Kids - Black Reads

The life of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is introduced in this early reader biography. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed it...

Now in paperback! In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Rosa Parks, the "Mothe...

Sit here! Stand there! Move when I tell you to move! Do what I say or I will call the police!For over a century, black riders were disrespected and...

Author Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks introduces a new generation of children to the story of the life of Madame Sara Spencer Washington, founder of Apex N...

When Louis was home in Queens, neighborhood kids would gather around as he brought them into jazz. His music still vibrantly lives around the world...

Tierra Haynes' highly-anticipated children's book, The Adventures of Us: Getting to Know Guion Bluford Jr., chronicles the exciting adventures of t...

Brandon loves to learn new things. Read along as he shares what he has learned about the Tuskegee Airmen from his papa. Includes amazing facts abou...

During the Great Migration, a large number of Black Americans relocated when faced with segregation and poor economic conditions. While the places ...

From music to art to poetry, creativity filled the air in the Fillmore District. The creativity and inclusion brought communities together--with no...

Melody Ellison can't wait to sing her first solo at church, and she wants to pick a song that's special. She gets advice from her big brother, who ...

In the early 1920s, the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the wealthiest Black community in the United States. But Tulsa is still a segrega...

Author Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks introduces a new generation of children to the story about a once-segregated beach in New Jersey that was a hub of ac...

Carter G. Woodson Award, National Council for the Social Studies Children's Books of the Year, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)A biography...

"A snapshot of the civil-rights movement in one city provides insight into the important role of individual communities as change moved through the...

Coretta Scott King wasn't always a prominent civil rights activist--learn about her childhood in this incredible installment in the illustrated mid...

Two teen friends, one black and one white, weather the fallout of school integration together in their hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. Sixteen-y...

"A powerful story." --Kirkus Reviews It's Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can't wait to move north. For now, she's living wi...

It's never easy to stand up to your peers, even if it is the right thing to do. We all have the choice to stand by or stand up.Even though he faced...

Packing themselves into an old jalopy--with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the back--they joined ...

The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy from Coretta Scott King Author Honoree and Scott O'Dell Award medalist Lesa Cline-Ran...

A companion novel to Finding Langston, recipient of a Coretta Scott King Writing Honor and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction....

"A powerful story of strength and self-acceptance. . . . The vivid historical setting will leave readers feeling they have experienced life in Kizz...

This powerful graphic novel follows the courageous life of Rosa Parks, who was arrested in 1955 for not giving up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, ...