Nonfiction/history book recommendations for Black History Month and all year round. Going outside the framework of American history to have a broader scope because black history doesn't start in the 17th century and doesn't stop at the US border Book List: How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith Africa is Not a Country by Dipo Faloyin The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed Wake by Rebecca Hall The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin An African History of Africa by James Baldwin The War Bef