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Celebrating Black History, Black Futures and Black Joy

History, historical fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, short stories and more. Check out these books celebrating Black History, Black Futures and Black joy.

Oakland Public Library

23 items

  • Black Joy

    a Strategy for Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration

    Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M.,
    Book, 2022New York : Gallery Books, 2022. — 305.89607 LEWIS
  • Black Love Matters

    Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters

    Book, 2022New York : Berkley, 2022. — 813.08509 BLACK
  • Book, 2021New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021. — 394.263 GORDON
  • And the Category Is...

    Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community

    Tucker, Ricky, 1982-
    Book, 2021Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] — 793.3809 TUCKER
  • South to America

    a Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

    Perry, Imani, 1972-
    Book, 2022New York, NY : ECCO, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — 917.504 PERRY
  • Book, 2021New York : Little A, [2021] — BIO ZIYAD
  • Book, 2022New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — FIC MORRISON
  • Mouths of Rain

    An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought

    Book, 2021New York : The New Press, 2021. — 810.80896 MOUTHS
  • Afrikan Wisdom

    New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond

    Book, 2021Berkeley, CA : North Atlantic Books, [2021] — 200.8996 AFRIKAN
  • Book, 2021Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2021] — 158.1 TAYLOR
  • Book, 2022New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — FIC ALLEN
  • Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. — FIC ASIM
  • Book, 2022New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] — FIC WILKERSON
  • Book, 2022New York : Tordotcom, 2022. — SF ONYEBUCHI