Black History Month
Supporting Rio teachers with resources for monthly celebrations
February
Black History Month
Resources
History
Song
Read-A-Loud
History Song
Children Books
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad By: Ellen Levine
This Jazz Man By Karen Ehrhardt
Whoever You Are By: Mem Fox
Follow the Drinking Gourd By Jeanette Winter
The Other Side By: Jacqueline Woodson
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: by Doreen Rappaport
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Tar Beach By: Faith Ringgold
Teammates By: Peter Golenbock
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African-Americans By: Kadir Nelson
Who Was Rosa Parks? By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 By: Christopher Paul Curtis
The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Ann Cameron
Nightjohn By: Gary Paulsen
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History By: Vashti Harrison
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race By: Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman
I Am Martin Luther King Jr By: Brad Meltzer
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Mae Among the Stars By: Roda Ahmed
Life Doesn't Frighten Me By: Maya Angelou
The Story of Ruby Bridges By: Robert Coles
We March By: Shane W. Evans
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