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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

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Bringing to life two centuries of Black women activists, including those often overlooked as well as those who appear in history books, this is an informative and illuminating account from a woman’s perspective.

A 2026 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner for Social Change and Social Justice

Longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction


One of Essence's "7 Political Books By Black Women Authors To Read Now" • A Library Journal Best Book of the Year • One of Bookbub's Best Nonfiction of 2025 • One of the African American Intellectual History Society's Best Black History Books of 2025


Without Fear tells the stories of Black women who, like Deborah in the Bible, have engaged i...

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