Black History for Elementary Students
Created by Social Justice Books: A Teaching for Change Project
- 1,553 Resources including
- 147 Videos
- 80 Book Readings
- 157 Lesson Plans
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
41 Resources12 Awards


Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
37 Resources11 Awards

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Michele Wood
35 Resources7 Awards

This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
34 Resources4 Awards




Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Sean Qualls
28 Resources4 Awards

Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
by Renée Watson and Christian Robinson
28 Resources2 Awards


Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
27 Resources4 Awards

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman
27 Resources5 Awards





My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
24 Resources6 Awards

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Shabazz Larkin
23 Resources3 Awards




Birmingham, 1963
20 Resources3 Awards

Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
20 Resources1 Awards


So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
by Gary D. Schmidt and Daniel Minter
20 Resources4 Awards





The Great Migration: Journey to the North
by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
18 Resources4 Awards


Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, and James Ransome
17 Resources2 Awards




Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
by Janet Halfmann and London Ladd
16 Resources3 Awards