The world-famous Black author and thinker known as bell hooks passed away on Decem­ber 15, 2021, at age 69. From the WINGS archive, here are excerpts of her speak­ing in 1993, the year she pub­lished Sis­ters of the Yam: Black women and self-recov­ery, and whilst she was work­ing on the book to be titled Killing Rage: End­ing Racism (1995).