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My People: 25 Picture Books about Protest, Pride, and Promise

After the murder of George Floyd while in police custody, there have nearly two weeks of protests, uprisings, and chants of “Black Lives Matter” all across the world. Before the video recording that showed George Floyd taking his last breath went viral, the Black community was already seeking justice for Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and sadly many others whose stories have gone untold for years. In the wake of the historic protests, The Obama Foundation posted a “Meet Anguish with Action” resource that helps people find and support organizations that champion criminal justice reform, antiracism, and human rights. Purposeful and sustained action is what effects change and educating oneself is the beginning of taking action. For parents, teachers, librarians, students, or anyone wanting children’s literature that addresses those issues and more, the following list of picture books are stories and poems that speak of protesting injustice, pride in one’s Blackness, and the promise of a better world.  Thank you for your support of Black children’s book creators. Our stories matter. 



AntiRacist Baby 

Ibram X. Kendi | Ashley Lukashevsky | Kokila | Board Book | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound |Bookshop


Black Is a Rainbow Color

Angela Joy | Ekua Holmes | Roaring Brook Press | PB | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Brown Sugar Babe

Charlotte Watson Sherman | Akem | Boyds Mills | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration

Samara Cole Doyon | Kaylani Juanita | Tilbury House | PB | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Cool Cuts 

Mechal Renee Roe | Doubleday BYR | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop



Who Will You Be?

Andrea Pippins | Schwartz & Wade | PB | 2020 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Get Up, Stand Up

Bob Marley | Cedella Marley | John Jay Cabuay | Chronicle Books | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


An ABC of Equality (Board Book)

Chana Ginelle Ewing | Paulina Morgan | Frances Lincoln Children’s Books | 2019 | Amazon | Bookshop 


Happy Hair 

Mechal Renee Roe | Doubleday BYR | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Sulwe  

Lupita Nyong’o | Vashti Harrison | Simon & Schuster BYR | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop



M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child

Tiffany Rose | little bee books | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

Parker Curry | Jessica Curry | Brittany Jackson | Aladdin | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


I Can Write the World 

Joshunda Sanders | Charly Palmer | Six Foot Press | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Hands Up! 

Breanna J. McDaniel | Shane W. Evans | Dial Books | 2019 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Woke Baby  

Mahogany L. Browne | Theodore Taylor III | Roaring Brook Press | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop



I Am Enough

Grace Byers | Keturah A. Bobo | Balzer + Bray | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Black Girl Magic: A Poem

Mahogany L. Browne | Jess X. Snow | Roaring Brook Press | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Being You

Alexs Pate | Soud | Capstone | 2018 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


Hey Black Child

Useni Eugene Perkins | Bryan Collier | Little, Brown BYR | 2017 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


In Your Hands

Carole Boston Weatherford | Brian Pinkney | Atheneum BYR |  2017 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop



That Is My Dream!

Langston Hughes | Daniel Miyares | Schwartz & Wade | 2017 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


I, Too, Am America

Langston Hughes | Bryan Collier | Simon & Schuster BYR | 2012 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


We March 

Shane W. Evans | Roaring Brook Press | 2012 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


My People

Langston Hughes | Charles R. Smith Jr. | Atheneum BYR | 2009 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


A Sweet Smell of Roses

Angela Johnson | Eric Velasquez | Simon & Schuster BYR | 2005 | Amazon | IndieBound | Bookshop


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