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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights

By Keisha N. Blain
Hardcover
$31.99
By Keisha N. Blain
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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

A 2026 Lillian Smith Book Award Winner

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, lik...

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