BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
B O O K S
BLOODLINES by John Piper
THE BURNING: MASSACRE, DESTRUCTION, AND THE TULSA RACE RIOT OF 1921 by Tim Madigan
THE COLOR OF COMPROMISE by Jemar Tisby
LETTERS TO A BIRMINGHAM JAIL by Martin Luther King, Jr.
THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER by Silvio Bedini
NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS by Frederick Douglass
MAY WE MEET IN THE HEAVENLY WORLD: THE PIETY OF LEMUEL HAYNES by Thabiti Anyabwile
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson
WASHINGTON BLACK by Esi Edugyan
C H I L D R E N ‘ S B O O K S
BLACK SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR by Rick Beard
BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis
D IS FOR DRINKING GOURD by Nancy Sanders
FROM SLAVE SHIP TO FREEDOM ROAD by Julius Lester and Rod Brown
GRANDDADDY’S GIFT by Margaree King Mitchell
GOD MADE ME AND YOU by Shai Linne
GOD’S VERY GOOD IDEA by Trillia Newbell
I AM HARRIET TUBMAN by Brad Meltzer
JANUARY’S SPARROW by Patricia Polacco
JUNETEENTH FOR MAZIE by Floyd Cooper
THE LORD’S PRAYER by Tim Ladwig
MARCH, BOOKS 1-3 by John Lewis, Andrew Adyin, and Nate Powell
PSALM 23 .by Tim Ladwig
POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE by Langston Hughes
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor
SIT-IN: HOW FOUR FRIENDS STOOD UP BY SITTING DOWN by Andrea Davis Pinkney
THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES by Robert Coles
TEAMMATES by Peter Golenbock
THE WATCHER by Nikki Grimes
WE MARCH by Shane W. Evans
WHEN GOD MADE YOU by Matthew Paul Turner
YOU SHOULD MEET KATHERINE JOHNSON by Thea Feldman
THE YOUNGEST MARCHER by Cynthia Levinson
F I L M S
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GLORY ROAD
THE GREAT DEBATERS
MISS EVER’S’ BOYS
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
R E M E M B E R T H E T I T A N S
RUBY BRIDGES
SELMA
T O U R S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (1520 N Hartford Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106)
GREENWOOD CULTURAL CENTER (322 N. Greenwood Ave Tulsa, OK 74120)
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK (290 N. Elgin Ave. Tulsa, OK 74120)
We hope these resources will challenge and enrich you, but we do encourage the use of your conscience as you decide which resources to engage.