Blind Date with a Book

Looking for Valentine’s Day date ideas? Check out these books by Black authors that explore themes of environmental justice, health equity, & systemic racism. Most are available at the Houston Public Library.

Full Booklist

• There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism In Indigenous & Black Communities by @Waldroningrid

• A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism And Its Assault On The American Mind by Harriet A. Washington

• Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations With Black Environmentalists by @Leahpenniman

• Salvage The Bones by @Jesmynward

• Black Nature: Four Centuries Of African American Nature Poetry by @Camilledungy

• Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine by @Ucheblackstockmd

• They Built Me For Freedom: The Story Of Juneteenth And Houston's Emancipation Park by @Tonyaellisbooks