For Black History month, we’d like to share a short reading list highlighting Black authors and editors whose work is fundamental in dismantling systems of oppression and racism, and teaching us how to do better. Because we can, and we must. Each of these books has had a huge impact on me, and I am so grateful to the writers for taking the personal risks that I know come with speaking truth and putting themselves out there. Thank you. I’ve seen the pushback and it’s brutal. Those of us who are safer must also be willing to risk, or we’re going nowhere fast.

You can purchase these books via the links below, support these leaders and their work, and learn the deep and important lessons we need to be better humans.