Book 1: The Weather Officer: The Story of Alonzo Smith, Jr. . . .
Book 2: The Meteorologist in Me by Brittney Shipp
365 Black Books: Boycott Friday
The following books present historical information about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Book 1: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book 2: The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It: The Memoir of Jo Ann Gibson Robinson
Book 3: At the Dark End of the Street by Danielle L. McGuire
Book 4: Pies From Nowhere How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romita
Book 5: Right to Ride by Blair L. M. Kelley
365 Black Books Future Thursday
Today is Thanksgiving. Many of us celebrate this holiday in traditional, creative, and unique ways. As I was thinking about tradition and creativity, I remembered this book.
Book 1: Black Futures edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
365 Black Books Newspaper Tuesday
Book 1: The African American Newspaper Voice of Freedom by Patrick S. Washburn
Book 2: Black Newspapers and America’s War for Democracy, 1914-1920 by William G. Jordan
Book 3: The Defender by Ethan Michaeli
365 Black Books Food Friday
These three books take us on a culinary journey.
Book 1: The People’s Place by Dave Hoekstra
Book 2: The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
Book 3: High on the Hog by Jessica B. Harris
365 Black Books Wednesday Women
On November 4, a few cities, including Detroit, elected their first female mayor. These books feature the first African American woman elected to Congress–Shirley Chisholm, a trailblazer.
Book 1: She Was the First! by Katheryn Russell-Brown; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Book 2: Shirley Chisholm Dared by Alicia D. Williams; illustrated by April Harrison
Book 3: Loud and Proud by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Book 4: Unbought and Unbossed by Shirley Chisholm
Book 5: The Good Fight by Shirley Chisholm
365 Black Books Musical Monday
These three books present a historical context on the role African Americans played in musical plays.
Book 1: When Broadway was Black by
Book 2: Black Theatre by Stewart F. Lane
Book 3: Black Musical Theatre From Coontown to Dreamgirls by Allen Woll
365 Black Books Hat Friday
Hat season is upon us. These books play tribute to the hat.
Book 1: Crowns Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats by Michael Cunningham & Craig Marberry
Book 2: Aunt Flossie Hats (and Crab Cakes Later by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard; illustrated by James Ransome
Book 3: Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
Book 4: Mae Makes a Way
365 Black Books Basketball Monday
I love college basketball men’s and women’s! Today starts the college basketball season. It is only fitting that I feature just a few books on basketball. Biographies of basketball players will be posted later.
Book 1: The Boys of Dunbar by Alejandro Danois
Book 2: More Than Just a Game by Madison Moore
Book 3: Hoops Heroes: The Untold Story of Black Basketball by Elliott Smith
Book 4: I Came as a Shadow by John Thompson
365 Black Books Voting Sunday
This is election time and an opportunity to exercise our power/privilege to vote. If the powers that be want to suppress our vote, that means your vote has power! Exercise your power!
Dr. Carol Anderson has written two excellent books on voting suppression. A must read!
Book 1: One Person, No Vote
Book 2: One Person, No Vote Young Adult Edition
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