IMO it starts with a deep knowledge, deeper than the immediate and primal realities of what is happening presently, I would dare say an intimate knowledge of our stories and struggles, both through narrative fiction as well as our critiques, philosophies and dogmas throughout written history:<p>Check this out, another HNer and I shared some books:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23399364" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23399364</a><p>Adding to it though, other excellent books and writers I think any ally should find the time to read:<p>Roots - Alex Haley<p>Revolutionary Suicide - Huey P. Newton<p>Locking Up Our Own - James S. Foreman<p>Negroland - Margo Jefferson<p>A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry<p>Where we Stand - bell hooks<p>The Future of the Race - Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cornel West<p>Letter from a Birmingham Jail - MLK