Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by A limited number of free copies are now available for our Campus community members. Please visit the library Circulation Desk to receive yours. Thank you to the UW Race and Equity Initiative & UWB VCAA for providing funding for these books.
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by
Reflections on the legacy and impact of radical black feminists of the 1960s on today's feminist and anti-racist movements. The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s. In this collection of essays and interviews edited by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, founding members of the organisation and contemporary activists reflect on the legacy of its contributions to Black feminism and its impact on today's struggles.
Concrete Mama by
Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition. McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy's unadorned prose and Hoffman's stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as ?outsiders? are ever likely to experience. Originally published in 1981, Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a second edition with an introduction by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.
The Source of Self-Regard by
Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades. The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. In the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested social issues: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, "black matter(s)," and human rights. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist in society, the literary imagination, the Afro-American presence in American literature, and in her Nobel lecture, the power of language itself. And here too is piercing commentary on her own work (including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, and Paradise) and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars. In all, The Source of Self-Regard is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Emergent Strategy by
Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. In the framework of emergence, the whole is a mirror of the parts. Existence is fractal - the health of the cell is the health of the species and the planet. Change is constant. This book is about how we can shape the changes we experience to match our intentions using strategic methods that are as adaptive, resilient decentralised, and interdependent as the patterns of flocking birds or differentiating cells. A secular spirituality based equally on science and science fiction.
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Event Dates and times:
Wednesday November 13, 12:30pm - 2pm
Tuesday November 5, 3:30pm - 5pm
Location:
Library Room, LB1 - 205
We highly recommend reading prior to the events:
eBook: Both chapters can also be accessed through the library's eBook copy. Unlimited user access.
Our goals for the Community Reads program are to:
At the Event:
Community Reads aims to inspire dialog about important issues facing our diverse campus communities. Join campus community members as we engage with selected chapters and related materials from across disciplines and artistic forms of expression.
For our Fall 2019 event, we will be focusing on Chapters 1 and 5 of Freedom is a Constant Struggle.
Our sub-themes, falling under the year long theme of Democracy, are:
We have chosen the following related readings:
And artistic forms of expression:
Let America Be America Again, by Langston Hughes (Poetry)
Additional resources will be added throughout the year, from works across various disciplines and artistic forms of expression.
"In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world.
Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine.
Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that ‘Freedom is a constant struggle.’” (-book jacket)
Angela Davis is author of Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (2015), along with a number of other books on activism, feminism, and social and economic justice. She has been a prominent activist in American politics since her involvement with the Black Panther Party and the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Formerly the director of the Feminist Studies department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she is now a professor emerita in the History of Consciousness department.
"Angela's Voice": Featured digital artwork by Donna Sullivan (Cascadia College staff)
"The Angela Davis image incorporates a powerful quote from the book, 'It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals in order for people today to recognize their potential agency as a part of an ever-expanding community of struggle.' The rest of the text in her hair and on her sleeve is taken from the 10 Point Program of the Black Panther Party." -Donna Sullivan
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