Killing the Black Body Format:Paperback gutting…generous” (The New York Times)

gutting…generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences with abuse

Searching for answers

“Never have I read a story that so flawlessly hits the highest high and lowest low notes of Black girlhood in pursuit of the American Dream

”Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson

Killing the Black Body Format:Paperback gutting…generous” (The New York Times)Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication. Monumental. . . . An important contribution to the literature of civil rights, reproductive issues, racism and feminism. San Francisco Chronicle In 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful entrance into the national conversation on race. In a