Join Penguin Random House Education in celebrating the contributions of Black authors and illustrators. In honor of Black History Month this February and beyond, we are highlighting essential fiction and nonfiction to be shared and discussed by students and educators. Start browsing here.
Books for Black History Month
By Coll Rowe | January 14 2025 | History
The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
9780593544921
Spanning the Great Depression, World War II, and beyond, this story follows the intrepid young women, the “Black Angels,” who risked their lives working under dreadful conditions while caring for New York City’s poorest residents, and were instrumental in helping find the cure for tuberculosis.
$30.00 US
Sep 19, 2023
Hardcover
448 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1900-1945)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Women in America
- History > Topical History > History of Women
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > History of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Health
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Work
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Basic > Epidemiology
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Epidemiology
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A New Origin Story
9780593230596
Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction; Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.
$25.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
Paperback
624 Pages
One World
- Communication > Journalism > News Writing and Reporting
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction > Curriculum Development – Secondary
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Reading and Literacy – Secondary (AP)
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Reading and Literacy – Secondary (Grades 7-12)
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Social Studies Methods – Secondary (AP)
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Social Studies Methods – Secondary (Grades 7-12)
- Education > Foundations > Multicultural Education
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Poetry
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to Present
- History > Topical History > History of Slavery
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > American Government
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Theory and Thought
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad
9780593534380
Here is the remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia—the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon Line—helping hundreds of people escape from slavery.
$30.00 US
Nov 01, 2022
Hardcover
432 Pages
Knopf
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 19th Century
- History > Period History: U.S. > Jacksonian America (1832-1854)
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > History of the South
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
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A Family Memoir
9780807004821
From the son of legendary civil rights organizer Robert P. Moses: a brilliant, unflinching memoir about becoming Black in America that interweaves voices from 3 generations of the Moses family.
$27.95 US
Jan 21, 2025
Hardcover
280 Pages
Beacon Press
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
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The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
9781984880413
The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, by award-winning historian and civil rights expert.
$19.00 US
Jan 09, 2024
Paperback
400 Pages
Penguin Books
- History > Global Conflicts > World War II
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- History > Topical History > Military History
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Military History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
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The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
9780593243701
Why don’t our schools work? Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: what if they’re actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America's classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to maintain our inequalities. It’s a task at which they excel.
$32.00 US
Feb 11, 2025
Hardcover
400 Pages
One World
- Education > Educational Administration > School Law and Ethics
- Education > Foundations > Multicultural Education
- Education > Foundations > Sociology of Education
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > Topical History > History of Education
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Philosophy of Education
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
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Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
9780525436102
Here is the first major biography of one of our most influential judges—an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary—that provides an eye-opening account of the twin struggles for gender equality and civil rights in the 20th Century.
$21.00 US
Mar 07, 2023
Paperback
528 Pages
Vintage
- History > Period History: U.S. > Civil Rights Movement (1940-1968)
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > History of Women
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and History
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitutional Law
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Civil Rights
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9780807020616
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks redefines the public understanding of the civil rights icon—revealing her to be a radical and committed activist.
$22.00 US
Jan 07, 2025
Paperback
352 Pages
Beacon Press
- History > Period History: U.S. > Civil Rights Movement (1940-1968)
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Politics
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