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Check Out These Books With Strong Black Female Characters During This Women’s History Month

From memoirs to sci-fi and historical fiction, we’ve rounded up our favorite books that feature strong Black women.

By

Angela Johnson

Published

March 25, 2025
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Young-Adult Author Jacqueline Woodson on Writing Stories That Appeal to All Ages

Jaqueline Woodson is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming, which won both the 2014 National Book Award and an NAACP Image Award. She is also a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Award, a four-time winner of the Newberry Honor Award and the recipient of the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award. In…

By

Hope Wabuke

Published

July 21, 2016