Top 12 Empowering Books For Black Females 2020 Updated 04 /2024

Progress is the story of how race and race relations have changed over the last 50 years. And that's why it's news that more than 40% of African Americans now say they're in the middle class. 42% own their own homes, and that number rises to 75% if we only look at black married people. People who are black and have two parents make only 13% less money than people who are white. Black people make up almost a third of the people living in the suburbs.

Black Women in 2020

In 2020, it is thought that the number of black people will reach 70 million.

In the 1970s, African American women were the first to embrace feminism, and it became a big part of their lives, as well.

The fact that she is a black woman means that she is a symbol of strength and courage, even though she has had to deal with a lot of things as a black woman.

After World War II and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the number of black women who went to college skyrocketed.

African American women are more likely than any other group in the U.S. to have bachelor's degrees than any other group in the country.

In 2020, more than 40% of all black women will have gone to college.

Contrary to what most people think, women are taking the lead in the black community.

Black women are a big part of history, and they make it happen in their own way in the world.

More than 80% of white adults had a high school diploma in 1960, but that's not the only thing.

African Americans make up 40% of the new college students.

By 2020, more than 70% of black women will have gone to college.

More black women live in cities than in the country.

As more African American entrepreneurs start businesses, it shows that black women are still important members of a respectable and progressive society.

African American women are in jobs.

More than 10,000 black women led the black church in the 1980s.

As of 2020, there will be 30,000 black women in charge of congregations, which is a lot.

In the future, we will be closer together and we will be able to share more and more things that we know. People who want to be in charge and be in charge have little or no chance of succeeding. Those who try to hurt us will be stopped by society's growing knowledge, strength, and ability to work together. It will be a good tool for setting up a new world order.

Black men and black women's traditional work roles have been changed by economic restructuring, globalization, and rapid technological changes, as a whole.

A new world will see a 6 percent rise in the number of older people. Immigration will cause the number of black people to rise by double, but the number of white people will rise by 10% because of births.

When it comes to children, younger black women have far less than older black women.

A lot more of black kids live in poverty now than they did in 1999. In 1999, 12.3% were poor, and 44.4% of black kids are poor now, compared to 12.3% in 1999.

It took 102 years from 1972 to 1995 for black males to earn more money in the middle fifth of income distribution. White men in that same group earned just 86 percent more money in the same time, leaving them only 6 percentage points above African Americans as a group.

As a group, black women take home less money than their white counterparts, but their family income has been rising quickly. Black women have been a big part of the rise in family incomes in African American neighborhoods. These findings are very important when it comes to understanding how to deal with long-term problems in black urban areas. Black women have a big impact on the race-gender-class structure of black families and the economy of the whole country when they have babies.

In 2000, black men between the ages of 25 and 29 were more likely to be black than black women in this age group.

Since the 1950s, the difference between the number of black men and women has been getting bigger because black men have a lot more early death and prison time than white men. As a result, there are now 110 men and 100 women enrolled in public colleges and universities. Black women have also gone to college at a faster rate.

In 1969, there were 85 males for every 100 females in college. In 1990, there were about 112 males for every 100 females, and there were 121 males for every 100 females in 2000.

In 1980, 75 percent of black college graduates were men, and only 25 percent were women. White men earned 85 percent of the college degrees given to white women, but black men only earned 73 percent of the degrees given to black women.

There are a lot of black women who are getting college degrees, which means that employers have had to look for other ways to discriminate against African American women.

Among high school graduates, the wage gap between black and white is bigger for women than for men.

A lot of black and white women with college degrees have seen their pay gap widen over the last two decades.

During the 1960s, African-American women earned more money than white women.

Black women earned less money than white men did in the 1970s, when there was still legal discrimination against women at work.

There were a lot of changes in the average incomes of black female college graduates between 1970 and 2000, even though the average incomes of black male college graduates rose a lot during that time. Academic credentials were no longer enough to keep black women in the labor market at a higher level than white women.

At the start of the 21st century, black women had an average family income of about $40,000, which was less than the national average of $68,000, which was more than double.

Black women's incomes rose by about 45 percent from 1970 to 1995 when inflation was taken into account. White women's incomes rose by about 50 percent, and both black and white men's incomes rose by about 15 percent.

My Dear Queen by Lawrence Carroll

Because it teaches young girls and women of color that their natural hair is beautiful, My Dear Queen is a good book for them. My Dear Queen is a short poem that can be read by people of all ages. The illustrations add a layer of visual emotion that helps the reader picture themselves as the recipient of the words in the poem. People of all ages can enjoy My Dear Queen. It can be used as a way to start conversations about black women's hair journeys and the importance of the relationships they have with their hair.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

In each part of this book, you feel a different mix of emotions that you don't know what to make of. A lot of things will happen in your life and in the lives of other people if you make a bad decision, or if you do something that you don't want to, but you have to. This book also shows that humans might want to change things that they didn't choose to be born with in order to make other people love and accept them. I think this book is great because it will help you learn more and more about human nature.

21 Days to a Big Idea by Bryan Mattimore

It's becoming more common for African-American women to start their own businesses, but they may not yet have a "big idea." The book 21 Days to a Big Idea helps black women learn and apply a proven twenty-one-day process that helps them come up with and develop a new product, service, or business idea. In 21 Days to a Big Idea, there are more than two dozen ideas-creation techniques and processes that have helped Fortune 500 companies and small businesses come up with more than $3 billion worth of new products and services that have worked well.

Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Samantha Moss, who runs Romantific, told me about this product.

When people talk about this book, they call it a "cultural bible for black women." It has a lot of essays about money, beauty, body positivity, racism, and a lot of other things. It is a book about self-awareness and how to accept yourself even though you live in a racist world. This book is great because it helps the reader understand things about structural racism that white people would think were weird. This is a good idea: A paperback book that costs $11.39 is a good book to read. It will help you feel more confident when you have to deal with your problems in the real world.

Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Sonya Schwartz, who runs Her Norm, told me to buy this.

The producer of hit shows like How to Get Away With Murder, Scandal, and Grey's Anatomy talked about her journey to success in a heartfelt and funny way. She also made the popular medical show Grey's Anatomy. She didn't like becoming famous or well-known. She even trembles when she goes to social events and doesn't want to be in the spotlight. But when her sister told her that she never says yes to anything, she was hit by lightning and changed her mind. When she opened up and learned how important the word "yes" was, she felt like she had won the lottery. This book helped women from all over the world become well-known.

HOPE for the Alzheimer’s Journey by Carol B. Amos

This was recommended by Carol B. Amos from CarolBAmos.com.

This book was written by a caregiver named Carol B. Amos to help, teach, and inspire other caregivers who are going through the same thing. People in the Black community are twice as likely to get Alzheimer's disease as people in the White community are to get it. Most caregivers are women, and they make up two-thirds of the people who help. H.O.P.E. helps caregivers learn about the disease and how to deal with it by giving them tips, tools, advice, and inspiration. Carol's personal caregiving stories are often shared in original emails. Caregivers can relate to Carol's stories. Also, H.O.P.E. introduces The Caregiving Principle®, which is a way for caregivers to better understand people with dementia. H.O.P.E. gives caregivers the power to make the process less stressful and more rewarding.

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