Black History Month 2024

Black History Month 2024 theme is Reclaiming Narratives, celebrating voices, heritage and make a lasting impact on how Black history is told.

A selection of titles promoted to celebrate Black History month.

A mix of Fiction and non-fiction books for adult and younger readers.

Browse our collection of Black History Month related eAudio and eBooks at this link: Kirklees Libraries' eAudio and eBook collection https://kirklees.overdrive.com/collection/1602040

Updated October 1, 2024
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Queenie
Carty-Williams, Candice
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'Brilliant, timely, funny, heartbreaking' Jojo...
Brit(ish) : on race, identity and belonging
Hirsch, Afua
Paper Book
From Afua Hirsch - co-presenter of Samuel L. Jackson's major BBC TV series Enslaved - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today. You're British. Your parents are British. Your...
Ordinary people
Evans, Diana
Paper Book
The confessions of Frannie Langton
Collins, Sara
Paper Book
'Deep-diving and elegant . . . Wide Sargasso Sea meets Beloved meets Alias Grace' Margaret Atwood 'Sara Collins takes the gothic genre by the scruff of the neck...a triumph of powerful characterisation melded with suspenseful plotting' Bernadine...
Love in colour
Babalola, Bolu
Paper Book
CAPTIVATING LOVE STORIES CELEBRATED AND RETOLD THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND GLOBAL HIT As seen on BBC2 Between the Covers 'Perfection in short story form. So rarely is love expressed this richly, this vividly, or this...
Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race
Eddo-Lodge, Reni
Paper Book
'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak' *Updated edition featuring a new afterword* The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated...
Son of the circus : a Victorian story
Norry, E. L.
Paper Book
  Voices: Son of the Circus - A Victorian Storyexplores the life of a young mixed-race boy, Ted, living with his mother and poorly older brother in Victorian Bradfield. "The superb Voices series takes unsung heroes of the past and imagines them recounting the story of their...
Queen of freedom : defending Jamaica
Johnson, Catherine; Pinelli, Amerigo
Paper Book
The thrilling true story of how one woman masterminded slave resistance to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series.
Black and British : a short, essential history
Olusoga, David
Paper Book
Winner of the 2021 British Book Awards, Book of the Year (Children's Illustrated & Nonfiction)Shortlisted for 2020 Waterstones Book of the YearFrom Roman times to the present day this is a short, essential introduction to Black British history for YA readers, by award-winning historian and...
Diver's daughter
Lawrence, Patrice
Paper Book
  A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for the better. "The superb Voices series takes unsung heroes of the past and imagines them recounting the story of their remarkable lives' " - The...
Freedom
Johnson, Catherine
Paper Book
  An action-packed story about a boy's experience of slavery in Britain. Winner of the Little Rebels Children's Book Award 2019 "Filled with humour, compassion and hope"The Guardian Nathaniel doesn't want to move to England with his master's family, leaving...
How high the moon
Parsons, Karyn
Paper Book
It's 1944, and in a small Southern town, eleven-year-old Ella spends her summers running wild with her cousins and friends. But life isn't always so sunny. The deep racial tension that simmers beneath their town's peaceful facade never quite goes away, and Ella misses her mama - a beautiful jazz...
Queer heroes
Sicardi, Arabelle
Paper Book
A vibrantly illustrated book of biographies celebrating the achievements of great LGBT artists, writers, innovators, athletes, and activists.
Timelines from Black history : leaders, legends, legacies
Harper, Mireille
Paper Book
Erased. Ignored. Hidden. Lost. Underappreciated. No longer. Delve into the unique, inspiring, and world-changing history of Black people. From Frederick Douglass to Oprah Winfrey, and the achievements of ancient African kingdoms to those of the US Civil Rights Movement,...
Cane warriors
Wheatle, Alex
Paper Book
Windrush Child
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Paper Book
  In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation. "The superb Voices series takes unsung heroes of the past and imagines them recounting the story of their remarkable lives' " - The Times
Our story starts in Africa
Lawrence, Patrice
Paper Book
When Paloma goes to visit her family in Trinidad, she doesn't feel that she fits in. But Tante Janet has a story to tell her: An ancient story of warrior queens and talking drums, of treasures and tales that span thousands of years... a story that Paloma shares in, because her story...
Buffalo soldier
Landman, Tanya
Paper Book
Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015, this is a beautiful piece of historical fiction told with heart and humanity.Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2015. "What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who." At the end of the...
Kemosha of the Caribbean
Wheatle, Alex
Paper Book
Race to the frozen north : the Matthew Henson story
Johnson, Catherine; Hickey, Katie
Paper Book
A thrilling fictionalised account of the life of Matthew Henson, the first African-American man to travel to the North Pole, from the Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Johnson. Matthew Henson was simply an ordinary man. That was, until Commander Robert E. Peary entered his life, and...
Little leaders : bold women in black history
Harrison, Vashti
Paper Book
I made up my mind to try. I tried and I was successful. - Bessie Coleman Meet the little leaders. They're brave. They're bold. They changed the world. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Did you know the treatment for leprosy was...
Journey back to freedom : the Olaudah Equiano story
Johnson, Catherine; Hickey, Katie
Paper Book
From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story. Aged only eleven, Olaudah Equiano was cruelly snatched from his home in Africa and sold into slavery. He spent much...
The Elemental Detectives
Lawrence, Patrice
  "A beautifully written book, bristling with magic ... I loved it." Cressida Cowell, Children's Laureate & author of How to Train Your Dragon A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhereand Mortal Engines, from bestselling...
A change is gonna come
Bello, Mary
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE YA BOOK PRIZE SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2018 Featuring top Young Adult authors and introducing a host of exciting new voices, this anthology of stories and poetry from BAME writers on the theme of change is a long-overdue addition to the YA scene. ...
Walter Tull and the missing football
Harvey, Damian
Paper Book
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork...
Young, gifted and black
Wilson, Jamia
Paper Book
"...to be revisited again and again...The candy-colored pages and straightforward stories are hard to resist..." -The New York Times "...diverse collection of iconic figures...vibrantly illustrated...beautifully crafted volume..." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred...
The world beneath
Warman, Janice
Paper Book
One boy's struggle for freedom during South Africa's anti-apartheid movement.1970s South Africa. Eleven-year-old Joshua lives with his mother, who works as a maid for the Malherbes in a white middle-class area in Cape Town. We see this enclosed world through Joshua's eyes as we share his longing for...
Mary Seacole : the charismatic black nurse who became a heroine of the Crimea
Robinson, Jane
Paper Book
The Times described her as a heroine, Queen Victoria's nephew called her 'Mammy', while the soldiers she tended in the Crimea referred to her with affection as 'Mother Seacole' or 'the old soul'. To Palmerstone she was a treasure of the British ...
The secret diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
Joseph, Paterson
Paper Book

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