Seahawk Michael Bennett's Summer Reading List Heavy On Social Struggle

SEATTLE, WA - Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett attended the People's Summit in Chicago over the past weekend, and was spotted at a booth run by Haymarket Books stocking up on titles - perhaps - for summer reading. The stack of books in Bennett's arms includes activist classics like "A People's History Of The United States" by Howard Zinn and "How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America" by Malcom X biographer Manning Marable.

We can only guess that some of Bennett's selections will be given away because several are duplicates (we reached out to him via Twitter, but haven't heard back). Bennett is well-known around Puget Sound for his charity (as are his teammates - Doug Baldwin, for example, is helping build a community center at Renton's Cascade Elementary School). In March, Bennett pledged to donate all of his endorsement money to causes like building inner-city gardens and providing better nutritional options in public schools.

Bennett's selection of books touches on a variety of weighty social topics, from feminism to activism in pro sports. If you're interested in replicating Bennett's summer reading, here's the full list of books he's holding in his arms (from top to bottom):

1. Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, by Angela Davis
2. A People's History Of The United States, by Howard Zinn
3. Women And Socialism, by Sharon Smith
4. Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? by Maya Schenwar
5. No Is Not Enough, by Naomi Klein
6. Oil And Honey, Bill McKibben
7. In The Body Of The World, Eve Ensler
8. The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler
9. I Am An Emotional Creature, Eve Ensler
10. From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
11. From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (duplicate)
12. Long Shot: The Triumphs And Struggles Of An NBA Freedom Fighter, by Craig Hodges
13. What's My Name, Fool? Sports And Resistance In The United States, by Dave Zirkin
14. The Breakbeat Poets, by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Quraysh A Lansana, and Nate Marshall
15. A People's History Of The United States, by Howard Zinn (duplicate)
16. Men Explain Things To Me, by Rebecca Solnit
17. The Mother Of All Questions, by Rebecca Solnit
18. Night Thoughts, by Wallace Sean
19. Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative To Capitalist Catastrophe, by Michael Lowy
20. The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century, by Sarah Leonard and Bhaskar Sunkara
21. What's My Name, Fool? Sports And Resistance In The United States, by Dave Zirkin (duplicate)
22. Long Shot: The Triumphs And Struggles Of An NBA Freedom Fighter, by Craig Hodges (duplicate)
23. Capitalism: A Ghost Story, by Arundhati Roy
24. No Is Not Enough, by Naomi Klein (duplicate)
25. The Age Of Inequality, by Jeremy Gantz
26. How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America, by Manning Marable
27. Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy, by Grace Chang
28. "When the Welfare People Come": Race and Class in the US Child Protection System, by Don Lash
29. Freedom Is A Constant Struggle, by Angela Davis (duplicate)
30. From #BlackLivesMatter To Black Liberation, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (duplicate)

Image via Anthony Arnove/Haymarket Books