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Book 1: The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding the Black Woman by Shahrazad Ali
Book 2: The Blackwoman’s Guide to Understanding the Blackman by Shahrazad Ali
Book 3: The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child by Dr. Amos N. Wilson
BOOKS & MORE
Hey Ya’ll! If you’ve listened to our first episode, you know that we said we were going to develop a list of books, movies, and songs that you can share with your family. This list is designed to encourage family time in our community and spark healthy conversations. If you’re reading this list, you’ve listened to our second episode and we THANK YOU for your support!
BOOK LIST
Toddlers
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
I Love My Hair by Natasha Anatasia Tarpley
Layla’s Happiness by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong
Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite Davol
Boonoonoonous Hair by Olive Senior
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Whose Knees are These? by Jabari Asim
Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan
Baby Says by John Steptoe
Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahi
Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant
Mommy Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins – Bigelow
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina
I am Loved by Ashley Bryan
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn it Out: Games Songs and Stories from an African American Childhood by Patricia C. McKissack
Rice and Rocks by Sandra L. Richards
We Came to America by Faith Ringgold
Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
Chocolate Me by Taye Diggs
Pre-Teens
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
One Last Word by Nikki Grimes
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
MOVIE LIST
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
To Kill a Mocking bird (1962)
Hidden Figures (2016)
A Ballerina’s Tale (2015)
Lee Daniel’s The Butler (2013)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
42 (2013)
The Help (2011)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Selma (2014)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
Hairspray (2007)
Dancing in the Light: Janet Collins Story (2015)
Loving (2015)
The Journey of Henry Box Brown (2005)
4 Little Girls (1997)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Queen of Katwe (2016)
Woodlawn (2015)
Princess and the Frog (2009)
The Proud Family Movie (2005)
The Color of Friendship (2000)
Cool Runnings (1993)
And the Children Shall Lead (1985)
The Wiz (1978)
Cooley High (1975)
The Hate You Give (2018)
Fences (2016)
The Fits (2015)
Sankofa (1993)
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)
Selma (2014)
The Great Debaters (2007)
Beast of the Souther Wild (2012)
Pursuit of Happiness (2006)
Coach Carter (2005)
Crooklyn (1994)
Drumline (2002)
The Color Purple (1985)
The Last Dragon (1985)
Ink Well (1994)
Garrett’s Gift told by Queen Latifah (2008)
Black Lighting on Netflix (2018)
Raising Dion on Netflix (2019)
Pride with Bernie Mac and Terrence Howard (2007)
Thunder Soul presented by Jamie Foxx (2010)
Betty and Coretta (2013)
The Express with Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown (2008)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner with Sidney Poitier (1967)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Sounder by Cicely Tyson (1972)
The Watson go to Birmingham (2013)
The Book of Negroes (2015)
Harriet (2019)
Slavery and the Making of America (2005)
Hidden Colors 1, 2, and 3 (2011, 2012, and 2014)
13th on Netflix (2016)
Fredrick Douglass: Pathway from Slavery to Freedom (2010)
Carry Me Home: A Remember America Film (2016)
Race to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad (1994)
Roots (1988)
The Journey of August King (1995)
Savannah (2013)
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Black Panther (2018)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Django (2012)
Matrix Trilogy (1999, 2003)
Malcolm X (1992)
Forest Gump (1994)
Shaft (1971, 2000)
Blade Trilogy (1998-2006)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Coming to America (1988)
The Book of Eli (2010)
Glory (1989)
Coffy (1973)
Dreamgirls (2006)
The Hunger Games (2012)
Mencae II Society (1993)
Boyz in the Hood (1991)
Friday (1995)
Beloved (1998)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Just Mercy (2019)
Bklackkklansman (2018)
Mudbound (2017)
Zootopia (2016)
The Watsons Go To Birmingham (2013)
Space Jam (1996)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Azur & Asmar: The Prince’s Quest (2006)
Master Harold and the Boys (2010)
The Lorax (2012)
Imba Means Sing (2015)
What’s on Your Plate? (2009)
SONG LIST
“After All is Said and Done” Beyonce and Marc Nelson
“Rise Up” Andra Day
“Hero” Mariah Carey
“Count on You” Bruno Mars
“Count on Me” Whitney Houston, Cece Winans, Deborah Cox
“Always” Atlantic Starr
“Beauty” Dru Hill
“Black Butterfly” Deniece Williams
“Brown Skin Girl” Beyonce
“Coconut Oil” Lizzo
“Cool Breeze” Goapele
“I Can” Nas
“Deeper” Tamia
“Deny” Yash Qaraah
“Diary” Alicia Keys
“Lean On Me” Bill Withers
“Exhale” Whitney Houston
“The Greatest Love of All” Whitney Houston
“Ghetto Child” Joe
“Formation” Beyonce
“Fortunate” Maxwell
“From My Heart to Yours” Laura Izibor
“Everything is Everything” Lauryn Hill
“Lost One” Lauryn Hill
“Doo Wop (That Thing)” Lauryn Hill
“Happily Ever After” Case
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” James Weldon Johnson
“Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” James Brown
“I’ll Take You There” The Staple Singers
“What’s Going On?” Marvin Gaye
“Leaf” Elle Varner
“Lifetime” Maxwell
“Living My Life” Ashanti
“Dreams” Ashanti
“I Found Lovin” Fatback Band
“Love, Need, and Want You” Patti Labelle
“Next Lifetime” Erykah Badu
“On and On” Erykah Badu
“Towards the Sun” Rihanna
“Feel the Light” Jennifer Lopez
“I Was Here” Beyonce
“Time After Time” Cyndi Lauper
“Unwritten” Natasha Bedingfield
“Firework” Katy Perry
“Run the World (Girls)” Beyonce
“Once In a Lifetime” Beyonce
“At Last” Etta James
“One Sweet Day” Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men
“Perfect Duet” Ed Sheeran, Beyonce
“Porcelain Doll” Chrisette Michele
“Prettiest Girl” Tamar Braxton
“Ready or Not” The Fugees
“Reflection” Christina Aguilera
“Sending My Love” Zhane
“She” Laura Mvula
“Somebody Loves You Baby” Patti Labelle
“Take It Slow” Isa Marina
“The Makings of You” Tamar Braxton
“The Sweetest Thing” Lauryn Hill
“Until the End of Time” Justin Timberlake, Beyonce
“Video” India Arie
“You” Jesse Powell, Gerald Albright
“You Gotta Be” Des’ree
“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” Nina Simone
“Ordinary People” John Legend
“The Light” Common
“I’m Every Woman” Whitney Houston
“If I Ruled the World” Nas
“Respect” Aretha Franklin
“Stronger” Kanye West
“I Want to Be Where You Are” Michael Jackson
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” Marvin Gaye
“Fabulous” Jaheim
“Black Man” Stevie Wonder
“Symphony of Brotherhood” Miri Ben-Ari
“Brotha” Angie Stone
“Umi Says” Mos Def
“I am Not My Hair” India Arie
“Don’t Touch My Hair” Solange
“Imagine Me” Kirk Franklin
“Isn’t She Lovely” Stevie Wonder
“Golden” Jill Scott
“A Long Walk” Jill Scott
“Wake Up Everybody” Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
“Living for the City” Stevie Wonder
“Alright” Kendrick Lamar
“A Change is Gonna Come” Sam Cooke
“Back & Forth” Aaliyah
“For You I Will” Monica
“Try Again” Aaliyah
“I Care for You” Aaliyah
“Just Fine” Mary J. Blige
“Magic” Robin Thicke
“Soldier of Love” Sade
“Survivor” Destiny’s Child
“Through the Fire” Chaka Khan
“Ain’t Nobody” Chaka Khan
“Butterflies” Alicia Keys
“Butterflies” Michael Jackson
“Unbreakable” Michael Jackson
“Human Nature” Michael Jackson
“Man In the Mirror” Michael Jackson
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Marvin Gaye
“Eye of the Tiger” Survivor
“When You Believe” Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston
“Girl on Fire” Alicia Keys
“Walking on Sunshine” Katrina and the Waves
“I Hope You Dance” Lee Ann Womack
“What a Wonderful World” Louis Armstrong
“Stronger” Kelly Clarkson
“I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor
“Roar” Katy Perry
“Just the Way You Are” Bruno Mars