Best black biographies

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Black History Month is a time to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions African Americans have made in society.

Carter G. Woodson noticed a lack of information on the achievements of Black people and in response founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. In , the group started Negro History Week, which was later adopted as Black History Month in the 70's.

Black History is American History is World History and that it should all be taught and studied all year long. We've created this list of 28 picture book biographies for the 28 days in Black History Month.

All of the books are written by Black people and are perfect for learning Black history any time of year. This list is complete with publisher's descriptions.

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Great Black Autobiographies You Must Add to Your Reading List [UPDATED]

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Behind every great person, there’s usually an inspiring life story. And if we’re lucky, they’ll share it with us in the form of an autobiography. From entertainment to politics, some of history’s most influential Black Americans have put pen to paper to tell their story. And from the highest highs to the lowest lows, we can help but root for them along the way. If you’re looking for a little inspiration this Black History Month, these autobiographies are essential reading.

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Before he was an award-winning comedian and talk show host who rubs elbows with the hetaste acts in music, he was the son of a Black mother and a vit father who hid him away to save his life. “Born a Crime” is Noah’s hilarious but poignant konto of his journey from apartheid in South Africa to The Daily Show.

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• Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth

  Black Chameleon: Memory, Womanhood, and Myth

  by Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

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  In the literary tradition of Carmen Maria Machado’sIn the Dream House, Maxine Hong Kingston’sThe Woman Warrior, and Jesmyn Ward’sMen We Reaped, this debut memoir confronts both the challenges and joys of growing up Black and making your own truth.
  

  Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to—true ones of course—but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as chattel, such as the Greek and Roman myths, which felt as dusty and foreign as ancient ruins. When she sought myths written by Black authors, they were rooted too far in the past, a continent away.
  
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