Black History Month: Teen Reads from A-Z

This is a suggested reading list for Black History Month. I hope there’s a little something for everyone here: settings ranging from the 7th century CE to modern day; middle grade and young adult; fiction and nonfiction; even a little fantasy and horror. Click any cover to request a copy. Feel free to share what you are reading for Black History Month at teens@maplewoodlibrary.org.

1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

1992 Los Angeles Riots

1990s

1880s

Present Day

1957 Little Rock School Desegregation

1935 Harlem, NY

1930s Alabama

Simone Biles (1997- )

Memoir of Lawyer Bryan Stevenson (1959- )

pre-Civil War South US

1998 Brooklyn, NY

1980s Brooklyn

Biography of Oloudah Equiano (1745-1797)

1937 New London, TX School Explosion

early 2000s Georgia

Revolution In Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

1919 Washington DC

1605, Shakespearean Era London

Biography of Biggie Smalls (1972-1992)

1968 Olympic podium protest

Graphic Memoir of Tony Weaver, Jr.

Malcolm X's childhood and teen years

Present Day

600s-800s CE Ooni Kingdom

Sincerely,

Your Teen Librarian