Black History Month Reading List

This year, I wanted to do something special for Black History month. This past year there were protests that sparked the nation after the death of George Floyd. The trending, #sayhername emerged after the death of Breonna Taylor. Unfortunately, there were many others who died at the hands of police officers. It is important that their stories are heard and that we asa society recognize the injustices that are still prevalent today.

I created a book list for the month of February to honor Black voices. All the material provided can also be used to educate ourselves on racial injustices that occurred in the past and also the present. I will have a discussion forum opened during this month to discuss the literature provided and what Black History Month means to us.

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The Book List:

How to be an Antiracist- Ibram X. Kendi

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou

Just Mercy- Bryan Stevenson

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person- Frederick Joseph

Becoming- Michelle Obama

When They Call You a Terrorist : A Black Lives Matter Memoir- Patrisse Khan-Cullors

The Color Purple- Alice Walker

Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning - Leslie Odom Jr.

The Hate U Give- Angie Thomas

Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement- Angela Y. Davis, Frank Barat et al.

Ma Rainey Black Bottom- August Wilson

The Other Wes Moore- Wes Moore

Same Kind of Different As Me- Ron Hall

If Beale Street Could Talk- James Baldwin

From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation- Keeanga- Yamahtt Taylor

The Last Black Unicorn- Tiffany Haddish

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race- Beverly Daniel Tatum

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl- Issa Rae

A Promise Land- Barack Obama

Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership- Ed Gordon, Tracey Leigh, et al.

Across That Bridge- John Lewis

Driving While Black- Gretchen Sorin, Janina Edwards, et al.

The Vanishing Half: A Novel- Britt Bennett

Brown Girl Dreaming- Jacqueline Woodson

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man- Emmanuel Acho

The Souls of Black Folk- W.E.B. Du Bois

Let love have the last word- Common

One Day It'll All Make Sense- Common