Clark, Darlene, and Kathleen Thompson, A Shining Thread of Hope: The History of Black Women in America, Broadway Books, 1998.

Clark and Thompson provide an historical overview
of the changing roles of African-American women
from colonial times to the mid-1990s.

Lorde, Audre, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, Crossing Press, 1984.

This collection of nonfiction writings explore Lorde's
engagement in public life, following themes of alienation,
diversity, conflict, and the need to find common
ground, especially among the historically oppressed.

—, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Crossing Press, 1982.

This fictionalized treatment of Lorde's childhood
gives considerable insight into her upbringing and developing
sense of identity.