Black History Month Resource Center

Celebrate Black History Month Collage of titles to celebrate

Black History is American History. Download teacher’s guides and browse title lists to share during Black History Month and all year long with our Black History Month Resource Center.

CELEBRATE BLACK CREATORS

opens in a new windowBlack Voices for Kids and Teens Catalog

Browse our collection of books created by Black authors and illustrators including picture books, middle grade, and young adult books. Download our interactive digital catalog to discover new reads and to download teacher’s guides!

TEACHER’S GUIDES

Click the cover images below to download free teacher’s guides.

opens in a new windowIda B. Wells, Voice of Truth
opens in a new windowRise Up!
opens in a new windowBetty Before X
opens in a new windowCall Him Jack
opens in a new windowMy Selma
opens in a new windowThe Burning
Don't Look Back
opens in a new windowChoosing Brave
opens in a new windowMalcolm Lives!

PICTURE BOOKS

opens in a new window28 DAYS
opens in a new windowFreedom on the Sea
opens in a new windowCoretta
opens in a new windowA Song for the Unsung
opens in a new windowYvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
opens in a new windowBlack Jack
opens in a new windowRunaway
opens in a new windowClaudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
opens in a new windowSing, Aretha, Sing!
opens in a new windowGlenn Burke, Game Changer
opens in a new windowBrave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins
opens in a new windowIda B. Wells, Voice of Truth
opens in a new windowOrdinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City that Grew Prince Rogers Nelson
opens in a new windowWhen the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc & The Creation of Hip Hop
opens in a new windowMama Africa!
opens in a new windowVisiting Langston
opens in a new windowRosa
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
opens in a new windowWe Wait for the Sun
opens in a new windowUnderground
Andre

MIDDLE GRADE

opens in a new windowmy selma new one
opens in a new windowbaseballs leading lady new one
opens in a new windowbetty before X new one
opens in a new windowmighty justice new one
opens in a new windowcall him jack new one
opens in a new windowmoew than a dream new one
opens in a new windowmalcolm lives cover
opens in a new windowsun does shine

YOUNG ADULT

opens in a new windowrise up new one
opens in a new windowall boys arent blue new one
opens in a new windowmessenger new one
opens in a new windowflamboyants new one
opens in a new windowthe awakening of malcohm x new one
king new one
Don't Look Back

MacKids Spotlight: Ibram X. Kendi

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This month’s Author Spotlight creator is #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Dr. Kendi’s latest book, Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers, is a ground-breaking narrative biography and the first major biography of Malcolm X for young people in more than thirty years. In collaboration with the Malcolm X Estate, Dr. Kendi brings a global icon to life through short, evocative chapters, exclusive archival documents, photographs from the Malcolm X Collection at the NYPL Schomburg Center, and extensive backmatter. Keep reading to learn more about how Dr. Kendi captured Malcolm X’s lasting legacy on the page.

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