The Loveland Public Library proudly celebrates Black History month. Browse the titles from our Black History Month Reading List to find something new for all ages. Save the date for our upcoming special Black History Month event: a documentary screening of The Inquisitor and a discussion featuring Colorado State Representative Jennifer Bacon. Join us on Tues. 2/24 7-9:30 PM at the Loveland Museum. More information about the upcoming featured event can be found on the Voices of Black History: Real Life, Reel Life event listing.
Black History Month Titles for Children:
A Talk with My Teacher by Ruby Bridges
Desegregation and Integration by Kevin Winn
A Child's Introduction to African American History by Jabari Asim
A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade
Opening the Road by Keila Dawson
Mamie on the Mound by Leah Henderson
African American Inventors by Otha Sullivan
Brave. Black. First: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Hudson
28 Days by Charles Smith Jr
Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring by Alberti Enigma
Heroes of Black history by Time Inc.
Timelines from Black history by Mireille Harper
Black History Month Titles for Teens:
The Book of Awesome Black Women by M.J. Fièvre
Freedom!: The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Martin
I Wanted to Be a Pilot by Franklin Morgan
American Wings by Sherri Smith
The Spirit of Freedom by Marty Gitlin
Dreams From my Father by Barack Obama
I See the Promised Land by Arthur Flowers
More than a Dream by Yohuru Williams
Twelve Days in May by Larry Brimner
The Greatest by Walter Myers
Maya Angelou by Modern critical views Bloom's biocritiques
Female, Gifted & Black by M.J. Fièvre
Black History Month Titles for Adults:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon by Toni Morrison
Black in blues: how a color tells the story of my people by Imani Perry
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Chronicles of Ori: An African epic by Harmonia Rosales
Make do with what you have by Kardea Brown
South To America by Imani Perry
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenridge
The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Explore even more Black History Month titles by browsing the display collections in the Loveland Public Library.
