15 Must-Read Books to Celebrate Black History

Written by Shipley | Feb 28, 2019 8:30:58 PM

In honor of February’s Black History Month, our Director of Diversity and Inclusion put together a list of 15 books that celebrate and educate readers about Black History. This list will keep readers learning and engaged not only for the month of February but also all year round.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 by Patricia McKissack (Dear America)

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine

42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story by Ed Henry

Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Martin Rising: Requiem For a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth

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