Black History Month Books for Adults

Updated January 23, 2026
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African American almanac : 400 years of triumph, courage and excellence
Bracks, Lean'tin L.
Paper Book
The most complete and affordable single-volume reference of African American culture available today, this almanac is a unique and valuable resource devoted to illustrating and demystifying the moving, difficult, and often lost history of black life in America. Celebrating...
Black AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America
Harriot, Michael
Audiobook
Combee : Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black freedom during the Civil War
Fields-Black, Edda L.
A pair of wings : a novel inspired by pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman
Hopson, Carole
Paper Book
Historical Fiction, Life of Aviatrix Bessie Coleman, first American to earn an international pilot's license and first African American woman to own a pilot's license.
The swans of Harlem : five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history
Valby, Karen
Ebook
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK * Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography * The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history--until now. "This is the kind...
The wilderness : a novel
Flournoy, Angela
NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE Named one of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year ...

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