It’s Presidents’ Day, and former President Barack Obama used the holiday to do something he loved as president: share a reading list.

A voracious reader, Obama released his latest list of book recommendations in honor of Black History Month and in anticipation of MBK Rising!, a two-day event that will take place in Oakland on Tuesday, Feb. 19, and Wednesday, Feb. 20. Obama will attend the event, along with fellow speakers Stephen Curry, John Legend, Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler, among others.

The convening grew out of Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, which he began five years ago to help boys and young men of color, and is now part of the Obama Foundation.

“From modern memoirs to cornerstones of the American narrative,” Obama wrote about his nonfiction recommendations, “these works can help us better understand our country’s past and our evolving, persistent struggles with race — and they can be fuel on our journey toward a more fair and just future for all of our sons and daughters. They certainly are for me.”

Here are the books that Obama recommended:

“The Warmth of Other Suns,” by Isabel Wilkerson

“Stamped From the Beginning,” by Ibram X. Kendi

“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” by Bryan Stevenson

“A Stone of Hope: A Memoir,” by Jim St. Germain with Jon Sternfeld

“The Fire Next Time,” by James Baldwin

“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” by David W. Blight

Obama also recommended Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail.”

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