Black History Month Book Recommendations

Happy Black History Month! If you're looking for some new authors to add to your book collection of inspirational nature writings, search no more; we've started a list of authors you can read and add some significant new perspectives about how Black authors see the natural world. Camille T. Dungy: Black Nature: Four Centuries of African-American Nature Poetry Carolyn Finley: Black Faces, White Spaces: African Americans and the Great Outdoors Cecil Griscombe: Prairie Style Al Young: Something About the Blues Harryette Mullen: Urban Tumbleweed John C. Robinson: Birding for Everyone: Encouraging People of Color to Become Birdwatchers Dianne D. Glave: To Love the Wind and the Rain: African-Americans and Environmental History Norris McDonald: Diary of an Environmentalist Mary Williams: The Lost Daughter, A Memoir Eddy L. Harris: Mississippi Solo, A River Quest Lauret Savoy: Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landsc...