3. Glinda Bridgforth’s Girl, Get Your Money Straight or any of her other books
If you want a holistic approach to financial recovery, then this book is for you. Glinda Bridgforth speaks to how the unique cultural, economic, and racial experience of Africans brought to America to work as chattel impacted our collective financial consciousness. In a very comforting way, she teaches the readers how to eliminate debt, identify their emotional triggers, and set financial foundations such as savings funds and retirement goals. You may need some Kleenex when reading this book.
4. Michelle Singletary’s 7 Money Mantras For A Richer Life or any of her other books.
Do you want someone to give it to you straight and raw? Michelle Singletary, financial columnist at the Washington Post, speaks to the reader with the same straight and real talk that her financial guru and grandmother, Big Mama, used with her when imparting financial wisdom. My favorite Michelle Singletary money mantra is “If it’s on your ass, then it’s not an asset.”
5. George Subira’s Black Folks’ Guide to Making Big Money in America or any of his other books.
Don’t let the copyright date or the simple cover of his books fool you. The late lecturer Subira discusses the strengths and shortcomings of the political and cultural movement of the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Pride Movement in their ability to improve the collective economic positioning of blacks in America. In addition to critiquing these movements and corporate systems, he ultimately provides an action plan for African-Americans to follow if they want financial liberty and freedom.
BMWK: What other titles should we add to this list?
Shayla says
Yes, I agree. The Total Money Makeover is a must. Dave Ramsey breaks it down to small tasks so you can focus on getting out of debt and communicating with a spouse, if you have one.
What in the world says
Will look into some if not all of these reads. Thnx
karen thomas says
Oxen-by joe sangl (also I was broke;now I’m not financial course) iwbnin.com
the richest man that ever lived – by Steven k. Scott