BAF MEMBER BOOK CORNER!
BAF'S MEMBER BOOK CORNER
Books by BAF Members, Community Library and more!
"The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the minds of the oppressed."
- Steve Biko from I Write What I Like
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39. Assata, An autobiography, assata shakur free e-book!
40. For Colored Girlls who consider suicide when the rainbow is enough, ntozake shange
41. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, Barbara Ransby
42. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America, Keisha N. Blain
43. faces at the bottom of the well, derrick bell
44. parable of the talents, octavia butler
45. the debt, randall robinson
46. blueprint for blackpower, amos n. wilson free e-book!
47. the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, michelle alexander
48. The isis papers: the keys to the colors, dr. frances cress-welsing
49. Cultural Hegemony and African American Development, clovis e. semmes
50. building atlanta: how i broke through segregation to launch a business empire, herman j. lewis with bob andleman
51. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire, Reginald F. Lewis with Blair S. Walker
52. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, Harriet A. Washington
53. Women, Race & Class, angela y. davis free e-book!
54. Angela Davis: An Autobiography, angela y. davis free e-book!
55. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates free e-book!
56. We Were Eight Years in Power—An American Tragedy, Ta-Nehisi Coates
57. Black Power, Kwame Ture and Charles V. Hamilton Free e-book!
58. Revolutionary Suicide, Huey P. Newton Free e-book!
59. Autobiography of Malcolm X, malcolm X ed. Alex haley Free E-book!
60. The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin Free E-book!
61. I Know Why the caged bird sings, Dr. Maya Angelou free e-book!
62. the Wretched of the earth, franz fanon free e-book!
63. Things fall apart, chinua achebe free e-book!
64. how europe underdeveloped africa, walter rodney free e-book!
65. crisis of the negro intellectual, harold cruse
66. the spook who sat by the door, sam greenly free- e-book!
67. the third life of grange copeland, alice walker
68. the bluest eye, dr. toni morrison free e-book!
69. roots, alex haley Free E-book!
70. the autobiography of miss jane pittman, ernest j. gaines
71. i write what i like, steve biko free e-book!
72. Maqoma: Xhosa Resistance to colonial advance, timothy j. stapleton
73. white malice: the cIA and the neocolonialism of africa, susan williams
74. the cointelpro papers: documents from the fBI's secret wars against dissidents in the united states, ward churchill and jim vander wall free e-book!
75. Where Do go from here: chaos or community, dr. martin luther king, jr. free e-book!
With Over a Million People Members in their Group, the Marriage Club Founders have dedicated their lives to helping couples stay together. This book is their own personal play book to a better relationship. Paired with their own experiences and the knowledge of some of their Favorite authors, the rich information this book possess can help you no matter where you are in your marriage or relationship. This is a game changer for Marriages everywhere. Interview and Book Reading with authors and Founders of the Marriage Club "Sonny and Kris" and BAF President, Arkee Hodges
Written from the place of an unending love of poetic expression. A deep connection with Kwajelyn’s heart, soul, and mind is what birthed this introspective and masterful collection of poems. Interview and Book Reading with Kwajelyn Lewis and BAF President, Arkee Hodges
Your Jewels Are in Your Journey is a book about helping one overcome life challenges to be his or her optimal self. The reader learns that on his or her journey, life lessons, the people they meet to help him or her and his or herself is a jewel. Interview and Book Reading with Elijah Lewis and BAF President, Arkee Hodges
Book highlights health disparities which disproportionately impact the lives of Black Americans. It encourages us to be more proactive about our health.
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This book will next level your faith and reveal how God's plan for your life is BIGGER than you think.
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An Urban action, love story, about 2 people caught in the spiral of life coming from the streets. One chooses to try and do better, while the other just gives in and does worse. We see the trials and consequences of both paths, and watch the story unfold.
Children's book about a rabbit in a city where everyone is exactly the same...except for him. Upon finding something that shines a light on his differences, he has to deal with the emotions of being targeted, learning how to share, and how to make the best of a situation while remaining positive.
BOOKS WRITTEN BY OUR MEMBERS!
1. The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality, Cheikh Anta Diop free e-book!
2. collected writings of Dr. john henrik clarke, Dr. John Henrik Clarke free e-book!
3. When We Ruled, Robin Walker
4. They Came Before Columbus, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima Free e-book!
5. Egypt Revisited, Journal of African Civilizations, ed. Dr. Ivan Van Sertima Free E-Book!
6. Stolen Legacy: The Egyptian Origins of Western Philosophy, George G. M. James Free E-Book!
7. Nile Valley Civilizations: A Ten-Thousand Year History, Charles S. Finch
8. Black Man Of The Nile, Yosef A. A. ben-Jochannan "Dr. Ben"
9. African Origins of the major "Western Religions," Yosef A. A. ben-Jochannan "Dr. Ben" free e-book!
10. Exploding The Myths, Vol. I: Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization, Anthony Browder
11. Before the Mayflower, Lerone Bennet, Jr.
12. World's Great Men of Color, Volume I, J.A. Rogers
13. World's Great Men of Color, Volume II, J.A. Rogers
14. Ethiopia and the Origin of Civilization, John G. Jackson
15. The Destruction of African Civilization, Chancellor Williams Free E-Book!
16. Capitalism & Slavery, Eric Williams free e-book!
17. Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs Free E-Book!
18. Olaudah Equiano: The Intersting Narraative and Other Writings, Olaudah Equiano, ed. Vincent Carretta Free E-Book!
19. Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, david walker Free E-book!
20. Narrative of the Life of frederick douglass, frederick douglass Free E-book!
21. when i was a slave: memoirs from the slave narrative collection, ed. norman yetman
22. The Black Jacobins, C.L.R. James free e-book!
23. The Trouble They've Seen: The Story of reconstruction in the words of african americans, dorothy sterling
24. We Are your sisters: black women in the Nineteenth century, dorothy sterling
25. Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington Free E-book!
26. Souls of Black Folk, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
Free E-Book!
27. Miseducation of the Negro, Dr. Carter G. Woodson Free E-Book!
29. Philosophy and opinions of marcus garvey, ed. amy jacques garvey Free E-Book!
30. Race First: The Ideological and organizational struggles of marcus garvey and the universal negro improvement association, tony martin
31. The New Negro, ed. Alain locke
32. their eyes were watching god, zora neale hurston
33. Native Son, Richard Wright free e-book!
34. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison free e-book!
35. Annie Allen, Gwendolyn Brooks Free e-book!
36. Go tell it on the mountain, james baldwin free e-book!
37. Black Bourgeoisie, E. Franklin Frazier
38. Strength To love, Dr. Martin luther king, jr. free e-book!
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