Black History Print Resources
at the Farmington Community Library
For Adults
Fiction for Adults
- Alers, Rochelle. Man of Fate.
- Anderson, M.T. The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavius Nothing).
- Baraka, Amiri. Tales of the Out & the Gone.
- Best African American Fiction 2010 ed. Nikki Giovanni.
- Carter, Stephen L. Jericho’s Fall.
- DeBerry, Virginia. What Doesn't Kill You: A Novel
- Dickey, Eric Jerome. Resurrecting Midnight..
- Forster, Gwynne. A Change Had to Come.
- Ford, Wallace. What You Sow.
- Harris, E. Lynn. Mama Dearest: A Novel.
- Howard, Favi. Like Trees, Walking: A Novel.
- Hughes, Langston. Tambourines to Glory: A Novel.
- Jakes, T.D. Not Easily Broken.
- Jones, Edward P. All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories.
- Luckett, Jacqueline. Searching for Tina Turner..
- Mallette, Gloria. If There Be Pain.
- Mason, J.D. That Devil's No Friend of Mine.
- Mengiste, Maaza. Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel.
- Monroe, Mary. The Company We Keep.
- Mosley, Walter. Known to Evil.
- Oates, Joyce Carol. Black Girl/White Girl: A Novel.
- Perkins-Valdez, Dolen. Wench: A Novel.
- Pina, Gabrielle. Chasing Sophea.
- Roby, Kimberla Lawson. Be Careful What You Pray For.
- Stockett, Kathryn. The Help: A Novel.
- Tademy, Lalita. Red River.
- Thomas, Trisha R. Nappily in Bloom.
- Whitehead, Colson. Sag Harbor: A Novel.
Non-Fiction for Adults
- African-American Quiltmaking in Michigan. ed. by Marsha MacDowell.
- Berlin, Ira. Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations.
- Bridges, Constance Quarterman. Lions Don't Eat Us.
- Ficara, John Francis. Black Farmers in America.
- Giovanni, Nikki. Acolytes.
- Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance. Compiled by Cary D. Wintz.
- Hill, Harper. Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny.
- Hofmann, Corinne. The White Masai.
- Honey, Michael K. Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign.
- Ifill, Gwen. The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.
- Jacobson, Steve. Carrying Jackie's Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball and America.
- Jacoway, Elizabeth. Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis that Shocked the Nation.
- LaNier, Carlotta Walls. A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School.
- Letters from Black America. ed. Pamela Newkirk.
- Littleton, Darryl. Black Comedians on Black Comedy: How African-Americans Taught Us to Laugh.
- McClane, Kenneth A. Color: Essays on Race, Family and History.
- Mo'Nique. Skinny Cooks Can't Be Trusted: In the Kitchen with Mo'Nique.
- Ricks, Mary Kay. Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad.
- Samuels, Allison. Off the Record: A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports.
- The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise ed. by Paul Gardullo.
- Stodghill, Ron. Redbone: Money, Malice, and Murder in Atlanta.
- Tillery, Carolyn Quick. Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances.
- Wiggins, David K. Out of the Shadowss: A Biographical History of African American Athletes.
- Williams, Terrie M. Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting; Real Talk for When There's Nowhere to Go but Up.
- Womack, Ytasha L. Post Black: How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity.
For Kids
Biographies for Kids
- Bolden, Tonya. George Washington Carver.
- Bolden, Tonya. M.L.K: Journey of a King.
- Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song.
- Brewster, Hugh. The Other Mozart : The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George.
- Brill, Marlene Targ. Marshall “Major” Taylor : World Champion Bicyclist, 1899–1901.
- Brophy, David Bergen. Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady.
- Feinstein, Stephen. Oprah Winfrey .
- Feinstein, Stephen. Wynton Marsalis.
- Figley, Marty Rhodes. Prisoner for Liberty: A Brief Biography of James Forten.
- Gelfand, Dale. Coretta Scott King: Civil Rights Activist.
- Hoose, Phillip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.
- Jackson Issa, Kai. Howard Thurman's Great Hope.
- Kennedy, Robert Francis. Robert Smalls: The Boat Thief.
- Labrecque, Ellen. Magic Johnson.
- Medina, Tony. I and I: Bob Marley.
- Myers, Walter Dean. Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told.
- Sandler, Michael. Donovan McNabb.
- Sandler, Michael. Lebron James: I Love Challenges!.
- Schuman, Michael. Frederick Douglass: “Truth is of No Color“.
- Stauffacher, Sue. Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson.
- O'Sullivan, Robyn. Jackie Robinson Plays Ball.
- Weatherford, Carole Boston. I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer.
- Wheeler, Jill C. Barack Obama.
Fiction for Kids
- Belton, Sandra. The Tallest Tree.
- Bryant, Annie. Katani's Jamaican Holiday.
- Burg, Shana. A Thousand Never Evers.
- Coleman, Evelyn. Freedom Train.
- Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton.
- Elster, Jean Alicia. Who's Jim Hines?.
- Goldberg, Whoopi Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic.
- Polacco, Patricia. January’s Sparrow.
- Woodson, Jacqueline. Peace, Locomotion.
Non-Fiction for Kids
- Angelou, Maya. Maya Angelou (A Collection of Her Poetry Written for Kids).
- Adler, David A. Heroes for Civil Rights.
- Bjornlund, Lydia D. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- Currie, Stephen. The African American Religious Experience.
- Halpern, Monica. Moving North: African Americans and the Great Migration, 1915–1930.
- Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Land of Liberty.
- Hughes, Langston. My People.
- Landau, Elaine. The Emancipation Proclamation: Would You Do What Lincoln Did?.
- Michelson, Richard. As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March toward Freedom.
- Nelson, Kadir. Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit.
- Partridge, Elizabeth. Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, Don't You Grow Weary.
- Osborne, Linda Barrett. Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery & the Civil War Through Reconstruction.
- Tobin, Jacqueline. From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad.
- Walker, Paul Robert. Remember Little Rock: The Time, The People, The Stories.
Picture Books for Kids
- Birtha, Becky. Lucky Beans.
- Bildner, Phil. Hallelujah Flight, The..
- Blue, Rose. Ron’s Big Mission.
- Brown, Tameka. Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day.
- Grigsby, Susan. In the Garden with Dr. Carver.
- Gourley, Robbin. Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story about Edna Lewis.
- Isadora, Rachel. Uh-oh!
- Malaspina, Ann. Finding Lincoln.
- McKissack, Patricia. Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt.
- Morrison, Toni. Peeny Butter Fudge.
- Taylor, Debbie. Sweet Music in Harlem.
- Turner-Denstaedt, Melanie. The Hat That Wore Clara B..
