30 Non-Fiction Titles & Biographies for Black History Month
I’m working on a few other Black History Month booklists, but I’m in need of some help with a few questions, so while I’m doing some research, I thought I’d at least get a chance to promote some non-fiction and biographies. Although thirty titles seem like so many, there are so many more options available out there, I could never fit them all in one blog post!
- Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier and illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews and illustrated by Bryan Collier
- When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Muñoz Ryan and illustrated by Brian Selznick
- The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch by Chris Barton and illustrated by Don Tate
- Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jamey Christoph
- Jazz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
- Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills by Renée Watson and illustrated by Christian Robinson
- One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway and illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
- Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter
- Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson and illustrated by Sean Qualls
- The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Jazz by Walter Dean Myers and illustrated by Christopher Myers
- Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale
- Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
- The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko and illustrated by Sean Qualls
- A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jennifer Fisher Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet
- The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
- Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, Elspeth Leacock, Susan Buckley, and illustrated by P.J. Loughran
- Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by Don Tate
- Courage Has Not Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickels, America’s First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
- March Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell
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