Black History Month Adult Non-Fiction

Desert rose : the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King by Bagley, Edythe Scott.
The yellow house by Broom, Sarah M.
We're better than this : my fight for the future of our democracy by Cummings, Elijah
The ugly cry : a memoir by Henderson, Danielle
How we fight for our lives : a memoir by Jones, Saeed
When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir by Khan-Cullors, Patrisse
Make change : how to fight injustice, dismantle systemic oppression, and own our future by King, Shaun
In peace and freedom : my journey in Selma by LaFayette, Bernard.
His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope by Meacham, Jon
Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells by Duster, Michelle
Freedom libraries : the untold story of libraries for African Americans in the South by Selby, Mike
The race beat : the press, the civil rights struggle, and the awakening of a nation by Roberts, Gene.
Let us make men : the twentieth-century Black Press and a manly vision for racial advancement by Haywood, D'Weston
Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot by Kendall, Mikki
Wayward lives, beautiful experiments : intimate histories of riotous black girls, troublesome women, and queer radicals by Hartman, Saidiya V.
Begin again by Glaude, Eddie S., Jr.
How to be an antiracist by Kendi, Ibram X.
Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you by Reynolds, Jason
Charleston syllabus : readings on race, racism, and racial violence by
Slavery by another name : the re-enslavement of Black people in America from the Civil War to World War II / Douglas A. Blackmon. by Blackmon, Douglas A.
My bondage and my freedom. by Douglass, Frederick
You'll never believe what happened to Lacey : crazy stories about racism by Ruffin, Amber
Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo" by Hurston, Zora Neale
The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation by Tubbs, Anna Malaika
The Black Panthers : portraits from an unfinished revolution by
Power to the people : the world of the Black Panthers by Shames, Stephen
Julian Bond's time to teach : a history of the southern civil rights movement by Bond, Julian
Freedom now! : forgotten photographs of the civil rights struggle by Berger, Martin A.
Lighting the fires of freedom : African American women in the civil rights movement by Bell, Janet Dewart
The devil you know : a Black power manifesto by Blow, Charles M.
On the road to freedom : a guided tour of the civil rights trail by Cobb, Charles E., Jr.
The civil rights movement : a photographic history, 1954-68 by Kasher, Steven.
The thunder of angels : the Montgomery bus boycott and the people who broke the back of Jim Crow by Williams, Donnie
Across that bridge : life lessons and a vision for change by Lewis, John
Hands up, don't shoot : why the protests in Ferguson and Baltimore matter, and how they changed America by Cobbina, Jennifer
The blood of Emmett Till by Tyson, Timothy B.
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by Alexander, Michelle
Upending the ivory tower : civil rights, black power, and the Ivy League by Bradley, Stefan M.
Little Rock : race and resistance at Central High School by Anderson, Karen
Every tongue got to confess : Negro folk-tales from the Gulf states by Hurston, Zora Neale.
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race by Shetterly, Margot Lee
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot, Rebecca
Just as I am : a memoir by Tyson, Cicely.
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood by Noah, Trevor
You can't touch my hair and other things I still have to explain by Robinson, Phoebe
Showdown : JFK and the integration of the Washington Redskins by Smith, Thomas G.
Floyd Patterson : a boxer and a gentleman by Levy, Alan Howard.
A most beautiful thing : the true story of the first all-black high school rowing team by Cooper, Arshay
She memes well : essays by Brunson, Quinta
The source of self-regard : selected essays, speeches, and meditations by Morrison, Toni
Roots by Haley, Alex.
The 1619 Project : a new origin story by
Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
Kennedy and King : the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights by Levingston, Steven
We were eight years in power : an American tragedy by Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Barack before Obama : life before the presidency by Katz, David
The Black history of the White House by Lusane, Clarence
Nobody turn me around : a people's history of the 1963 march on Washington by Euchner, Charles C.
Carry me home : Birmingham, Alabama : the climactic battle of the civil rights revolution by McWhorter, Diane.
I know why the caged bird sings by Angelou, Maya.
The souls of Black folk by Du Bois, W. E. B.
The classic slave narratives by
Between the world and me by Coates, Ta-Nehisi
So you want to talk about race by Oluo, Ijeoma
True south : Henry Hampton and Eyes on the prize, the landmark television series that reframed the civil rights movement by Else, Jon
Lift Your Voice: How My Nephew George Floyd's Murder Changed the World by Harrelson, Angela
The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection by Berry, Anne H.
The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country by Gorman, Amanda
You don't know us negroes and other essays by Hurston, Zora Neale
The Black history book by
"We return fighting" : the civil rights movement in the jazz age by Schneider, Mark R.
Four hundred souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019 by
Lift every voice : the NAACP and the making of the civil rights movement by Sullivan, Patricia
Overground railroad : the Green Book and the roots of Black travel in America by Taylor, Candacy A.
A nation under our feet : Black political struggles in the rural South, from slavery to the great migration by Hahn, Steven
Redeeming justice / From Defendant to Defender, My Fight for Equity on Both Sides of a Broken System by Adams, Jarrett
My life, my love, my legacy by King, Coretta Scott
The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Theoharis, Jeanne.
White lies : the double life of Walter F. White and Americas darkest secret by Baime, A. J.
Civil rights queen : Constance Baker Motley and the struggle for equality by Brown-Nagin, Tomiko
Black birds in the sky : the story and legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Colbert, Brandy
Black radical : the life and times of William Monroe Trotter by Greenidge, Kerri
The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X by Payne, Les