All February long we are celebrating Black History Month.  Our team has curated a list of the best books and media to check out.  

Books

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

 

Movies

American Fiction

Rustin

The Color Purple

Origin

Saint Omar

Spider Man: Across the Spider Verse

Creed series

The Blackening

They Cloned Tyrone

Dolemite is My Name

Till

Wendell & Wild

Judas and the Black Messaih

Passing

TV

Swarm

The Other Black Girl

Black Cake

Hijack

Bel-air

Survival of the Thickest

Genius: MLK/X

Abbott Elementary

Atlanta

The Wonder Years

The Neighborhood

Insecure

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

THE KENNEDY BRANCH AND GUTTENBERG RESOURCE CENTER WILL CLOSE AT 1 PM ON DECEMBER 24, 2024 AND WILL BE CLOSED ON DECEMBER 25, 2024.

THE MAIN LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR RENOVATION, STARTING ON DECEMBER 21, 2024.