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What we are reading this month...
Some of these books are being published this month, some came out earlier-- but they are all highly recommended by our library staff!
Celebrate Black History Month with New Nonfiction Must-reads
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Four Hundred Souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019.
Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
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Ida B. the queen : the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells.
Michelle Duster
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Just As I Am. Cicely Tyson
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Soul City : race, equality, and the lost dream of an American utopia. Thomas Healy
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The three mothers : how the mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin shaped a nation. Anna Malaika Tubbs
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Vanguard : how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all. Martha S. Jones
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Wandering in strange lands : a daughter of the Great Migration reclaims her roots. Morgan Jerkins
Happily Ever After Love Stories
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Wild Rain. Beverly Jenkins
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The Boyfriend Project. Farrah Rochon
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A Cowboy To Remember. Rebekah Weatherspoon
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Jackson. LaQuette
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Honey Girl. Morgan Rogers
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How to Catch a Queen. Alyssa Cole.
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How to Fail at Flirting. Denise Williams
Fantastic Fiction and Poetry by African-American Authors
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Black Buck. Mateo Askaripour
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Everywhere You Don't Belong. Gabriel Bump
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Kindest Lie. Nancy Johnson
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Luster. Raven Leilani
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The Prophets. Robert Jones, Jr.
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Real Life. Brandon Taylor
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Riot Baby. Tochi Onyebuchi
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The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Deesha Philyaw
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When No One is Watching. Alyssa Cole.
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African American poetry : 250 years of struggle & song. Edited by Kevin Young
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Homie. Danez Smith
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Just Us: An American Conversation. Claudia Rankine
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Woke: A Young Poets Call to Justice. Mahogany L. Browne
More Recommended Reading
 Four Hundred Souls : a community history of African America, 1619-2019. Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain |  Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister |  The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food. By Marcus Samuelsson, Osayi Endolyn, and Yewande Komolafe |
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 The Elephant's Girl by Celesta Rimington |  Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui |  Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton |
 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia |  Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix |  A Book for Escargot by Dashka Slater and Sydney Hanson |
 The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe |  Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert |  Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma |
 A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole |