Alexis Jones is an assistant editor at Women's Health where she writes across several verticals on WomensHealthmag.com, including life, health, sex and love, relationships and fitness, while also contributing to the print magazine. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University, lives in Brooklyn, and proudly detests avocados.
there is always more you can do to educate yourself about the lived experience of Black people in the United States. Look at your bookshelf and the authors on it, are you missing something or someone? If so, you've come to the right place.
is an empowering memoir where Davis recalls how she rose from childhood trauma to become one of the definitive actors of the 21st century. Davis tells her life story through her own words and shows how she’s been a lifelong trailblazer, from her college years at Juilliard to her career navigating how Black women are treated in Hollywood.Reading her narratives about race and class in these fictional stories is a masterclass in creative writing. If only it were longer.
unravels the history, colonialism, and slavery in Ghana and America over 250 years. Told between two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, the novel explores their paths. One path sees years of warfare in Ghana and the other is present for slavery in America, but both stories capture a nation's underlying strength.
is essential reading. Michelle Alexander breaks down the problems with mass incarceration and the American prison system in compelling, easy-to-understand language. This book changed how thousands of Americans view our justice system and inspired a national movement to reform policing.At the start of this coming-of-age romance, Angela Appiah is going through it.
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