February is Black History Month (Adult)

Updated February 4, 2026
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February is Black History Month (Adult)

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Black food : stories, art, and essays
Terry, Bryant
Paper Book
A beautiful, rich, and groundbreaking book exploring Black foodways within America and around the world, curated by food activist and author of Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry. WINNER OF THE ART OF EATING PRIZE . JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE . ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS...
The antiracist kitchen : 21 stories (and recipes)
Hohn, Nadia L.
An anthology featuring stories and recipes from racialized authors about food, culture and resistance What if talking about racism was as easy as baking a cake, frying plantains or cooking rice? The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) is a celebration of food, family, activism and...
A show celebrating the black voices in our communities. We will talk with people orginizing events, the history behind this month, the importance of a welcoming place and uplifting one another. GUESTS - Laurabel Mba is an anti-racism educator and a consultant and strategist on matters related to Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging; Raven Khadeja Anderson is founder of Ravensong Consulting NL and an organizer with BLM Canada (co-founder of Black Lives Matter NL); Alexis Foster, Municipalities NL director of advocacy and communications; Johnny Alubu Selemani, chair of the National Black Caucus with the Canadian Federation of Students; Chidinma Ozougwu, vice president of the Black student association at MUN; Chidinma Okaleke; MA Political Science Student at Memorial University.
Revolution in our time : the Black Panther Party's promise to the people
Magoon, Kekla
Paper Book
A National Book Award Finalist A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book A Michael L. Printz Honor Book A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black...
High rider
Gallaher, Bill
Paper Book
From a South Carolina slave to one of the most successful ranchers in Canadian history, John Ware was known for his incredible strength of character and sheer force of will. Georgetown, 1867. Twenty-two-year-old John Ware knows there is no future for him in post-abolition South...
I saw death coming : a history of terror and survival in the war against Reconstruction
Williams, Kidada E.
Paper Book
Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction "Powerful and deeply moving."--Los Angeles Times * Shortlisted for the Museum of African American History's Stone Book Award * National Council on Public History Book Award Honorable Mention ...
Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks
Wilkinson, Crystal
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful storytelling alongside nearly forty comforting recipes, from the former poet laureate of Kentucky."With Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts...
Ghana to the world : recipes and stories that look forward while honoring the past
Adjepong, Eric
Paper Book
A transportive, highly personal cookbook of 100 West African-influenced recipes and stories from Top Chef finalist Eric Adjepong. "Sankofa" is a Ghanaian Twi word that roughly translates to the idea that we must look back in order to move forward. In his moving debut...
In pursuit of flavor
Lewis, Edna
Paper Book
The classic cookbook from "the first lady of Southern cooking" (NPR), featuring a new foreword by the James Beard Award-winning chef Mashama Bailey Decades before cornbread, shrimp and grits, and peach cobbler were mainstays on menus everywhere, Edna Lewis was pioneering the...
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