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Black History Month Audiobooks
By Alicia Waters | February 7, 2020
Celebrate Black History Month February 1-29, with some great audiobooks from the following authors.
The Water Dance by Ta-Nehisi Coates (DB 96729) Adult reading
Born into bondage, Hiram Walker is robbed of all memory of his mother when she is sold. But Hiram is blessed with a mysterious power. This power saves him when he almost drowns, and he knows he must escape the only life he has ever known. Violence. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (DB 96652) Adult reading
Sixteen-year-old Melody enters her coming-of-age ceremony wearing the custom-made dress her mother Iris never got to wear–due to her pregnancy. As the families of Melody’s parents gather for the ceremony, their individual stories are revealed. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (DB 89293) Adult reading
A historian traces the history of anti-black racist ideas throughout American history by focusing on five notable intellectuals: Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, W. E. B. DuBois, and Angela Davis. Analyzes the insidious impact of racist ideas on government policies. Some strong language. 2016.
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (DB 52540) Grades 5-7
Ruby Bridges recounts her experiences as the six-year-old first African American to integrate an all-white school in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1960. She also discusses her reactions to the chants and the jeers and how that year changed her. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1999.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (DB 86234) Grades 6-9
Daughter of a NASA engineer profiles the black women who worked for NASA, and its predecessor NACA, as human computers. Discusses their lives prior to joining NACA/NASA, the challenges they faced due to gender and race discrimination, and their impact on the space program. Basis for the 2016 movie.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba (DB 72673) Grades 9-12
Memoir of Malawi youth William, a school dropout who was inspired by a library book to build the first windmill in his village. Describes growing up on a farm without electricity, surviving famine, recycling scraps into a windmill to generate power, and inspiring others. Alex Award. 2009.
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