Black History Month Reading List

15 nonfiction books that are essential reading for Black History Month:

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 Cover Image

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593134047
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Published: One World - February 2nd, 2021
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song Cover Image

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song (Hardcover)

By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984880338
Availability: Not in stock at Bear Pond: usually arrives in 2-3 days
Published: Penguin Press - February 16th, 2021
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Cover Image

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017
Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents Cover Image

Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593230251
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020
A Black Women's History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #5) Cover Image

A Black Women's History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #5) (Hardcover)

By Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
$27.95
ISBN: 9780807033555
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Published: Beacon Press - February 4th, 2020
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X Cover Image

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Hardcover)

By Les Payne, Tamara Payne
$35.00
ISBN: 9781631491665
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Published: Liveright - October 20th, 2020
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Cover Image

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope (Hardcover)

By Jon Meacham, John Lewis (Afterword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781984855022
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Published: Random House - August 25th, 2020
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Cover Image

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (Hardcover)

By Martha S. Jones
$30.00
ISBN: 9781541618619
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Published: Basic Books - September 8th, 2020
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine Cover Image

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine (Paperback)

By Emily Bernard
$16.00
ISBN: 9781101972410
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Published: Vintage - December 3rd, 2019
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Cover Image

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Paperback)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$17.95
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Cover Image

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market)

By MALCOLM X
$7.99
ISBN: 9780345350688
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Published: Ballantine Books - October 12th, 1987
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Cover Image

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Hardcover)

By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525575320
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Published: Crown - June 30th, 2020
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race Cover Image

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501126352
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Published: Scribner - June 20th, 2017
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir Cover Image

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Paperback)

By Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250306906
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - January 14th, 2020
A Promised Land Cover Image

A Promised Land (Hardcover)

By Barack Obama
$45.00
ISBN: 9781524763169
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Published: Crown - November 17th, 2020