Recs if you like Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party...

Intersectional books about anti-capitalism, economic injustice, and imagining better futures of interdependence and reciprocity

history you probably didn't learn in school

All of the books listed here are introductory texts for Prison Abolition. The books on this list need no prior knowledge and are all great starting points for understanding prison abolition. You will find personal accounts, journalistic and essay books, as well as accessible analyses and histories of policing/incarceration

This list is the why of abolition

Books specifically about the lives and deaths of members of the Black Panther Party, government led assassination plots, the processes the US created to take down the flourishing community created by the Black Panther Party, and the histories of the BPP through the words of multiple members.

Books about the BPP, what they were about, how they organized, & what the US government did.

Book ideas for the ‘Rainbow of Words’ - Books with colours in the title. I know that not all these colours are in the challenge but I’m down the rabbit hole now okay and I’m not leaving you can’t make me!!!

Includes: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Jade, Blue, Purple, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Gold, Silver, Rose & Pink

plus some french, spanish & german titles for colours too

an incomplete list of history that intrigues me - getting historical - learning about the past - random, radical history - critical perspectives - so-called peculiar histories - books related to analyzing history

please comment suggestions, this is a growing exploration :)

Mostly for people who want to dismantle racism within themselves and dismantle the societal systems in place.