We believe that reading and studying is food for the mind, but the body also requires nurishment. In light of recent atrocities in our community, we are reminded of a quote by Sam Yette: "There are other ways to kill a people or colonize them, but none is more certain than the denial or control of their food." All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books Don't Cry For Me: A Novel by Daniel Black Finding Me by Viola Davis Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Tra

"The knowledge of prior accomplishments establishes a link with the past which lays a foundation for the future. Everything is rooted in the past. Knowledge is the common pathway between the two. Knowledge can be obtained at any time...If I were to suggest a daily regiment for African Americans it would be that we rededicate ourselves to fulfilling the need to know. It's our birthright and our obligation to our children." From The Browder File by Anthony T. Browder All of

We are in the third month of Black History. Continue to read and study so that you are ready to present for February 2023. " We know everything we need to know to teach our children. The fact that we are not doing it means we don't want to do it," – Ronald Edmonds All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World by Patrisse Cullors Generations: A Memoir by Lucille Clifton How We Can Win

All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books Marcus Garvey said, "Up you mighty race, you can accomplish what you will." We suggest these readings on Marcus Garvey: Buffalo UNIA - ACL History compiled by Buffalo UNIA - ACL Historical Society by President Blyden Emancipated From Mental Slavery: Selected Sayings of Marcus Garvey The Marcus Garvey Foundation Presents New Perspectives on the History of Marcus Garvey, the UNIA and the African Diaspora edited b

2022 is the beginning of a new year and another chance to pursue your goals. Let one of your goals be a commitment to read - one more book, one more poem, one more article, one more... Challenge yourself , your children, your family and friends to spend a few minutes a day or once a week to read, Be intentional about it because "what you read matters." All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books America Celebrates Freedom Day - Juneteenth (activity bo

All of the books listed can be purchased in-store at Zawadi Books "You can just imagine if everyone on earth did have one day where we just put all our minds together regardless where the force is, as long as it's positive, and just meditate for even a hour that day. And just live nice with them nice meditation. I mean, now, the climate would be nice, the smog would a leave." from 60 Visions: A Book of Prophecy by Bob Marley. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist Memoir of the

"One day, some identifiable life form will come to earth and ask, "Who are these people...these Black Americans?" And we will proudly present our book containing our songs, plays, speeches and poetry. We will proudly say, "We are the people who believe in the possibilities." Nikki Giovanni from Racism 101. All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood edited by Kwame Mbalia Black Pharaoh: Golden Age of

All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books Wisdom from the Honorable Marcus Garvey: " Have your own newspapers, your own artists, your own sculptors, your own pulpits, your own platforms, print your own books and show your own motion pictures and sculpture your own subjects. Never accept as yours subjects of another race; but glorify all the good in your selves." from Message to the People. Suggested Readings: Buffalo UNIA-ACL History compiled by Buff

All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free" — Frederick Douglass Suggested Readings: Centered: Trading Your Plans for a Life That Matters by Jason Brown The Ground Breaking: An American City and the Search for Justice by Scott Ellsworth How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith How to Navigate White Privilege in the Workplace by S.J. Brown FNP On Junete

All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books We honor the birth of Malcolm X on May 19, 1925: "The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens until we are first recognized as humans." —

On this third month of Black History, we give praise to African Women, the tie that binds us together. We acknowledge the mothers, aunts, sisters and all those who have prayed, worked, written, sung, and acted on the behalf of African Women everywhere. “If you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a nation” – Ghanaian proverb All of the books listed you can purchase in-store at Zawadi Books • The Art of the Interview: Book 1 – Best