A Feminist Walk through Harlem: Celebrating Remarkable Women A Short Reading and Watching List Leigh Hallingby, licensed NYC tour guide [email protected] 551-404-7514

Bundles, A’Lelia. On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker. Scribner, 2002, 412 pp.

De Burgos, Julia. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos. Curbstone Books, 1995, 524 pages. 1st bilingual edition.

Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman. 37 Ink, 2019, 176 pp.

Futterman, Asha, and Mariame Kaba. Barnard College Center for Research on Women. Radical Black Women of Harlem Walking Tour. 2019. Put title into search engine.

Herrera, Hayden. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo. Harper Perennial, 1983. 528 pp.

Mohr, Nicholasa. Nilda. Pinada Books, 2011 (originally 1973), 292 pp. Young adults.

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Amistad, 2006 (originally 1937). 219 pp.

Painter, Nell Irvin. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. W.W. Norton, 1996, 384 pp.

Ritz, David. Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin. Little Brown, 2014, 528 pp.

Perez, Vanessa Rosario. Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon. University of Illinois Press, 2014, 224 pp.

Tyson, Cicely. Just as I Am: A Memoir. HarperCollins, 2021, 432 pp.

Wall, Cheryl A. Women of the Harlem Renaissance. Indiana University Press, 1995, 272 pp. The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2016, 152 pp.

Movies and Series

● Amazing Grace. 2018. 1h 29min. Concert footage of Aretha Franklin from 1972. ● Billie. 2020. 1h 36m. Documentary based on taped interviews from 1970’s. ● Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things. 2020. 90min. Documentary ● Frida. 2002. 2h 3min. Salma Hayek stars as Frida Kahlo. ● Harriet. 2019. 2h 5min. Cynthia Erivo stars as Harriet Tubman. ● Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. 2019. 1h 59min. Documentary. ● Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. Netflix, 2020, 4 episodes. ● The United States vs. Billie Holiday. 2021. 2h 10mim. ● Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley. HBO, 2013, 71min. Documentary