Black History Month

Nonfiction, biographies, and memoirs for Black History Month

Updated January 14, 2026
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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Legacy : a Black physician reckons with racsim in medicine
Blackstock, Uch?
Paper Book
Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uche Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians. In the 1980s, their mother headed an organisation of Black women physicians, and for years the girls watched these fiercely intelligent women in white coats...
The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther
Carter, Ruth E.
Paper Book
Costume designer Ruth E. Carter has shaped the story of the Black experience on screen--from the eighties streetwear of DO THE RIGHT THING to the royal regalia of COMING 2 AMERICA. Her costume design on Marvel's BLACK PANTHER not only brought Afrofuturism to the mainstream, but also made her...
Last on His Feet : Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Daoudi, Youssef/ Matejka, Adrian.
Paper Book
On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion--and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race--was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former...

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