13 Empowering Black History Month Books You Wish You Owned

13 Empowering Black History Month Books You Wish You Owned

Black  History Month

This Black History Month, support brilliant Black authors! Learn about the amazing, untold stories of Black Americans who have changed history. Garner priceless advice from the people who have been there. Learn life skills from experts in their fields. Everything on this selected list are empowering books that highlight black excellence and that we feel will fit book and gift guides for black history month.

Celebrate Black Americans this February and beyond.

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Michael E. Reid wrote Dear Woman book because he wants nothing more than for you to be the best woman possible, regardless of circumstance. This is more than a self-help book, more than just relationship advice for women—though it does include both of those things.

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Kelvin Davis, founder of body-positive menswear blog Notoriously Dapper, has brought us a book of the same name full of expertise and experience for young men everywhere.

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The Boyfriend Book is a gripping collection of short stories, thoughts and poems from inspirational media influencer.

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Your Next Level Life is a guide to opportunity that recognizes and celebrates the true magic of ambitious black women.

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Seven Sisters and a Brother chronicles the historical eight-day sit-in at Swarthmore College that protested the decreased enrollment and hiring of African Americans at the school and demanded a Black Studies curriculum.

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Badass Black Girl is a journal that celebrates girl power and honors the strength and spirit of black girls.

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Your Work from Home Life is "A productive guide for our new world of remote work." ―Paula Rizzo, media consultant, speaker, and author of Listful Living.

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Oh Sis, You're Pregnant! discusses the stages of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood as they pertain to pregnant Black women today.

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Raising Confident and Empowered Black Kids includes everything Black and multi-racial families need to know to raise empowered, confident children.

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Black Man on the Titanic recounts the life of Joseph Laroche, his part in the history of Haiti, and how he, as a 24-year-old father of two (soon to be three) children, ended up on the last ship of that era of glamourous travel.

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Happy, Okay? is a narrative spun in verse by a masterful poet. It is an invitation to readers to shake off the stigma and silence of mental illness and find strength in the only voice that matters: your own.

The Book of Awesome Black Americans is more than a Black history book. It's a celebration of Black people.

M.J. Fievre brings you inspirational words of wisdom through fabulous Black female trailblazers who have changed the world, including Audre Lorde, Lupita Nyong'o and Angela Davis.

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