In honor of Black History Month,
here are some books that continue to shape our shared history…

 


SCATTERLINGS by Resoketswe Manenzhe

 

A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS by Ayobami Adebayo

 

WHAT NAPOLEON COULD NOT DO by DK Nnuro

A DARKER WILDNESS by Erin Sharkey

EVERY MAN A KING by Walter Mosley

SINK by Joseph Earl Thomas

BLACK EARTH WISDOM by Leah Penniman

MOONRISE OVER NEW JESSUP by Jamila Minnicks

BLACK WOMEN WRITERS AT WORK by Claudia Tate

THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN by James Baldwin

BLACK AND FEMALE by Tsitsi Dangarembga

MAAME by Jessica George

BLACK ON BLACK by Daniel Black

INCITING JOY by Ross Gay

TO THE REALIZATION OF PERFECT HELPLESSNESS by Robin Coste Lewis

MY PINUP by Hilton Als

DR. NO by Percival Everett

THEY CAN’T KILL US UNTIL THEY KILL US by Hanif Abdurraqib

BLACK EMPIRE by George S. Schuyler

AMY SHERALD THE WORLD WE MAKE

REGENERATION: BLACK CINEMA 1898-1971

HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi

 

FOR KIDS: 

YOU COME FROM GREATNESS by Sara Chinakwe

YOUNG TRAILBLAZERS by M.J. Fievre

THE ABC’s OF CLACK HISTORY by Rio Cortez

RESISTANCE STORIES FROM BLACK HISTORY FOR KIDS by Rann Miller

LITTLE LEGENDS: EXCEPTIONAL MEN IN BLACK HISTORY By Vashti Harrison