We are always learning along with our students at WITS! This year, we’re celebrating Black History Month by sharing ten brand-new titles with our students and our community. Learn about trailblazing Black Americans, from unsung heroes of World War II, to artists and designers, to present-day beekeepers and environmentalists. You can purchase these titles for a young person in your life or for the WITS collection from our Bookshop Wish List. 

For more books celebrating Black history and Black identity, check out Celebrating Black History with Eight Biographies and Baby Books: Black Kids Being Kids 

Black History is Your History by Taylor Cassidy, illustrated by Adriana Bellet 

This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets selected by Traci N. Todd, illustrated by Jade Orlando  

Make Your Mark: The Empowering True Story of the First Known Black Female Tattoo Artist by Jacci Gresham with Sherry Fellores, illustrated by David Wilkerson  

The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II by Tonya Abari, illustrated by Lance Evans 

Clothes to Make You Smile: Patrick Kelly Designs His Dreams By Eric Darnell Pritchard and Shannon Wright 

Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas’s Art Soar By Nina Crews 

Akeem Keeps Bees!: A Close-Up Look at the Honey Makers and Pollinators of Sankofa Farms by Kamal Eugene William Bell, illustrated by Darnell Johnson 

Spark: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone by Ainissa Ramirez, illustrated by Setor Fiadzigbey  

Carlotta’s Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History by Carlotta Walls Lanier and Lisa Frazier Page, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton