Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month was established by historian Carter G. Woodson in February 1926 as a week-long celebration to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (Learn more at the Britannica website). Today, we take this month to remember and celebrate the heritage, history, and achievements of African Americans past and present. To learn more, visit the Library of Congress site on Black History Month or the National Archives page on African American History.

Here are a few library titles we've recently acquired:

• African American literature and the classicist tradition : Black women writers from Wheatley to Morrison / Tracey L. Walters. [eBook]
• Black Athena : the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization. / Martin Bernal. [eBook]
• Crossroads in the Black Aegean : Oedipus, Antigone, and dramas of the African diaspora / Barbara Goff and Michael Simpson. [eBook]
• The movement for Black lives : philosophical perspectives / Brandon Hogan et al. [eBook]
• Soundies and the changing image of Black Americans on screen : one dime at a time / Susan Delson. [eBook]
• The works of William Sanders Scarborough : Black classicist and race leader [eBook]
• Lies about Black people : how to combat racist stereotypes and why it matters / Omekongo Dibinga. [E185.615 .D535 2023]
• Late admissions : confessions of a Black conservative / Glenn C. Loury. [JC573.2.U6 L68 2024]
• Blacksound : making race and popular music in the United States / Matthew D. Morrison. [ML3479 .M69 2024]
• Romare Bearden : a black odyssey / Robert G. O'Meally. [N6537.B4 A4 2007]
• Black girl power: 15 stories celebrating Black girlhood / edited by Leah Johnson. [PS508.B53 .B53 2024]

Find even more resources in our library guides on African American Resources and Anti-Racism.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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