Lakeland Public Library discussion

February is Black History Month and if you decide to celebrate by reading a book there are many places to start. You can read about the history of the civil rights movement or you can pick up a good book by a African American author. In honor of Black History Month these are some of the many great books that you can find at the library.

African American authors:
Alice Walker
Langston Hughes
Martin Luther King Jr.
Maya Angelou
Oprah Winfrey
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston

Books about the civil rights movement:
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement

The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights

Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63