As a company dedicated to creating more equitable workplaces, our team is constantly looking for opportunities to learn about different cultures and understand others’ experiences. One powerful way to understand and relate to a different culture is through stories. So, we put together our top recommendations for how you can learn about and honor Black History Month through nonfiction books, novels, documentaries, movies, and TV series across a variety of genres.
Nonfiction books
Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us
Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Usby Sherrell Dorsey
Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority
Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majorityby Steven Phillips
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hood Feminism
Hood Feminismby Mikki Kendall
Becoming
Becomingby Michelle Obama
I Am A Girl From Africa
I Am A Girl From Africaby Elizabeth Nyamayaro
The Power of Women: A Doctor’s Journey of Hope and Healing
The Power of Women: A Doctor’s Journey of Hope and Healingby Denis Mukwege
A Promised Land
A Promised Landby Barack Obama
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Storyby Elaine Brown
Novels
Kindred
Kindredby Octavia Butler
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Halfby Brit Bennett
Sankofa
Sankofaby Chibundu Onuzo
The Color Purple
The Color Purpleby Alice Walker
Fences
Fencesby August Wilson
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching Godby Zora Neale Hurston
Documentaries & docuseries
Quincy
QuincyWatch on: Netflix
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your NegroWatch on: Pluto TV, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube
Homecoming
HomecomingWatch on: Netflix
Becoming
Becoming
What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone?Watch on: Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
The Black Godfather
The Black Godfather
Jackie Robinson
Jackie RobinsonWatch on: PBS, Amazon Prime Video
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The Death and Life of Marsha P. JohnsonWatch on: Netflix
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the RevolutionWatch on: Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, PBS
13th
13thWatch on: Netflix
The Central Park Five
The Central Park FiveWatch on: Apple TV
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Soundtrack for a RevolutionWatch on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Tubi TV
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
The Trials of Muhammad AliWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for EqualityWatch on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max
Movies & TV series
Self-Made
Self-MadeWatch on: Netflix
BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansmanWatch on: Hulu, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall Watch on: Netflix
Hidden Figures
Hidden FiguresWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Girls Trip
Girls TripWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta ComptonWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Moonlight
MoonlightWatch on: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Queen & Slim
Queen & SlimWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right ThingWatch on: Peacock, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Insecure
InsecureWatch on: HBO Max
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black MessiahWatch on: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max
Fences
FencesWatch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black BottomWatch on: Netflix
Hollywood Shuffle
Hollywood ShuffleWatch on: YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could TalkWatch on: Hulu, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Malcolm X
Malcolm XWatch on: YouTube
Get On Up
Get On UpWatch on: Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video
42
42Watch on: HBO Max, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video
Get Out
Get Out Watch on: Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
Just Mercy
Just MercyWatch on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, HBO Max, YouTube