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Jazzy’s Black History Bookshelf

Celebrate Black History Month!

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History by Walter Dean Myers

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford

Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R Smith

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews

Firebird by Misty Copeland

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine

Bold Women in Black History (Little Leaders) by Vashti Harrison

The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander

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