Kustawi Reading List
Compiled by Tamari of Kitossa with Ryan Burke
The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America
Mumia Abu-Jamal & Marc Lemont Hill
This collection of conversations between celebrity intellectual Marc Lamont Hill and famed political prisoner Mumia Abu-…
From Panthers to Pimps: Gordon Parks and the Subverting of Black America
Adeyinka Makinde
Gordon Parks was undoubtedly an extremely talented man whose influence cut across many spheres most notably in photograp…
Dick Tiger: The Life And Times of a Boxing Immortal
Adeyinka Makinde
Dick Tiger was perhaps the greatest fighter to come out of the African continent. Emerging from an environment devoid of…
Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America
Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey
African American history from 1900 to 2000 cannot be told without accounting for the significant influence of Pan-Africa…
The Community of Self
Na'im Akbar
This revised and expanded version of The Community of Self is one of Akbar's six books which address the issue of a holi…
Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery
Na'im Akbar
Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery by Na'Im Akbar (1984-08-01)
Visions for Black Men
Na'im Akbar
Visions for Black Men raises issues which are not only important to black men but to all of us. How do we restore Africa…
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher…
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience
Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith, written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, w…
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: An Autobiography
Abernathy, Ralph
A leading figure in the Civil Rights movement and an intimate friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. describes his own life,…