Hey black girl, ready to be inspired?
Here’s our list of the best books and movies for black girls and women.
Books for Black Girls
A Breath of Fresh Air by Geraldine Kaye
Blue Tights by Rita Williams-Garcia
Colour Blind by Catherine Cookson
Crick Crack Monkey by Merle Hodge
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hanson
Edith Jackson by Rosa Guy
Harriet’s Daughter by Marlene Nourbese Philip
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
My Love, My Love or The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy
My Name is Not Angelica by Scott O’Dell
Queen by Alex Haley
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Ruby by Rosa Guy
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Book of Negros by Lawrence Hill
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Friends by Rosa Guy
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Joys of Mother Hood by Buchi Emecheta
The Music of Summer by Rosa Guy
The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora E. Tate
The Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
Wholesome by Bunmi Alaga
Yellow Bird and Me: Children’s Book by Joyce Hansen
Movies for Black Girls
Akeelah and the Bee
Belle
Beloved
Crooklyn
Dream Girls
For Coloured girls
Girlhood
Joyful Noise
Love and Basketball
Queen
Sarafina
Set it Off
Sister Act 2
Sparkle
The Colour Purple
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Long Shots
The Secret Life of Bees
Waiting to Exhale
