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5 books

Memoir

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson

Woodson remembers growing up between South Carolina and New York in verse attentive to family stories.

Picture book

My People

Langston Hughes

Hughes’s short poem becomes the basis of a photographic celebration of Black faces and lives.

History

The Black Arts Movement

James Edward Smethurst

A study of the Black Arts Movement examines regional networks and the connection between artistic practice and political action.

Poetry

The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

An expansive collection follows Hughes across vernacular forms, music, and political imagination.

Picture book

The Undefeated

Kwame Alexander

A poem and illustrations honor Black achievement, endurance, and lives that public memory can overlook.