This past year has seen the publication of several acclaimed and award-winning books related to Black history. Here is a list of some of the ones available at the Madison Library, all recommended:
- Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family by Condoleezza Rice (BIO Ric)
- The Grace of Silence by Michele Norris (BIO Nor)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (LP 362.1 Skl)
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (304.8 Wil)
For children:
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (juv 796.357 Nel)
- Wonder Horse by Emily Arnold McCully (jPB McC)
Great reads for Black History Month