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Black History Month

Black History Month

A selection of books by black authors from around the world, available to read in the Library

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Fiction and Wellbeing Collection

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi

How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

A Blade so Black by L L McKinney

A Blade so Black by L L McKinney

Cinderella is Dead  by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella is Dead  by Kalynn Bayron

School Experience Collection

Under the moon & over the sea: a collection of Caribbean poems

Under the moon & over the sea: a collection of Caribbean poems

Jessica Strange

Jessica Strange

Thief!

Thief!

That new dress

That new dress

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Modern Fiction

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Girls at war and other stories

Girls at war and other stories

Americanah

Americanah

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus

Classic Fiction

The fire next time

The fire next time

Another Country

Another Country

Giovanni's room

Giovanni's room

Babel-17

Babel-17

Their eyes were watching God

Their eyes were watching God

Art and Design

Life doesn't frighten me

Life doesn't frighten me

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation

Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation

Jean-Michel Basquiat: now's the time

Jean-Michel Basquiat: now's the time

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

History

'Holy' Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917

'Holy' Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917

Precolonial Black Africa

Precolonial Black Africa

The Black history of the White House 

The Black history of the White House 

Towards colonial freedom: Africa in the struggle against world imperialism

Towards colonial freedom: Africa in the struggle against world imperialism

Freedom and unity: Uhuru na Umoja ; a selection from writings and speeches, 1952-65

Freedom and unity: Uhuru na Umoja ; a selection from writings and speeches, 1952-65

Literature & Criticism

Hopes and impediments: selected essays, 1965-1987 

Hopes and impediments: selected essays, 1965-1987 

We should all be feminists

We should all be feminists

The price of the ticket: collected nonfiction, 1948-1985

The price of the ticket: collected nonfiction, 1948-1985

Notes of a native son

Notes of a native son

The souls of Black folk

The souls of Black folk

Memoir & Autobiography

I know why the caged bird sings

I know why the caged bird sings

Gather together in my name 

Gather together in my name 

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now

A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier

A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier

Ready for revolution: the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael 

Ready for revolution: the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael 

Poetry

Salt-sweat & Tears 

Salt-sweat & Tears 

Black nature: four centuries of African American nature poetry

Black nature: four centuries of African American nature poetry

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Omeros

Omeros

Collected poems, 1948-1984 

Collected poems, 1948-1984 

Astronomy

Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries

Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries

Politics & Society

Slay In Your Lane

Slay In Your Lane

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Black power: the politics of liberation in America

Black power: the politics of liberation in America

We Were Eight Years in Power

We Were Eight Years in Power