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Unsung Heroes and Events in Black History for Kids

Learn more about these little known people and events this Black History Month. Spanning non-fiction, historical fiction, and biographies.

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25 items

  • The Teachers March!

    How Selma's Teachers Changed History

    Wallace, Sandra Neil
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyd Mills & Kane, [2020] — 323.119 Wal
  • Ice Cream Man

    How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better

    Armand, Glenda
    BookNew York : Crown Books for Young Reaers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2023] — B Jackso
  • BookNew York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] — 940.544 Smi
  • Barracoon

    Adapted for Young Readers

    Kendi, Ibram X.,
    BookNew York, NY : Amistad Books for Young Readers, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — B Lewis
  • Jackie Ormes Draws the Future

    the Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist

    Montague, Liz
    BookNew York : Random House Studio, [2023] — B Ormes
  • BookNew York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020. — 305.8 Lan
  • Glenn Burke, Game Changer

    the Man Who Invented the High Five

    Bildner, Phil,
    BookNew York, NY : Farrar Strauss Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, [2024]. — B Burke
  • Outspoken

    Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: a One-man Show

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — B Robeso
  • The Oldest Student

    How Mary Walker Learned to Read

    Hubbard, Rita L.,
    BookNew York, NY : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020] — B Walker
  • When the Beat Was Born

    DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

    Hill, Laban Carrick
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013. — 782.421 Hil
  • Go Forth and Tell

    the Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

    McDaniel, Breanna J.,
    BookNew York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — B Baker
  • Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2024. — Cliner
  • Granddaddy's Turn

    a Journey to the Ballot Box

    Bandy, Michael S.
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. — Bandy