Each February, we celebrate the essential contributions of the African diaspora to our shared American experience during Black History Month.

Pop Culture Classroom has created free original comics and shareable graphics to inspire. You’ll also find recommended reading from other sources and other kinds of pop culture that students — and adults — will love.

Discussion Topics
Black History Comics
Selected Readings from Others
Shareable History Graphics
Teaching Resources from Others

Discussion Topics from Pop Culture Classroom

Understanding the context of history and current events is an essential skill in today’s media-saturated world. This list of discussion prompts and resources from the Pop Culture Classroom Blog can help engage student engagement and critical thinking.

Black History Comics

Comic books can make complex social and historical subjects more accessible and engaging for students with a variety of reading-comprehension levels.

Download Pop Culture Classroom’s 2021 African American History Educational Comic Collection. The collection includes nine unique and compelling comics that highlight important people, places, and events in the history of the U.S. — and our home state of Colorado.

Download Black History Comics from Pop Culture Classroom

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Selected Readings from Others

March By John Lewis (Author), Andrew Aydin (Author), Nate Powell (Illustrator, Artist) Publisher: IDW Publishing Download a Free Teaching Guide from Pop Culture Classroom
The Silence of Our Friends By Mark Long and Jim Demonakos; illustrated by Nate Powell Publisher: First Second
Hot Comb By Ebony Flowers Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
The New Kid By Jerry Craft Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Writer), Brian Stelfreeze (Artist), Chris Sprouse (Artist) Publisher: Marvel
Ironheart Vol.1: Those With Courage By Eve L. Ewing (Goodreads Author), Kevin Libranda (Visual Art), Luciano Vecchio (Illustrations), G. Geoffo (Illustrations) Publisher: Marvel
I Am Alfonso Jones By Tony Medina; Illustrated by Stacey Robinson, John Jennings Publisher: Tu Books
Upgrade Soul By Ezra Claytan Daniels Publisher: Lion Forge/Oni Press
Icon: A Hero’s Welcome by Dwayne McDuffie (Author), MD Bright (Illustrator) Publisher: DC
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books By Ken Quattro Publisher: Yoe Books
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater By Ted Fox; Illustrator James Otis Smith Publisher: Abrams
The Harlem Hellfighters By Max Brooks, Illustrated by CAANAN WHITE Publisher: Del Rey
Encyclopedia of Black Comics By Sheena C. Howard (Author), Christopher Priest (Author, Afterword), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Foreword) Publisher: Chicago Review Press
African-American Classics By Langston Hughes (Author), Zora Neale Hurston (Author), W.E.B. Du Bois (Author), Jean Toomer (Author), Paul Laurence Dunbar (Author), Alice Dunbar Nelson (Author), Charles W. Chesnutt (Author), Claude McKay (Author), Florence Lewis Bentley (Author), Frances E.W. Harper (Author), Tom Pomplun (Editor), Lance Tooks (Editor), Kyle Baker (Artist), Afua Richardson (Artist), Trevor Von Eeden (Artist), Jeremy Love (Artist), Randy DuBurke (Artist), Stan Shaw (Artist), Milton Knight (Artist), Arie Monroe (Artist), Jim Webb (Artist), Shepherd Hendrix (Artist) Publisher: Eureka Productions