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Heritage Month Reads: Black History Month

Explore books related to the heritage months throughout the year

Observed in February - Black History Month celebrates the achievements, honors the history, and looks to the future of African Americans.

Books

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: E184.A1K344 2019
ISBN: 9780525509288
Publication Date: 2019-08-13
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Call Number: E441.A15 2021
ISBN: 0593230574
Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Call Number: E909.O24A3 2018
ISBN: 9781524763138
Publication Date: 2018-11-13
Passing by Nella Larsen; Kaitlyn Greenidge (Introduction by)
Call Number: PS3523.A7225P37 2002
ISBN: 0375758135
Publication Date: 2002-05-28
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
Call Number: PS3551.N464Z466 1970
ISBN: 0345514408
Publication Date: 2009-04-21
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Call Number: PS3610.O63A84 2018
ISBN: 9781616201340
Publication Date: 2018-02-06

eBooks & Audio Books

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
ISBN: 9781984846853
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9798674138976
Publication Date: 2019-08-16
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
ISBN: 9780525639565
Publication Date: 2018-10-30
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
ISBN: 9780525631422
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade-Akerström
ISBN: 9781728240398
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
How Long 'till Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin
ISBN: 9780316491365
Publication Date: 2018-11-27

Childrens Books

Stamped (for Kids) by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi; Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapted by); Rachelle Baker (Illustrator)
Call Number: E185.C5125 2021
ISBN: 9780316167581
Publication Date: 2021-05-11
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS3601.L35388U53 2019
ISBN: 9781328780966
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.C49765 Hai 2019
ISBN: 9780525553366
Publication Date: 2019-05-14
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
Call Number: PZ7.1.L217 Lo 2022
ISBN: 9781665908153
Publication Date: 2022-05-31
Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
Call Number: PZ7.1.Z64 Ni 2023
ISBN: 9780062888846
Publication Date: 2023-05-09
There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; Jerome Pumphrey (Illustrator); Jarrett Pumphrey (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.R33593 Th 2023
ISBN: 9781534439443
Publication Date: 2023-10-03