Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society Reading List

Folktales Black Women's Literary Society Group Photo

Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society meets the 3rd Friday of each month from February – November primarily at the George Washington Carver Museum. We are a group of Black women reading African American authors. 2025 marks the 33^rd year for the Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society.

November 2022 Selection

Cover of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

by Anna Malaika Tubbs

October 2022 Selection

Cover of
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

September 2022 Selection

Cover of Memphis

by Tara M. Stringfellow

August 2022 Selection

Cover of Finding Me: A Memoir

Finding Me: A Memoir

July 2022 Selection

Cover of The Personal Librarian

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

June 2022 Selection

Cover of Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

by Farah Jasmine Griffin

May 2022 Selection

Cover of The Violin Conspiracy

The Violin Conspiracy

by Brendan Slocumb

April 2022 Selection

Cover of We Are Not Like Them

We Are Not Like Them

by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

March 2022 Selection

Cover of You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays

by Zora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (editor), M. Genevieve West (editor)

February 2022 Selection

Cover of No One Is Coming to Save Us: A Novel

No One Is Coming to Save Us: A Novel

by Stephanie Powell Watts