At their next meeting, The JEDI Book Club will discuss the book What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Damon Young on July 12, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. Young's memoir is a tragicomic exploration of the angsts, anxieties, and absurdities of existing while black in America. This prize-winning book is a hilarious and honest debut that is both a celebration of the idiosyncrasies and distinctions of blackness and a critique of white supremacy and how we define masculinity.
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The JEDI Book Club may also discuss New York Times bestseller The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. In her groundbreaking debut, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes.
