Black History Month & Michigan Books
It’s Black History Month, plus the Michigan Notable Books and American Library Awards were announced last month…There’s just a lot going on in books right now.
Cheryl’s Picks:
Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
The Star in the Sycamore: Discovering Nature’s Hidden Virtues in the Wild Nearby by Tom Springer
Reading next: Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport That Changed Their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser
Mari’s Picks:
The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyons
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy by Kekla Magoon
Dancing at the Pity Party : A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder
Jessica’s Picks:
Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll
A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley
RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison (2021 Coretta Scott King Award winner for Illustrator)
A Voice Named Aretha by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Laura Freeman.
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Faithless in Death by J. D. Robb
And check out the 2021 Michigan Notable Books List which includes several titles we talked about in previous episodes including:
§ Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
§ The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne
§ I Have Something To Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg
§ The Mason House by T. Marie Bertineau
§ Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
§ Lakewood by Megan Giddings