Black History Month 2022

In this episode of Long Overdue librarians Andy, Briony, Keri, and Sam discuss a wide range of books and celebrate Black authors for Black History Month 2022.

In this episode we talked about:

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) by Marlon James

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

Tulsa, 1921: Reporting a Massacre by Randy Krehbiel

African Town by Charles Waters and Irene Latham

The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning By Ben Raines

Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America By Candacy Taylor

We also mentioned:

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Black Mirror (TV Series)

Jordan Peele (Filmmaker)

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Moon Witch, Spider King (Dark Star Trilogy #2) by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

The Dandelion Dynasty Series by Ken Liu

N. K. Jemisin (Author)

Watchmen (TV Series)