Powerful Reads for Black History Month
Black History Month may come once a year, but the lived experiences by an entire diaspora of people goes beyond a single calendar month. These books and articles are a great start to learning about and enjoying Black voices, the lives they’ve led, the legacies they’ve left, and the worlds they’ve created. They can be enjoyed and shared throughout all of February, but can also be celebrated all year round.
For the LITTLE Kids
Get ready to swing with A Child’s Introduction to Jazz, an interactive journey into one of the richest and most soulful music genres in the world.
Featuring 40 trailblazing black women in the world’s history, this book educates and inspires as it relates true stories of women who broke boundaries and exceeded all expectations.
For the OLDER Kids AND TEENS
Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world.
For ADULTs
“Smart, timely and powerful . . . A rich examination of America’s treatment of race, and the ways we attempt to discuss and confront it today.” —The Huffington Post
A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, TIME, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor
“A stunning look at what freedom really means.” —The New York Times
“One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation.” —Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker
From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists
Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.
TO READ TOGETHER
RACE. Uh-oh. The R-word.
But actually talking about race is one of the most important things to learn how to do.
This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.
A book about race.
In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.
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