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African-American History Subject Guide

Discover and learn where to search for books, articles, media, primary sources, and other sources in Meredith's collections related to African American History.

Young Adult

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Call Number: 813 J139w
ISBN: 9780063029095
Publication Date: 2021-09-14
Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn; Claire Roe (Illustrator); Miquel Muerto (Colorist (comics))
Call Number: 741.5973 D922b
ISBN: 9781684154272
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
A Phoenix First Must Burn: sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope by Patrice Caldwell (Editor)
Call Number: 813 P56
ISBN: 9781984835659
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
Call Number: 813 M4588m
ISBN: 9781250780362
Publication Date: 2021-08-17
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Nikki Giovanni (Foreword by)
Call Number: 813 T361h 2018
ISBN: 9780062872340
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Call Number: 813 Ok5a
ISBN: 9780670011964
Publication Date: 2011-04-14
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Call Number: 813 Ir21d
ISBN: 9780062570611
Publication Date: 2019-06-04
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Call Number: 813 J139g
ISBN: 9780062840356
Publication Date: 2020-09-15
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Call Number: 813 P4496s
ISBN: 9780525555483
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Call Number: 813 T361on
ISBN: 9780062498564
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
Burn down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
Call Number: 813 T511b
ISBN: 9781728268644
Publication Date: 2023-04-04

Children's Books

Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: J B F854w
ISBN: 9781534452282
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Call Number: J 510.92 Sh594h
My Hair Is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE C112my
ISBN: 9780807509234
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey From World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)
Call Number: J B B841i
ISBN: 9781534404908
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o; Vashti Harrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE N991s
ISBN: 9781534425361
Publication Date: 2019-10-15
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes
Call Number: J 811 G882o
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Call Number: J B Sch649w
Brave. Black. First. 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Hudson; Erin K. Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 920.72089 H867b
ISBN: 9780525645818
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Martin Rising by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Call Number: J 811 P583m
So Tall Within by Gary D. Schmidt
Call Number: J B T776s
March Forward, Girl by Melba Patillo Beals
Call Number: J 379.263 B368m
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison; Kwesi Johnson (As told to)
Call Number: J 305.38 H245Le
ISBN: 9780316475143
Publication Date: 2019-11-19
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Call Number: J 920.72089 H245Lb
ISBN: 9780316475112
Publication Date: 2017-12-05
Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Call Number: J B L586h
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford
Call Number: J B H178w
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: J 811 W865b
Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace
Call Number: J B B261w
Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE C549L
Wake up Our Souls by Tonya Bolden
Call Number: J 704.03 B637w
ISBN: 9780810945272
Publication Date: 2004-02-03
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson; Renée Watson
ISBN: 9781681191058
Publication Date: 2017-02-14
Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 811 Sh18e
ISBN: 9780689828843
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
Call Number: JE R177b
ISBN: 9781442421134
Publication Date: 2019-01-15
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Call Number: J 811 B735j
ISBN: 9780525582090
Publication Date: 2020-01-14
Nina by Traci N. Todd; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
Call Number: J B Si56t
ISBN: 9781524737283
Publication Date: 2021-09-28
The Youngest Marcher : the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist by Cynthia Levinson; Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Illustrator)
Call Number: J B H38y
ISBN: 9781481400701
Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 976.686 W378u
ISBN: 9781541581203
Publication Date: 2021-02-02