Celebrate Black History Month at the Library

Johnston Public Library joins with the rest of the nation to celebrate Black History Month throughout the month of February. Stop by the library to check out some of our great books that highlight the struggles and contributions African Americans made to our nation’s history and culture.

Children’s Nonfiction and Biography
Hair-Care Millionaire: Madame C.J. Walker and Her Amazing Business by Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil War Movement by Ann Bausum
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose
Dizzy by Jonah Winter
Harriet Tubman: Secret Agent by Thomas B. Allen
Sit -in: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis-Pinkney
Heroes for Civil Rights by David Adler
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vanda Nelson

Children’s Picture Books and Juvenile Fiction
Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnston by Dav Pilkey
Lucky Beans by Becky Birtha
Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Young Adult and Adult Nonfiction and Poetry
Brothers in Arms: the Epic Story of the 761^st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig
Going down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign by Michael K. Honey
Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball by Lawrence D. Hogan
Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois
Voices of Black America (Porta Book) Historical Recordings of Speeches, Poetry,
Humor, & Drama
Dreams from my Father:A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

Young Adult and Adult Fiction
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Heidi Durrow
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Color Purple by Alice Walker