Black History Month 2021

The Woods Hole Black History Month Committee (WHBHMC) is dedicated to celebrating and educating the Woods Hole community and the community at large about African American history and culture. The committee is responsible for planning and putting on events during the month of February. Past events have included art exhibits, speakers, musical groups and the annual Harambee. The committee is open to all people regardless of ethnicity, gender, race or difference of any kind.

Find list of events here.

 

2021

The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor) Cover Image

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (Hardcover)

By Ibram X. Kendi (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593134047
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Published: One World - February 2nd, 2021
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Change Sings: A Children's Anthem By Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illustrator) Cover Image

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem (Hardcover)

By Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593203224
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 21st, 2021
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty By Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt, Amanda Seales (Contributions by) Cover Image

GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty (Hardcover)

By Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt, Amanda Seales (Contributions by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781250204561
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Published: St. Martin's Press - October 20th, 2020
The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook By Marcus Samuelsson, Osayi Endolyn (With), Yewande Komolafe (With) Cover Image

The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food: A Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Marcus Samuelsson, Osayi Endolyn (With), Yewande Komolafe (With)
$38.00
ISBN: 9780316480680
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Published: Voracious - October 27th, 2020
Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes from My African American Kitchen By Alexander Smalls, Veronica Chambers Cover Image

Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes from My African American Kitchen (Hardcover)

By Alexander Smalls, Veronica Chambers
$35.00
ISBN: 9781250098092
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Published: Flatiron Books - February 25th, 2020
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook] By Hawa Hassan, Julia Turshen (With) Cover Image

In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook] (Hardcover)

By Hawa Hassan, Julia Turshen (With)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781984856739
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Published: Ten Speed Press - October 13th, 2020
Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir By Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein Cover Image

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525433910
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Published: Vintage - March 31st, 2020
My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children By Denene Millner Cover Image

My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children (Paperback)

By Denene Millner
$12.99
ISBN: 9781534476486
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Published: Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - May 5th, 2020
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X By Les Payne, Tamara Payne Cover Image

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Hardcover)

By Les Payne, Tamara Payne
$35.00
ISBN: 9781631491665
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Published: Liveright - October 20th, 2020
The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction By Daniel Brook Cover Image

The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction (Paperback)

By Daniel Brook
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393531725
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 24th, 2020
For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World By Michael W. Waters, Keisha Morris (Illustrator) Cover Image

For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World (Hardcover)

By Michael W. Waters, Keisha Morris (Illustrator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781947888081
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Published: Flyaway Books - September 22nd, 2020
Don't Touch My Hair! By Sharee Miller Cover Image

Don't Touch My Hair! (Paperback)

By Sharee Miller
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316562577
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 5th, 2019
Princess Hair By Sharee Miller Cover Image

Princess Hair (Paperback)

By Sharee Miller
$7.99
ISBN: 9780316441223
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 6th, 2018
The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History By Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, Charly Palmer (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History (Hardcover)

By Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, Charly Palmer (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781629794525
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Published: Calkins Creek - September 29th, 2020
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 By Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) Cover Image

Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Hardcover)

By Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780385390286
Published: Anne Schwartz Books - July 14th, 2015
By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music By Carole Boston Weatherford, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) Cover Image

By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music (Hardcover)

By Carole Boston Weatherford, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534426368
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - January 14th, 2020
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks: Volume 3 By Alice Faye Duncan, Xia Gordon (Illustrator) Cover Image

A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks: Volume 3 (Hardcover)

By Alice Faye Duncan, Xia Gordon (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781454930884
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Published: Union Square Kids - January 1st, 2019
The Bell Rang By James E. Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Bell Rang (Hardcover)

By James E. Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781442421134
Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - January 15th, 2019
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The Undefeated By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Undefeated (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781328780966
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Published: Versify - April 2nd, 2019
Cómo ser antirracista / How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image

Cómo ser antirracista / How to Be an Antiracist (Paperback)

By Ibram X. Kendi
$16.95
ISBN: 9780593313114
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Published: Vintage Espanol - October 27th, 2020
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333): A Library of America Anthology By Kevin Young (Editor) Cover Image

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333): A Library of America Anthology (Hardcover)

By Kevin Young (Editor)
$45.00
ISBN: 9781598536669
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Published: Library of America - October 20th, 2020
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Black Is a Rainbow Color By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator) Cover Image

Black Is a Rainbow Color (Hardcover)

By Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626726314
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Published: Roaring Brook Press - January 14th, 2020
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I Am Every Good Thing By Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illustrator) Cover Image

I Am Every Good Thing (Hardcover)

By Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525518778
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Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - September 1st, 2020
Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope By Kwame Alexander Cover Image

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope (Hardcover)

By Kwame Alexander
$14.99
ISBN: 9780358539414
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Published: Mariner Books - November 17th, 2020
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow By Henry Louis Gates Jr. Cover Image

Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Paperback)

By Henry Louis Gates Jr.
$10.99
ISBN: 9781338713657
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Published: Scholastic Focus - December 1st, 2020
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth By Wade Hudson (Editor), Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor) Cover Image

The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth (Hardcover)

By Wade Hudson (Editor), Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780593121610
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - August 11th, 2020
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM By Tonya Bolden Cover Image

Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM (Hardcover)

By Tonya Bolden
$19.99
ISBN: 9781419707346
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - March 3rd, 2020
VIP: Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer By Heather Alexander, Jennifer Bricking (Illustrator) Cover Image

VIP: Dr. Mae Jemison: Brave Rocketeer (Paperback)

By Heather Alexander, Jennifer Bricking (Illustrator)
$5.99
ISBN: 9780062889706
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Published: HarperCollins - January 5th, 2021
The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists (Teen and YA Cultu By Monique L. Jones Cover Image

The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists (Teen and YA Cultu (Paperback)

By Monique L. Jones
$16.95
ISBN: 9781642501476
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Published: Mango - January 14th, 2020
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) By Ta-Nehisi Coates Cover Image

The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984894021
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Published: Delacorte Press - January 12th, 2021
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto By George M. Johnson Cover Image

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto (Hardcover)

By George M. Johnson
$18.99
ISBN: 9780374312718
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - April 28th, 2020
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) By Kamala Harris Cover Image

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition) (Paperback)

By Kamala Harris
$10.99
ISBN: 9780593113172
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Published: Penguin Books - October 13th, 2020
Freedom Summer For Young People: The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy By Bruce Watson, Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by) Cover Image

Freedom Summer For Young People: The Violent Season that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy (Paperback)

By Bruce Watson, Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)
$22.95
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ISBN: 9781644210109
Published: Triangle Square - November 10th, 2020
#1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests (Social Justice Book, Civil Rights Photography Book) By Sheila Pree Bright, Alicia Garza (Introduction by) Cover Image

#1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter Protests (Social Justice Book, Civil Rights Photography Book) (Hardcover)

By Sheila Pree Bright, Alicia Garza (Introduction by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781452170725
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Published: Chronicle Books - October 23rd, 2018
Curls By Ruth Forman, Geneva Bowers (Illustrator) Cover Image

Curls (Board book)

By Ruth Forman, Geneva Bowers (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781534446311
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Published: Little Simon - December 22nd, 2020
Brown Sugar Babies By Charles R. Smith, Jr., Charles R. Smith, Jr. (Illustrator) Cover Image

Brown Sugar Babies (Board book)

By Charles R. Smith, Jr., Charles R. Smith, Jr. (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9781368050296
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - May 12th, 2020
Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells By Michelle Duster Cover Image

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells (Hardcover)

By Michelle Duster
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982129811
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Published: Atria/One Signal Publishers - January 26th, 2021
Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator) Cover Image

Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! (Board book)

By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780711261419
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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - January 26th, 2021
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (LOA #338) By Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan (Editor), Nisi Shawl (Editor) Cover Image

Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories (LOA #338) (Hardcover)

By Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan (Editor), Nisi Shawl (Editor)
$35.00
ISBN: 9781598536751
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Published: Library of America - January 19th, 2021
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History By David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (Paperback)

By David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781984857705
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Published: Ten Speed Press - January 19th, 2021
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter By Shani King, Bobby C. Martin, Jr (Illustrator) Cover Image

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter (Hardcover)

By Shani King, Bobby C. Martin, Jr (Illustrator)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780884488897
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Published: Tilbury House Publishers - January 19th, 2021
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person By Frederick Joseph Cover Image

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person (Hardcover)

By Frederick Joseph
$17.99
ISBN: 9781536217018
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Published: Candlewick - December 1st, 2020
Love Is a Revolution By Renée Watson Cover Image

Love Is a Revolution (Hardcover)

By Renée Watson
$18.99
ISBN: 9781547600601
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Published: Bloomsbury YA - February 2nd, 2021