Black experience in America includes deep roots in African American history, culture, and achievements. The following books celebrate different aspects of that experience.
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Explore the wonders of the universe in Through the Telescope, a poetic ode to trailblazing astronaut Mae Jemison, from Charles R. Smith, Jr. and Evening Monteiro.
A young boy sets out to help jog his elderly neighbor’s disappearing memory in Searching for Mr. Johnson’s Song, by Ariel Vanece and Jade Orlando.
Spoken-word poet Harold Green III welcomes the beauty and power of Black identity in Hugged by the Night, a lullaby picture book.
A girl learns how a history of racism and community action has affected her neighborhood in Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining.
Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice, by Carole Boston Weatherford and Bryan Collier, is the story of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, as witnessed by the Alabama River.
Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories is a tale inspired by the life and works of American writer, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Celebrate the richness of the African heritage behind braids, locs, cornrows, and more in Hairstory, by Sope Martins and Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.
Learn about the inspiring life of a pioneering journalist in Ida B. Wells: Journalist, Advocate & Crusader for Justice, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Candace Buford.
Learn about Olympian and changemaker Wilma Rudolph in Go, Wilma Go! Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist, by Amira Rose Davis, Michael G. Long, and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.