Black Voices
History/Biographies
Dream Big, Little One – Vashti Harrison (W)
(Age 3 months to 3 years)
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History – Vashti Harrison
(Age 8 – 12 years)
I look up to Michelle Obama – Anna Membrino (W)
(Age 0-3 years)
Mae Among the Stars – Roda Ahmed (W)
(Age 3 – 8 years)
Black Women in Science – Kimberley Brown Pellum (W)
(Age 9-12 years)
STEM by the Numbers Lesson Plan
Hidden Figures – Margot Lee Smetterly (W)
(Age 8 -12 years)
History of Black Women in Mathematics
Interview with Margot Shetterly
Maya Angelou – Lisbeth Kaiser
(Age 2-4 years)
Maya Angelou Educational Toolkit
Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil Rights Activist – Nina Simone
(Age 4-8 years)
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra – Andrea Davis Pinkney
(Age 6-10 years)
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters – Michael Mahin
(Age 4-8 years)
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop – Carol Boston Weatherford
(Age 4-8 years)
Revolution through Hip-Hop Lesson
Trombone Shorty – Troy Andrews
(Age 8-10 years)
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman – Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger
(Age 9-12 years)
African American Pioneer Aviators
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes – Benny Andrews
(Age 10 -13 years)
Howdy, I’m John Ware – Ayesha Clough
(Age 8-12 years)
Lesson plan is the books
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime – Trevor Noah
(Age 8+ years)
I look up to Serena Williams – Anna Membrino
(Age 0-3 years)
I am Jackie Robinson – Brad Meltzer
(Age 5-8 years)
Jackie Robinson Ballpark Lesson
Wilma Rudolph – Marie Isabel Sanchez Vegara
(Age 4-7 years)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library – Carole Weatherford
(Age 9 -12 years)
Reaching for the Moon – Katherine Johnson
(Age 10 -12 years)
Before she was Harriet – Lesa Cline-Ransome
(Age 4-7 years)
Josephine – Patricia Hruby Powell
(Age 7 – 10 years)
Bunheads – Misty Copeland
(Age 5-8 years)
Harriet Tubman – Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
(Age 4-7 years)