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Celebrate Black History Month with These YA Nonfiction Reads

February is Black History Month. The 2024 theme is "African Americans and the Arts" spanning the many impacts Black Americans have had on visual arts, music, cultural movements, and more. Enjoy these nonfiction reads about Black artists, musicians, and influencers of cultural movements any time of the year.

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  • Augusta Savage

    the Shape of a Sculptor's Life

    Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — YA 730.92 S26N
  • BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2021. — YA 782.421649 C45C
  • Sing and Shout

    the Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson

    Rubin, Susan Goldman
    BookNew York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020] — YA 782.0092 R65R
  • Ode to Hip-hop

    50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music

    Fitzgerald, Kiana,
    BookPhiladelphia : Running Press, 2023. — YA 782.421649 F55O
  • The Book of Awesome Black Americans

    Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-breaking Activists and Afro-futurists

    Jones, Monique L.
    BookCoral Gables : Mango Publishing, [2020] — YA 305.896073 J78B
  • Taking Flight

    From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

    DePrince, Michaela
    BookNew York : Ember, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016. — YA 792.802809 D42T
  • BookPhiladelphia : Chelsea House, c1997. — YA 782.421646 M34D
  • Music Mavens

    15 Women of Note in the Industry

    Walker, Ashley (Ashley D.),
    BookChicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2023] — YA 780.9252 W17M