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Black History Month Recommended Books List

Here is just a small fraction of the books available that are relevant to Black History Month.
​Looking for more?   Try Crown InfoSearch or ask a librarian for help!
Famous People
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Read Online
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The Audacity of Hope
  ​E901.1 .O23 A3 2006 
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My American Journey
​E840.5 .P68 A3 1995b 
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A Sojourner's Truth
Read Online
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
​E185.97 .K5 K5 2001 
History
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Bitter Fruit: African American Women in World War II
Read Online
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African American Leadership
Read Online
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Encyclopedia of African American History
Ref. E185 .E5453 2009
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Life Upon These Shores
​E185 .G27 2011
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Roots
​E185.97 .H24 A33 1976 
Resources for a Younger Audience
*also look at our Multicultural Children's Book list, Coretta Scott King
​and Carter G. Woodson Award Book lists
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Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
JUV 323.092 K53ra
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
​JUV 738.092 D246hi  
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The Black Snowman
​JUV 813.54 M538
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Goggles!
EASY KEAT
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Ellington was not a Street
​EASY SHAN
​Literature
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Notable African American Writers
Read Online
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Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales
​JUV 398.2 H221   
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The Color Purple
​PS3573 .A425 C6 1982   
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The Help
​PS3619 .T636 H45 2009 
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Oxford Companion to African American Literature
​Ref. PS153 .N5 O96 1997
Authors
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The political plays of Langston Hughes
Read Online
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Beloved : a novel
PS3563.O8749 B4 2004  
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Their eyes were watching God
PS3515.U789 T639 1990  
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I know why the caged bird sings
YA 813.54 A584 
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Fault Lines
BR115 .J8 B383 2021
Additional Resources

The C&MA Celebrates Black History
Black History Month
Black Past
10 Little Known Facts​
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