Books and Documentaries You Should Check Out This Year To Celebrate Black History

As Black History Month is coming to an end, it’s important to remember that black history is every month. So let’s continue to celebrate black history and support all the black creators that are making a difference in the world. Usually, when February hits, I’m excited that it’s black history month. Still, I also feel like I celebrate black history every month by reading books, watching a show or documentary that’s either about black people or have a dominant black cast. Today I’m sharing with you books and documentaries I’ve been reading/watching or plan to read/watch this year since black history should be celebrated all year long.

Books

Here are some books I have read or bought and plan to read this year that are by black authors or about black history!

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

• The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B Du Bois

• The Color Purple by Alice Walker

• The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

• Around the Way Girl by Taraji P. Henson

• Black Privilege by Charlamagne Tha God

• Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

• The Autobiography of Gucci Mane by Gucci Mane

• Salvage The Bones by Jesmyn Ward

• Sing, Unburied, Sing By Jesmyn Ward

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Out of My Mind by Sharon M Draper

• Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum

• The 7 Practices of Prosperous Women by Raven Magwood

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• The transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi(to be released in September 2020)

• The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya

• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Children’s Books

Since I have an almost 4-year-old, I have to include children's books as well! There’s way more than this, but I’m keeping to which books we’ve bought or checked out from the library.

• Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

• I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley 

• I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl by Betty K. Bynum

• Don’t Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller

• Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

• Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee

• Every Little Thing by Bob Marley

• Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez

• Fresh Princess by Denene Millner

• Girl of Mine by Jabari Asim
  

Documentaries

• She Did That

• Your Attention, Please

• 13th

• Hidden Colors

• Maya Angelou and Still I Rise

• What Happened, Miss Simone?

• The Black Godfather

• Floyd Norman: An Animated Life 

Let’s celebrate black history every month!! I plan to make more lists on black-owned businesses and movies/tv-shows; I didn’t want this list to be super long! Please comment down below any books you’ve read or documentaries you’ve watched so others, including myself, can check them out! Thanks for reading!

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