Every month is Black History Month and below are some great reads. ❤️
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
An astonishing debut novel that asks the question: in a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black? One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton receives a call from his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family. As Charlie and Sidney meet for the first time and travel across a truly “post-racial” America, neither are prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it.
Black in Blues by Imani Perry
A meditation on the color blue--and its role in Black history and culture--from National Book Award-winner Imani Perry, who traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their embodiments of contemporary culture, drawing from her own life as well as art and history.
Grown Women by Sarai Johnson
In this stunning debut novel, selected as a New Yorker best book of the year, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.
skin & bones by Renée Watson
At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world. Unmoored and grieving a major loss, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. skin & bones is a soulful and lyrical novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood, faith, love, and ultimately what gets passed down from one generation to the next.
New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement By Juan Williams
Juan Williams holds a mirror to the present by reflecting on past movements in this urgent call to action. Unflinching and meticulously researched, Williams reminds us that there is always more work to be done.
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America
By Aaron Robertson
A remarkable history detailing the Black struggle for home and safety in America, but also the inspirational story of Black innovation in creating an ideal life in a country far from idea