February is Black History Month, and we’re celebrating in part with a read-in! We invite you to join us in reading one of these award-winning books:
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Read, watch or listen to any of these African-American authors as well – find them in our online catalog:
Notable Adult Authors
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Elizabeth Alexander Jeffrey Renard Allen Ilyasah Al-Shabazz Maya Angelou Houston Baker, Jr. James Baldwin L. A. Banks Amiri Baraka Bernard W. Bell Patricia Bell-Scott Gwendolyn Brooks Octavia Butler Adrianne Byrd Lucille Clifton Ta-Nehisi Coates Edwidge Danticat Junot Diaz Sharon Draper W.E.B. Du Bois Tananarive Due Erica Armstrong Dunbar Michael Eric Dyson Zetta Elliott Ralph Ellison Angela Flournoy Flores Forbes Ernest J. Gaines Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Keith Gilyard Nikki Giovanni Annette Gordon-Reed Yaa Gyasia Alex Haley Lorraine Hansberry Peter J. Harris Terrance Hayes Wil Haygood Leban Carrick Hill Bell Hooks Nalo Hopkinson Ravi Howard Langston Hughes Kristin Hunter Zora Neale Hurston Angela Jackson Brenda Jackson Mitchell S. Jackson Marlon James N. K. Jemisin |
Beverly Jenkins Mat Johnson T. Geronimo Johnson Edward P. Jones Tracy Jones John Keene Ibram X. Kendi Jamica Kincaid Laila Lalami Victor Lavalle Julius Lester David Levering Lewis Shantrelle P. Lewis Attica Locke Karen Lord Manning Marable James McBride Janet McDonald Bernice L. McFadden Frederick McKissack Patricia C. McKissack Terry McMillan John McWhorter Dinaw Mengestu Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Marilyn Nelson Greg Neri Elizabeth Nunez Nnedi Okorafor Jewell Parker Rhodes Emily Raboteau Francis Ray Ishmael Reed Max Rodriquez Ntozake Shange Nisi Shawl Tracy K. Smith Lorenzo Thomas Toure Olympia Vernon Alice Walker Jesmyn Ward Stephanie Powell Watts Colson Whitehead Frank B. Wilderson III Crystal Wilkinson August Wilson David Levering Wilson Richard Wright Kevin Young |
Notable Kids Authors
| Benny Andrews Tonya Bolden Victoria Bond Colin Bootman R. Gregory Christie Floyd Cooper Christopher Paul Curtis Nancy Devard Leo Dillon Randy DuBurke Karen English Shane W. Evans Eloise Greenfield Richard Jackson Angela Johnson Jen Johnson |
E. B. Lewis Daniel Minter Frank Morrison Kadir Nelson Andrea David Pinkney Brian Pinkney Jerry Pinkney Sam Qualls Christian Robertson Hope Anita Smith Ronald L. Smith Javaka Steptoe Joyce Carol Thomas Mildred D. Taylor Carole Boston Weatherford Deborah Wiles |
Notable Teen Authors
| Jaime Adoff Kwame Alexander Ashley Bryan Tanita David Matt De La Pena Sharon G. Flake Sudee T. Frazier Niki Grimes Kekla Magoon Sheila P. Moss |
Christopher Myers Walter Dean Myers Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Jason Reynolds Charles R. Smith Angie Thomas Rita Williams-Garcia Brenda Woods Jacqueline Woodson Nicola Yoon and Ibi Zoboi |
Originally posted at ToledoLibrary.org/blog/black-history-month-read-in by Toledo Lucas County Public Library blogger Heather H.