Get ‘em Reading: Youth Book Suggestions For Black History Month
In talking to one of my professors from Hampton who suggested books for my daughter to read for Black History Month, I decided to come up with a list of books that youth should read for this month. This is a list that I believe young people of all races should read. This is a list of books that were written by African American authors. Learning about the experiences of different cultures really broadens one’s understanding. These books are in age appropriate order.
The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake (10 + up)
Begging for Change – Sharon G. Flake (10 + up)
Money Hungry – Sharon G. Flake (10 + up)
The Blueprint for My Girls by Yasmin Shiraz (10 + up)
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (13 + up)
Tears of A Tiger by Sharon G. Flake (13 + up)
Monster by Walter Dean Myers (14 + up)
Shooter by Walter Dean Myers (14 + up)
Man Up! Nobody Is Coming To Save Us by Steve Perry (15 + up)
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou (16 + up)
You Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down by Alice Walker (16 + up)
Who Will Cry for the Little Boy? by Antwone Fisher (16 + up)
The Souls of Black Folk by WEB DuBois (17 + up)
Journey To Justice by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. (17 + up)
Nigger by Dick Gregory (17 + up)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (17 + up)
The Black Elite by Lois Benjamin (17 + up)
Please email me with other book suggestions. I’d love your recommendations.
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About the Author
Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest.
Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country. 
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