Killing the Black Body

Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

in English, 373 pages,
Vintage Books, December 29, 1998
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A powerful, thought-provoking indictment of America’s continuing assault on the reproductive rights of black women ranges from the era of slavery to the welfare reform acts of the 1990s that penalize women on welfare for having babies.

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.