{"id":1443888,"date":"2020-06-02T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1443888"},"modified":"2020-06-02T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T19:47:11","slug":"10-books-by-black-authors-that-everyone-should-have-on-their-bookshelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/10-books-by-black-authors-that-everyone-should-have-on-their-bookshelf\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Books by Black Authors That Everyone Should Have on Their Bookshelf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/6220blackauthorsbookshelfMAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In times like these, Black voices are the ones we should be listening to. With protests erupting all around the country demanding justice for Black victims of police brutality, it&#8217;s important to recognize the systemic nature of racism, to acknowledge the part you play in it if you&#8217;re white, and to actively fight against it every minute of every day. After all, as Angela Y. Davis once said, \u201cIn a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist; we must be antiracist.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And even if your bookshelf is already fit to burst with books by Black authors, there&#8217;s always room for more. Looking for a place to start? We can help you out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In times like these, Black voices are the ones we should be listening to. With protests erupting all around the country demanding justice for Black victims of police brutality, it&#8217;s important to recognize the systemic   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[25138,438,628,25017,10192],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443888"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1443888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1443893,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443888\/revisions\/1443893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1443888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1443888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1443888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}