New and Recommended Nonfiction to Read During Black History Month and Beyond

Updated January 26, 2025
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Becoming
Obama, Michelle
Paper Book
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America-the first African-American to serve in that role-she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in...
My life, my love, my legacy
King, Coretta Scott
CD
"...this audiobook, which was dictated in the last year of King's life, put's both her and her husband's struggles in cultural and historical context. This is a must-listen." -- The Berkshire Edge The life story of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder...
The source of self-regard selected essays, speeches, and meditations
Morrison, Toni
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today's social and political moment as directly as this morning's headlines" (NPR). These pages give us her...

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