7 Black women whose stories reflect each day of Kwanzaa: unity, self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
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Five inspirational books by trailblazing women
The team picks five empowering reads by (and about) inspiring, trailblazing women
The Stella reading list
Stronger by Poorna Bell
After her husband died in 2015, journalist Bell managed her grief by getting physically stronger, but along the way she strengthened her mental well-being, too. In this moving semi-memoir, she completely rethinks what it means to be a strong woman. From hating PE as a child, to not wanting to touch weights at the gym as an adult for fear of ‘bulking up’, it immediately resonated – as it no doubt will for many other women.
What the mothers of 3 Civil Rights leaders have to teach Black moms today
Anna Malaika Tubbs learned she was pregnant with her first child in November 2019 while researching her first book.
Already, her relationship with the stories she was uncovering about Alberta King, Louise Little and Emma Berdis Baldwin had been intensifying, the more she learned about their revolutionary role in the fight for Black equality, respect and liberation.
The deep, emotional pull of new motherhood further amplified her connections to the women highlighted in “The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation.” Released in February, the book reveals the forgotten history of how these women withstood the dehumanization and death of Black children during a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.