Black History is American History
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. - Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
How to use this ebookshelf:
The 1619 Project : A New Origin Story by 
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by 
Get Your Knee off Our Necks : From Slavery to Black Lives Matter by 
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era by 
Carter G. Woodson: History, the Black Press, and Public Relations by 
The Scholar and the Struggle: Lawrence Reddick's Crusade for Black History and Black Power by 
Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western by 
Hoo-Doo Cowboys and Bronze Buckaroos: Conceptions of the African American West by 
Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in World War I Era by 
Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era by 
James Baldwin: Living in Fire (Revolutionary Lives) by 
Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation by 
Seeing the Unspeakable: The Art of Kara Walker by 
Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement by 
Beyond Forty Acres and a Mule: African American Landowning Families since Reconstruction by 
Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry by 
Black Celebrity: Contemporary Representations of Postbellum Athletes and Artists by 
Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity by 
Race and Radio: Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans by 
Ain't But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story by 
Hip Hop Movement: From R&B and the Civil Rights Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Generation by 
Furiously Funny: Comic Rage from Ralph Ellison to Chris Rock by 
Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine by 
Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism by 
The Cause of Freedom : A Concise History of African Americans by 
A Black Women's History of the United States by 
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by 
A Faithful Account of the Race: African American Historical Writing in Nineteenth-Century America by 
The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship by 
A Great Sacrifice: Northern Black Soldiers, Their Families, and the Experience of Civil War by 
Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers Anthology by 
The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History by 
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by 
Racism and Resistance: How the Black Panthers Challenged White Supremacy by 
The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by 
The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History, and the Challenge of Bebop by 
SOS - Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader by 
Looking at the Stars: Black Celebrity Journalism in Jim Crow America by 
John Hervey Wheeler, Black Banking, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights by 
Uplift Cinema: The Emergence of African American Film and the Possibility of Black Modernity by 
Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football by 
Black Baseball, Black Business: Race Enterprise and the Fate of the Segregated Dollar by 
Different Strokes: Serena, Venus, and the Unfinished Black Tennis Revolution by 
Encyclopedia of Black Comics by 
Maya Angelou: Adventurous Spirit by 
Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning by 
Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom by 
Upending the Ivory Tower: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Ivy League by