CBHS Celebrates Black History Month

Feb 1 – Poetry for Young People by Langston Hughes

Feb 2 – Trailblazer by Leda Schubert

Feb 3 – Jimi: Sounds like a Rainbow: The Story of a Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio

Feb 4 – Rosa Parks: A Life by Douglas Brinkley

Feb 5 – The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant

Feb 6 – Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley

Feb 7 – African Heroes and Heroines by Carter Woodson

Feb 8 – Oprah Winfrey: 365 Uplifting and Profound Quotes for Daily Reading

Feb 9 – Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend by Larry Tye

Feb 10 – Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century by Carole Boston Weatherford and Raul Colon

Feb 11 – Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela

Feb 12 – NAACP’s Legal Strategy against Segregated Education, 1925 – 1950 by Mark V. Tushnet

Feb 13 – Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues & the Story of African-American Baseball by Lawrence D. Hogan and Jules Tygiel

Feb 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day! Read The Case for Loving: the Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko

Feb 15 – Louis Armstrong’s song ‘Hello Dolly’ is his first and only No. 1 hit in 1964

Feb 16 – Watch an episode of Reading Rainbow with showcased over 162 books

Feb 17 – Michael Jordan: The Life by Roland Lazenby

Feb 18 – The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

Feb 19 – The Tuskegee Airmen: The History and Legacy of America’s First Black Fighter Pilots in World War II

Feb 20 – Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

Feb 21 – I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone by Nina Simone

Feb 22 – Horace Pippin, American Modern by Anne Monahan

Feb 23 – Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies

Feb 24 – My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir by  Katherine Johnson

Feb 25 – The Greatest: My Own Story by Muhammad Ali

Feb 26 – 15th Amendment 150 Years 2020 by Jaygo Journals

Feb 27 – When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan

Feb 28 – In 1984 Michael Jackson won 8 Grammys