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Black Mental Health and Physical Wellness: African American Heritage Month Books for Adults

Celebrate African American Heritage Month 2022 with these amazing books that focus on mental health and wellness. This list was compiled by Chicago Public Library's African American Heritage Committee.

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14 items

  • Black Fatigue

    How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

    Winters, Mary-Frances,
    PaperbackOakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2020] — RC451.5.N4W46 2020
  • Black Pain

    It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting : Real Talk for When There's Nowhere to Go but Up

    Williams, Terrie M.
    PaperbackNew York : Scribner, 2009. — RC451.5.N4 W55 2009
  • Heavy

    An American Memoir

    Laymon, Kiese,
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2018. — E185.97.L394A3 2018
  • Too Heavy a Yoke

    Black Women and the Burden of Strength

    Walker-Barnes, Chanequa,
    PaperbackEugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2014] — RA778.4.A36W35 2014
  • The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

    Navigate An Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

    Walker, Rheeda,
    PaperbackOakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2020] — RC451.5.N4W35 2020
  • BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2021. — PN2287.S612A3 2021
  • Willow Weep for Me

    a Black Woman's Journey Through Depression

    Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama
    BookNew York : Norton, 1998. — RC537.D295 1998
  • You Are Your Best Thing

    Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience : An Anthology

    BookNew York : Random House, [2021] — BF575.S45Y68 2021
  • Yoke

    My Yoga of Self-acceptance

    Stanley, Jessamyn,
    PaperbackNew York : Workman Publishing, [2021] — RA781.7.S724 2021