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Featured Bookshelf: New Titles for Black History Month
The Trees by Percival Everett
A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S Bryce
In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon
Reckless by Stacey Abrams writing as Selena Montgomery
Single Black Female by Tracy Brown
The Undertakers by Nicole Glover
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chambers with Jennifer Harlan
Footnotes: the Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way by Caseen Gaines
Black Food: Stories Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora by Bryant Terry
Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood
I’m Possible: A Story of Survival, a Tuba, and the Small Miracle of a Big Dream by Richard Antoine White
The Redemption of Bobby Love: A Story of Faith, Family, and Justice by Bobby and Cheryl Love
Chasing Me To My Grave by Winfred Rembert
From Staircase to Stage: The story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan by Raekwon
Unprotected by Billy Porter
Books to help kids and teens celebrate Black History Month
Parker Shines On written by Parker Curry & Jessica Curry and illustrated by Brittany Jackson
Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner written by Angela Dalton and illustrated by Jestenia Southerland
Change Sings written by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long
Ambitious Girl written by Meena Harris and illustrated by Marissa Valdez
When Langston Dances written by Kaija Langley and illustrated by Keith Mallett
The Bell Rang written and illustrated by James E. Ransome
Family Reunion written by Chad & Dad Richardson and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin
What Color Is My World? by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld and illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia
Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome
JD and the Great Barber Battle written by J. Dillard and illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts
Take Back the Block by Chrystal D. Giles
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
Root Magic by Eden Royce
Fast Pitch by Nic Stone
Together We March by Leah Henderson and illustrated by Tyler Feder
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter by Shani Mahiri King and illustrated by Bobby C. Martin Jr
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book by Keila V. Dawson and illustrated by Alleanna Harris
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones
A Ride to Remember by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan and illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Finish the Fight! by Veronica Chambers
Changing the Equation by Tonya Bolden
The Roots of Rap by Carole Boston Weatherford and art by Frank Morrison
Above the Rim by Jen Bryant and illustrations by Frank Morrison
Zion Unmatched by Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by Xia Gordon
Young, Gifted, and Black by Jamia Wilson
We Can: Portraits of Power by Tyler Gordon
ABCs of Black History words by Rio Cortez and pictures by Lauren Semmer
Your Legacy by Schele Williams and illustrated by Tonya Engel
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi and illustrated by Loveis Wise
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Coope
The Story of Simone Biles by Rachael Burk and illustrated by Steffi Walthall
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin by Lesa Cline-Ransome with illustrations by Gillian Flint
Facing Frederick by Tonya Bolden
A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown and illustrated by Laura Freeman
RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Frank Morrison
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Laura Freeman
Jump at the Sun by Alicia D. Williams and illustrated by Jacqueline Alcantara
We Wait for the Sun by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe with pictures by Raissa Figueroa
She Persisted: Harriet Tubman by Andrea Davis Pinkney with illustrations by Gillian Flint
Song in a Rainstorm by Glenda Armand and illustrated by Brittany Jackson
Black Heroes of the Wild West by James Otis Smith
Harriet Tubman: Toward Freedom by Whit Taylor & Kazimir Lee
Kneel by Candace Buford
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia
Punching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef Salaam with illustrations by Omar T. Pasha
The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Are Not Broken by George M. Johnson
We Are Not Yet Equal by Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama