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Black History Month

Updated Winter 2024

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Black Authors

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of Americanah. Light brown cover with large capital letters.

Yaa Gyasi

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of Homegoing. Orange background with waves and two people facing opposite directions.

Brit Bennett

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of The Vanishing Half. Two multi-colored, featureless faces.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of The Water Dancer. The back of a person appears underwater.

Brandon Taylor

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of Real Life. A bird appears on a light orange background.

Jacqueline Woodson

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of Red at the Bone. A faceless person in bright orange and yellow against a multi-colored background.

Tayari Jones

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of An American Marriage. A gold tree against a blue background.

Octavia E. Butler

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of Parable of the Sower. A Black woman dressed in orange and red faces the right.

Maya Angelou

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. An orange background with a sun in the bottom right hand corner, a large featureless blackbird in the center.

Angie Thomas

This title is available at Schumann Library.

Book cover of The Hate U Give. A girl stands in the center, holding a sign that contains the title.

Lauren Wilkinson

This title is available at Schumann Library.

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Robert Jones, Jr.

This title is available for WIT users to borrow via the Colleges of the Fenway Consortium.

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Aaron Foley

This title is available to borrow via Boston Public Library (https://www.bpl.org/).

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Black Creators

Podcasts

Creative Collectives and Platforms

Short Videos & TEDTalks

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Documentaries & Films

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