Black Student Union Reading List
February 2022
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad can be found on the shelves at FIC WHI
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Black Skin, White Masks can be found on the shelves at GN645 .F313
- We Do this ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
We Do this ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming can be found on the shelves at HM671.K333 2021
- The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
An eBook of The Other Wes Moore can be accessed here
- The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
The Hill We Climb can be found on the shelves at PS3607.O74 H55 2021
- Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give can be found on the shelves at FIC THO
- Native Son by Richard Wright
Native Son can be found on reserve at ENG 215 - RESERVE - COTCH
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying can be found on the shelves at FIC GAI
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X As Told to Alex Haley
The Autobiography of Malcolm X can be found on the shelves at BP223.Z8 L57943 1999
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
An eBook of The Color Purple can be accessed here
- Ain’t I a Woman? By bell hooks
Ain’t I a Woman? can be found on the shelves at E185.86.H73 2014
- Roots by Alex Haley
A DVD of the TV series Roots can be found with our DVDs at DVD ROO
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun can be found on the shelves at PS3515.A515 R3
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave can be found on the shelves at E449 .D749
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E. B. DuBois
The Souls of Black Folk can be found on the shelves at E185.5 .D81 2005
- Blues People: Negro People in White America by Amiri Baraka
Blues People: Negro People in White America can be found on the shelves at ML3556 .B16
- The History of the Negro Church by Carter G. Woodson
- The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
The Long Walk to Freedom can be found on the shelves at DT 799 .95 .M36 M3
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
An eBook of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents can be accessed here
- Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
Black and British: A Forgotten History can be found on the shelves at DA125.N4 O48 2016
- Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Kaffir Boy can be found on the shelves at DT1949.M38 A3 1998
- Black Against Empire by Joshua Bloom & Waldo Martin
Black Against Empire can be found on the shelves at E185.615 .B5574 2016
- A Taste of Power by Elaine Brown
- Stokely Speaks; From Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism by Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Speaks; From Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism can be found on the shelves at E185.615 .C34 1971
Happy Black History Month from Prairie State College’s Black Student Union!
*February list made by: Camille Crawford, Seneca Farabaugh, Natasha Pink, Jaden Thomas, & Rebbie Davis.
Black Student Union Reading List
February 2022
KIDS EDITION!
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Watsons Go to Birmingham can be found on the shelves at JUV CUR
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
An eBook of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry can be accessed here
- Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly & Winifred Conkling
An eBook of Hidden Figures can be accessed here
- Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Be Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz
- Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
- Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama
Of Thee I Sing can be found on the shelves at JUV BJ 1631 .O23 2010
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom can be found on the shelves at JUV E 444.T82 W43 2006
- Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Jessica Curry & Parker Curry
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment can be found on the shelves at JUV PZ 7.1.C8665 PAR 2019
- Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story can be found on the shelves at JUV F 379 .N59 N433 2009
- Lies and Other Tall Tales by Zora Neale Hurston & Christopher Myers
Lies and Other Tall Tales can be found on the shelves at PZ8.1.M975 2005
- Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale can be found on the shelves at JUV STE
- Young Pelé: Soccer’s First Star by Lesa Cline – Ransom & James E. Ransom
Young Pelé: Soccer’s First Star can be found on the shelves at JUV GV 942.7.P42 C55 2007
- Bronzeville Boys and Girls by Gwendolyn Brooks
- Antiracist Baby by Imbram X. Kendi
Antiracist Baby can be found on the shelves at JUV KEN
- Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis by Jabari Asim
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis can be found on the shelves at JUV E 840.8.L43 A75 2016
- Lullaby for a Black Mother by Langston Hughes
Lullaby for a Black Mother can be found on the shelves at JUV HUG
- Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou, Illustrations by Jean-Michel Basquiat)
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me can be found on the shelves at JUV PS3551.N464 L54 2017
- Grandad Mandela by Zindziswa Mandela, Zazi Mandela, Zondwa Mandela, & Ziwelene Mandela
Grandad Mandela can be found on the shelves at JUV DT 1974 .M3486 2018
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History can be found on the shelves at JUV E185 .H313 2019
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History can be found on the shelves at JUV E185.96 .H338 2017
- Don’t Touch My Hair by Sharee Miller
Don’t Touch My Hair can be found on the shelves at JUV MIL
- Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia
Black Boy Joy can be found on the shelves at JUV BLA
- If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement by Gwendolyn Hooks
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement can be found on the shelves at JUV E185.61 .H78 2017
- Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
Mae Among the Stars can be found on the shelves at JUV AHM
Happy Black History Month from Prairie State College’s Black Student Union!
