenous to Washington, DC―features a highly syncopated, nonstop beat and vocals that are spoken as well as sung. The book chronicles its development and ongoing popularity.
16/28:
March (trilogy): by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement.
March (trilogy): by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement.
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
16/28:
March (trilogy): by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement.
March (trilogy): by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement.
14/28: On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy: Mel Watkins
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of seminal figures, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics.
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of seminal figures, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics.
February 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
14/28: On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy: Mel Watkins
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of seminal figures, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics.
This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of seminal figures, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics.
13/28: Between the World and Me by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
13/28: Between the World and Me by
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
12/28: another recommendation to me.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson
An account of the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson
An account of the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.
February 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
12/28: another recommendation to me.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson
An account of the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson
An account of the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life, from World War I to 1970.
11/28: This one looks like it will involve a lot of self-reflection for me.
Stamped from the Beginning: Imbram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: Imbram X. Kendi
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
11/28: This one looks like it will involve a lot of self-reflection for me.
Stamped from the Beginning: Imbram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: Imbram X. Kendi
10/28: Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest & Politics
Civil resistance to violent uprisings, criminal justice reform to war resistance.
Despite these achievements, Rustin was relegated to the back; silenced, beaten, imprisoned, & fired from leadership positions, bc he was gay.
Civil resistance to violent uprisings, criminal justice reform to war resistance.
Despite these achievements, Rustin was relegated to the back; silenced, beaten, imprisoned, & fired from leadership positions, bc he was gay.
February 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
10/28: Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest & Politics
Civil resistance to violent uprisings, criminal justice reform to war resistance.
Despite these achievements, Rustin was relegated to the back; silenced, beaten, imprisoned, & fired from leadership positions, bc he was gay.
Civil resistance to violent uprisings, criminal justice reform to war resistance.
Despite these achievements, Rustin was relegated to the back; silenced, beaten, imprisoned, & fired from leadership positions, bc he was gay.
9/28: I should have heard of this before 2020. This is history, not Black history!
The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan
The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan
February 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
9/28: I should have heard of this before 2020. This is history, not Black history!
The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan
The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Tim Madigan
8/28: Maryland, the Free State. Baltimore, divided because they put Rt 40 down the middle of it. Redlining. I have gone down rabbit holes reading about redlining & dividing a city by putting an interstate straight thru it (ATL), but Baltimore has a book.
Not in My Neighborhood by Anterior Pietila
Not in My Neighborhood by Anterior Pietila
February 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
8/28: Maryland, the Free State. Baltimore, divided because they put Rt 40 down the middle of it. Redlining. I have gone down rabbit holes reading about redlining & dividing a city by putting an interstate straight thru it (ATL), but Baltimore has a book.
Not in My Neighborhood by Anterior Pietila
Not in My Neighborhood by Anterior Pietila
7/28: my work’s book club reading for this month is this historical fiction book.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Because history repeats what we don’t remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Because history repeats what we don’t remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
February 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
7/28: my work’s book club reading for this month is this historical fiction book.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Because history repeats what we don’t remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Because history repeats what we don’t remember.
Inspired by true events and brimming with hope, Take My Hand is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.
6/28: Learning through humor…
I take my Coffee Black, by Tyler Merritt
In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today.
I take my Coffee Black, by Tyler Merritt
In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today.
February 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
6/28: Learning through humor…
I take my Coffee Black, by Tyler Merritt
In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today.
I take my Coffee Black, by Tyler Merritt
In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today.
5/28
Someone asked if I was going to include the Black Panthers. Considering all I know about them is from Law and Order, yes.
So… Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton (the cover may be different, as I saw a few).
Someone asked if I was going to include the Black Panthers. Considering all I know about them is from Law and Order, yes.
So… Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton (the cover may be different, as I saw a few).
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
5/28
Someone asked if I was going to include the Black Panthers. Considering all I know about them is from Law and Order, yes.
So… Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton (the cover may be different, as I saw a few).
Someone asked if I was going to include the Black Panthers. Considering all I know about them is from Law and Order, yes.
So… Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton (the cover may be different, as I saw a few).
4/28:
The Divine Nine by Lawrence C. Ross, Jr.
From pioneering work in the suffragette movement to extraordinary strides during the Civil Rights era to life-changing inner-city mentoring programs, members of these organizations share a proud tradition of brotherhood, sisterhood, and service.
The Divine Nine by Lawrence C. Ross, Jr.
From pioneering work in the suffragette movement to extraordinary strides during the Civil Rights era to life-changing inner-city mentoring programs, members of these organizations share a proud tradition of brotherhood, sisterhood, and service.
February 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
4/28:
The Divine Nine by Lawrence C. Ross, Jr.
From pioneering work in the suffragette movement to extraordinary strides during the Civil Rights era to life-changing inner-city mentoring programs, members of these organizations share a proud tradition of brotherhood, sisterhood, and service.
The Divine Nine by Lawrence C. Ross, Jr.
From pioneering work in the suffragette movement to extraordinary strides during the Civil Rights era to life-changing inner-city mentoring programs, members of these organizations share a proud tradition of brotherhood, sisterhood, and service.
Book 3/28 may be a controversial pick, because Patrick Phillips is a White author. He actually writes about it, and why he chose to write this book. Blood at the Root.
My knowledge of Forsyth County, GA: they refuse public transportation, MGT went to HS and it’s where Hosea Williams marched.
My knowledge of Forsyth County, GA: they refuse public transportation, MGT went to HS and it’s where Hosea Williams marched.
February 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Book 3/28 may be a controversial pick, because Patrick Phillips is a White author. He actually writes about it, and why he chose to write this book. Blood at the Root.
My knowledge of Forsyth County, GA: they refuse public transportation, MGT went to HS and it’s where Hosea Williams marched.
My knowledge of Forsyth County, GA: they refuse public transportation, MGT went to HS and it’s where Hosea Williams marched.