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Black History Month is a time for readers to celebrate the accomplishments of black Americans. Check out our growing list of eBooks celebrating black history below. 

Sports & Culture

Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner by Jo Harper (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11)

Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 by Charles R. Smith, Jr. (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12)

Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Simon & Schuster, Ages 6-7)

Roberto Clemente, Young Ball Player by Montrew Dunham (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11)

Langston Hughes: Young Black Poet by Montrew Dunham (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11)

Rhythm Ride : A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Macmillan, Ages 12-14)

Ray Charles: Young Musician by Susan Sloate (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11)

Against All Opposition: Black Explorers in America by James Haskins (Bloomsbury, Ages 9-11)

Civil Rights Movement

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson (Hachette, Advanced Reader)

Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice by Philip Hoose (Macmillan, Ages 9-11)

Coretta Scott King: First Lady of Civil Rights by George E. Stanley (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12)

Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice by Montrew Dunham (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: History’s All-Stars by Dharathula H. Millender (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12)

Rosa Parks: History’s All-Stars by Kathleen Kudlinski (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12)

Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin (Macmillan, Ages 12-14)

Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King’s Final Hours by Ann Bausum, Jim Lawson (National Geographic, Ages 12-14)

19th Century Civil Rights Pioneers

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass (Plympton, Advanced Reader)

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (Plympton, Advanced Reader)

Sojourner Truth: Path to Glory by Peter Merchant (Simon & Schuster, Ages 7-8)

Harriet Tubman: History’s All-Stars by Kathleen Kudlinski (Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-11)

Political Leaders

Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama by Garen Thomas (Macmillan, Ages 8-9)

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NCSS Annual Conference: An incredible opportunity for inspiration and information

Along with thousands of other social studies educators and professionals, I went to the 2018 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference in Chicago. Like ICSS Conferences, NCSS brought together experts in the social studies and history to lead sessions for educators. The big difference is the size and, as a result, the number of options.

“Even Clarence agreed with me.”

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