- Richmond Public Schools
- Black History Month - Book List
50 Must-Read Books for Black History Month & Beyond
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Preschool Books
Ordinary People Change the World: I am Jackie Robinson
By Brad MeltzerOf Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters
By Barack ObamaThis is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration
By Jacqueline WoodsonI Am Rosa Parks
By Brad MeltzerI, Too, Am America
By Langston HughesTrombone Shorty
By Troy AndrewsHair Love
By Matthew A. CherryA Poem for Peter
By Andrea Davis PinkneyMae Among the Stars
By Roda AhmedDream Big, Little One
By Vashti HarrisonNelson Mandela
By Kadir NelsonThank You Omu!
By Oge Mora
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Middle & High School Books
Through My Eyes
By Ruby BridgesForty Acres and Maybe a Mule
By Harriette Gillem RobinetPortraits of African-American Heroes
By Tonya BoldenThe Watson go to Birmingham - 1963
By Christopher Paul CurtisPromises to Keep
By Sharon RobinsonHeart and Soul
By Kadir NelsonThe Greatest: Muhammad Ali
By Walter Deam MyersBrown Girl Dreaming
By Jacqueline WoodsonThe Hate U Give
By Angie ThomasLong Way Down
By Jason ReynoldsThe Belles
By Dhonielle Clayton
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Elementary School Books
Henry’s Freedom Box
By Jane Addams PeaceFive Brave Explorers
By Wade HudsonFive Notable Inventors
By Wade HudsonSojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
By Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney28 Days
By Charles R. Smith, Jr.The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By William Kamkwamba & Bryan MealerThe Mighty Miss Malone
By Christopher Paul CurtisMarch On!
By Christine King FarrisThe Hero Two Doors Down
By Sharon RobinsonSalt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
By Deloris JordanLittle Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
By Vashti HarrisonYoung, Gifted, and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present
By Jamia Wilson
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Dear Martin
By Nic StoneStamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
By Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. KendiMonster
By Walter Dean MyersMarch: Book One
By John LewisPiecing Me Together
By Renee WatsonYou Don’t Even Know Me
By Sharon FlakeTurning Fifteen on the Road to Freedom
By Lynda Blackmon LoweryWho Put This Song On?
By Morgan ParkerChildren of Blood and Bone
By Tomi AdeyemiOne Last Word: Wisdom From the Harlem Renaissance
By Nikki GrimesGenesis Begins Again
By Alicia D. Williams