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Diverse Reads for All Ages Celebrating Black History Month |
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Black Hair Can: The Roots of Our Roots
by Sylvia Rodriguez
By tracing Black ethnic hairstyles from their origins in Africa to the contemporary United States, this book shows how hair can be.
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Overlooked Creations of Black Art and Culture
by Jay Leslie
A perfect book for young readers to discover lesser-known works of art and culture that have shaped Black history in the United States.The Banjo Lesson. The Brownies Book. Rapper's Delight. Throughout history, Black people have performed, created art, and broken barriers that helped propel the fight for equality forward. Celebrate little-known groundbreaking contributions to art and culture like these and learn about their social impact on American history in Overlooked Creations of Black Art and Culture.
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So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story
by Anne Wynter
A poetic picture book explains the history behind Juneteenth celebrations, simultaneously acknowledging the history of slavery in the U.S. as well as the astonishing Black resilience that has led to an enduring legacy of Black joy.
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One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
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A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery
by Kristina R. Gaddy
Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America's tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison. Gaddy crafts a surprisingly contemporary braided coming-of-age narrative, supported by meticulous research and featuring dozens of primary documents. Each of these four young people--two white, two Black--was strongly committed to the anti-slavery cause but felt just as keenly a need to make their own names, away from the often over-protective or disapproving shadows of the famous adults in their lives.
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Black History Is Your History
by Taylor Cassidy
With sparkling wit and humor-and lots of fun pop culture references-digital content creator Taylor Cassidy (creator of TikTok sensation Fast Black History) takes readers on a journey through the Black history that she wishes she was taught in school. Weaving together research and personal anecdotes that illuminate each trailblazer's impact on her own life, Taylor paints a vibrant picture of twelve figures from Black history whose groundbreaking contributions shaped America as we know it today.
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Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships.In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest.
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Black Was the Ink
by Michelle Coles
Through the help of a ghostly ancestor, sixteen-year-old Malcolm is sent on a journey through Reconstruction-era America to find his place in modern-day Black progress. Forgotten heroes still leave their mark. Malcolm Williams hasn't been okay for a while. He's angry and despondent and feels like nothing good ever happens for teens like him in D.C. All he wants is to be left alone in his room for the summer to draw or play video games--but no such luck. With growing violence in his neighborhood, his mother ships him off to his father's family farm in Mississippi, and Malcolm is anything but pleased. A few days after his arrival, his great-aunt tells him that the State is acquiring the farm to widen a highway. It's not news Malcolm is concerned about, but someone plans to make it his concern. One minute Malcolm is drawing in the farmhouse attic, and the next he's looking through the eyes of his ancestor Cedric Johnson in 1866. As Cedric, Malcolm meets the real-life Black statesmen who fought for change during the Reconstruction era: Hiram Revels, Robert Smalls, and other leaders who made American history.
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Vegan Soul Food Cookbook: Plant-Based, No-Fuss Southern Favorites
by Nadira Jenkins-El
Soul food goes vegan--101 plant-based takes on comfort food classics If you love classic soul food but are hungry for options that don't rely on meat or dairy, the Vegan Soul Food Cookbook is here to delight your taste buds. It's full of mouthwatering, plant-based versions of comforting favorites like Gumbo, Biscuits and Gravy, and Cajun Fried Chicken that are totally vegan but still hearty, delicious, and satisfying.
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Skin & Bones: A Novel
by Renee Watson
When a confession on her wedding day shifts her world, 40-year-old Lena, trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself, questions everything she's learned about dating, friendship and motherhood while working tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses.
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Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025
by Jelani Cobb
From the moment that Trayvon Martin's senseless murder initiated the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014, America has been convulsed by new social movements--around guns, gender violence, sexual harrassment, race, policing, and on and on--and an equally powerful backlash that abetted the rise of the MAGA movement. In this punchy, powerful collection of dispatches, mostly published in The New Yorker, Jelani Cobb pulls the signal from the noise of this chaotic era. Cobb's work as a reporter takes readers to the front lines of sometimes violent conflict, and he uses his gifts as a critic and historian to crack open the meaning of it all. Through a stunning mélange of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles, Cobb's writing captures the crises, characters, movements, and art of an era--and helps readers understand what might be coming next. Cobb has added new material to this collection--retrospective pieces that bring these stories up-to-date and tie them together, shaping these powerful short dispatches into a cohesive, epic narrative of one of the most consequential periods in recent American history.
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