What better way to kick off Black History Month than with the experts who teach our history.
Despite the spate of book bans and calls to eliminate teaching certain subjects in public schools, Black authors are still putting in the work to keep us fully knowledgable of America’s true history.
Here are five books to add to your library published by Black women historians.
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All That She Carried, Tiya Alicia Miles
This tale of a keepsake passed on through generations of Black women led Harvard history professor Tiya Miles to win the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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Four Hundred Souls, co-edited by Keisha N. Blain and Ibram X. Kendi
Co-edited by University of Pittsburgh professor Keisha N. Blain, Four Hundred Souls was a #1 NY Times National Bestseller that retraces African American history through the minds of 90 of the country’s leading Black writers.