It’s Black History Month, and we are starting this wonderful month by highlighting famous black Alabamians! Did you know that these amazing people were born in this state? Whether you knew that or not, check out these books and celebrate their accomplishments with us! These books are available at the Homewood Public Library (Monday-Saturday 10 A.M.-2 P.M.) or place a hold on them through our website’s catalog at www.homewoodpubliclibrary.org.

-Miss Cristina

Super Soaker Inventor: Lonnie Johnson by Heather E. Schwartz

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
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Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way by Peter Golenbock

Blast Off into Space Like Mae Jemison by Caroline Moss
You Should Meet Jesse Owens by Laurie Calkhoven

The Cosmobiography of Sun Ra: The Sound of Joy is Enlightening by Chris Raschka
Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement by Ebony Joy Wilkins

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson
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Brave. Black. First: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World by Cheryl Willis Hudson

Jazz ABZ: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis