Books About Black History
Did you know that Mae Jemison was the first black woman to travel in space?
Celebrate black history month by reading about black pioneers and visionaries in politics, science, sports and the arts.
I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Big Words) by Doreen Rappaport
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom by Gary D Schmidt
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just by Melina Mangal
Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter
Fly High!: The Story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Food Heroes #1) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
