Black History Month

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Every year since 1976, February has been observed as Black History Month in the United States. Listed below are a number of books, movies, and music, both for education and entertainment, that highlight the black voices on your local library’s shelves (physical and digital). All you need to access them is your Grayslake library card!


Picture Books:

A History of Me by Adrea Theodore

Stacey's Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams

We Shall Overcome by Byran Collier

All Because You Matter by Tami Charles

I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes


Books for Teens:

Say Her Name by Zetta Elliot

Light It Up by Kekla Magoon

Stamped by Jason Reynolds

How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles


Books for Adults:

My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates


Graphic Novels:

Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney (available on Hoopla)

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes

March Book One by John Lewis


Black Voices in Film

I Am Not Your Negro

Moonlight

Hidden Figures

Selma

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Music, eBooks, eAudiobooks, and other resources:

How to Engage Meaningfully in Allyship and Anti-Racism on LinkedIn Learning

Black Music Month on Hoopla

Books by Black Authors on Libby/Overdrive

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