Lynnfield Public Library: Black History Month Book Recommendations

Lynnfield MA

04 February, 2022

5:43 PM

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Press release from Lynnfield Public Library: Lauren Fox and Samantha Totman February is Black History Month. We've picked out just a few suggestions of books by Black authors and/or about Black people and characters. We recommend reading these books all year long February 04, 2022 February is Black History Month. We've picked out just a few suggestions of books by Black authors and/or about Black people and characters. We recommend reading these books all year long, but February is a great time to start!  Children African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History by Tracy Baptiste, illustrated by Hillary D. Wilson King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan When The School Shut Down: A Young Girl's Story of Virginia's "Lost Generation" and the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Decision by Yolanda Gladded, as told to Dr. Tamara Pizzoli, illustrated by Keisha Morris Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies by Mireille Harper Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter by Shani Mahiri King, illustrated by Bobby C. Martin, Jr. Ruby Bridges (She Persisted) by Kekla Magoon More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball by Madison Moore, illustrated by Lonnie Ollivierre Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom by Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon What Was the Harlem Renaissance by Sherri L. Smith, illustrated by Tim Foley Florence Griffith Joyner (She Persisted) by Rita Williams-Garcia, illustrated by Gillian Flint Young Adult Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African-American Voting Rights by Lawrence Goldstone Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood by Sugar Rodgers The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Alexander Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi Adult We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and illustrated by Hugo Martínez The 1619 Project:A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain Run: Book One by John Lewis The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education by Mychal Denzel Smith The Radical King, edited by Cornel West The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Survived Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills   This press release was produced by Lynnfield Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.