Black History Month Reading List

A collection of books--fiction, non-fiction, and poetry--by and about the complex and rich history of Black people in America.

 

Black Futures By Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham Cover Image
$40.00
ISBN: 9780399181139
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Published: One World - December 1st, 2020

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor) Cover Image
By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593134047
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Published: One World - February 2nd, 2021

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333): A Library of America Anthology By Kevin Young (Editor) Cover Image
By Kevin Young (Editor)
$45.00
ISBN: 9781598536669
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Published: Library of America - October 20th, 2020

Corregidora (Celebrating Black Women Writers #1) By Gayl Jones Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807061091
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Published: Beacon Press - January 29th, 2019

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation By Anna Malaika Tubbs Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781250756121
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Published: Flatiron Books - February 2nd, 2021

A Different Drummer By William Melvin Kelley Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385413909
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Published: Anchor - May 1st, 1990

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition By Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (Editor), Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by), Michelle Duster (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (Editor), Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by), Michelle Duster (Afterword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226691428
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Published: University of Chicago Press - May 13th, 2020

Double Trio: Tej Bet, So's Notice, Nerve Church: Limited Edition Box Set By Nathaniel Mackey Cover Image
$65.00
ISBN: 9780811230629
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Published: New Directions - April 6th, 2021

Just Us: An American Conversation By Claudia Rankine Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9781644450215
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Published: Graywolf Press - September 8th, 2020

Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan By June Jordan Cover Image
$24.00
ISBN: 9781556592348
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - June 1st, 2007