Turning Pages: February 2024 Book Suggestions

In February we honor Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, It was Dr. Woodson who started the celebration of Negro History Week in February 1926 to commemorate the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, Negro History Week has now evolved into Black History Month and officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, Dr. Woodson was a writer, historian , educator and publisher. Some of his notable works include: A Century of Negro Migration, History of the Negro Church. Education of the Negro Prior to 1861, African Myths and Folktales and Mis-education of the Negro. One of his quotes:"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions."

• And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common

• Big (Children's book) by Vashti Harrison

• Introduction to Black Studies by Maulana Karenga

• Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uche Blackstock, MD

• We Dream A World (Children's book) by Yolanda Renee King