The Brave Space Book Club (BSBC) is an intimate and inclusive forum to discuss fiction and nonfiction books we’re curious about reading—a space to have open and frank conversations about books that broaden our knowledge of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI). The reading list is voted in by book clubbers. 

The BSBC meets once a month via Zoom, usually on Wednesdays, 8-9:30 p.m. 

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Book description:
Women, Race and Class (1981) is a collection of essays by the American academic and author Angela Davis. It is the third book written by Davis, delving into topics in U.S. history, from the slave trade and abolitionist movements to the women's liberation movements of the 1960s.

From Barnes & Noble website: "From one of [America's] most important scholars and civil rights activist icons, [this is] a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and women’s rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sanger’s racism. Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care in this bold and indispensable work."