Black History Month

Every February people in the United States and America remember important people and events in the history of African Americans. People learn about the enslavement of African Americans and what took place during the Civil Rights Movement. In addition they learn about the lives of famous African Americans such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, and others. You can find features about other famous African Americans using the search feature on this website.

Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone

Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone

Alice Briere-Haquet
Illustrator:  Bruno Liance 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Charlesbridge, 2017   ISBN: 978-1580898270
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You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen

Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator:  Jeffery Boston Weatherford 
Poetry
For ages 9 to 12
Simon and Schuster, 2016   ISBN: 978-1481449380
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Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!

Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!

Andrea J. Loney
Illustrator:  Keith Mallett 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lee & Low Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1620142608
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Black History in Its Own Words

Black History in Its Own Words

Ronald Wimberly
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 12 and up
Image Comics, 2017   ISBN: 978-1534301535
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Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis

Stone Mirrors: The Sculpture and Silence of Edmonia Lewis

Jeannine Atkins
Poetry
For ages 13 and up
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017   ISBN: 978-1481459051
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Nikki Grimes
Illustrator:  a host of talented illustrators 
Poetry
For ages 10 to 14
Bloomsbury , 2017   ISBN: 978-1619635548
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I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry

I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry

Catherine Clinton
Illustrator:  Stephen Alcorn 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages9 and up
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017   ISBN: 978-0544582569
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A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double

A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double

Anne Rockwell
Illustrator:  Floyd Cooper 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Carolrhoda Books, 2016   ISBN: 978-1467749336
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Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Donna Janell Bowman
Illustrator:  Daniel Minter 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lee & Low Books, 2016   ISBN: 978-1620141489
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Ira's Shakespeare Dream

Ira's Shakespeare Dream

Glenda Armand
Illustrator:  Floyd Cooper 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Lee & Low Books, 2015   ISBN: 978-1620141557
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Friend on Freedom River

Friend on Freedom River

Gloria Whelan
Illustrator:  Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen 
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Sleeping Bear Press, 2005   ISBN: 978-1585362226
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Ticktock Banneker's Clock

Ticktock Banneker's Clock

Shana Keller
Illustrator:  David C. Gardner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2016   ISBN: 978-1585369560
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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

Edited by David Roessel and Arnold
Illustrator:  Benny Andrews 
Poetry
For ages 9 and up
Sterling Children's Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1454903284
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrator:  R. Gregory Christie 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2015   ISBN: 978-0761339434
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Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Barbara Herkert
Illustrator:  Vanessa Newton 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Random House, 2015   ISBN: 978-0385754644
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