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February is... Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with a book, movie, eBook, or audiobook. Share some of these amazing stories with family and friends at the library.

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  • Black AF History

    the Un-whitewashed Story of America

    Harriot, Michael,
    From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's…
    Audiobook CD, 2023[New York] : HarperCollins, [2023] — 973.0496 HAR
  • U.S. black aviators' history has remained barely known to the general public--until now.
    Streaming Video, 2001The History® Channel, 2001.
  • Small Shoes, Great Strides

    How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux,
    A powerful true story about three Black girls who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960, told by award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
    Book, 2023Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, [2023] — J 379.2630 NEL
  • Driving the Green Book

    a Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

    Hall, Alvin, 1952-
    Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — 917.3049 HAL
  • A Year of Black Joy

    52 Black Voices Share Their Life Passions

    Celebrate Black life with contributions from 52 visionaries, creators, and changemakers.
    Book, 2023New York : Magic Cat Publishing, 2023. — J 305.896 YEA
  • The Silver Women

    How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal

    Flores-Villalobos, Joan,
    The Panama Canal was realized as much through the exploitation of a racialized class of workers as it was by American ingenuity. What is less visible, and less understood, is the project's dependence on the domestic and care labor of Black migrant…
    Book, 2023Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023] — 972.875 FLO
  • The Art of Ruth E. Carter

    Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, From Do the Right Thing to Black Panther

    Carter, Ruthe,
    The definitive, deluxe art book from costume design legend Ruth E. Carter
    eBook, 2023[United States] : Chronicle Books LLC, 2023. — eBook hoopla
  • Stayed on Freedom

    the Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey

    Berger, Dan, 1981-
    The Black Power movement is usually associated with heroic, iconic figures, like Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, but largely missing from stories about the Black freedom struggle are the hundreds of ordinary foot soldiers who were just as…
    Book, 2023New York : Basic Books, 2023. — 323.1196 BER
  • The 272

    the Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

    Swarns, Rachel L.,
    "In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. In this powerful account, journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns follows…
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023] — 306.362 SWA
  • Justice Rising

    12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement

    Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961-
    Told through twelve short biographies, this book celebrates just some of the many Black women--each of whom has been largely underrepresented until now--who were instrumental to the nation's fight for civil rights and the contributions they made in…
    Book, 2023New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — J 323.092 RUS
  • Twice as Hard

    the Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, From the Civil War to the 21st Century

    Brown, Jasmine,
    "No complete history of black women physicians in the US exists, and what little mention is made of these women in existing histories is often insubstantial or altogether incorrect. In this work of extensive research, Jasmine Brown offers a…
    Book, 2023Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2023] — 610.922 BRO
  • Invincible

    Fathers and Mothers of Black America

    Hudson, Wade,
    "In a poetic narrative of the origins of Black America, acclaimed Black author and publisher Wade Hudson teaches us about the little-known men and women who had a profound effect on the history of the nation. Black America was built by brave…
    Book, 2023New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023] — J 973.0496 HUD
  • Invisible Generals

    Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals

    Melville, Doug,
    "In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they'd earned,…
    Book, 2023New York : Black Privilege Publishing / Atria, 2023. — 355.0092 MEL
  • School Clothes

    a Collective Memoir of Black Student Witness

    Givens, Jarvis R.,
    Black students were forced to live and learn on the Black side of the color line for centuries, during slavery, Emancipation, and the Jim Crow era. And for just as long, even through to today, Black students have been seen as a problem and a…
    Audiobook CD, 2023Holland, Ohio : Beacon Press Audio, [2023] — 371.8299 GIV
  • This informative DVD examines amazing Black women that shaped America and made it what it is today. Highlighting their accomplishments, dedication, and achievements, this program focuses on their place in American history, what their lives were…
    DVD, 2023Venice, CA : TMW Media Group, [2023] — 305.896 EXT
  • The Kneeling Man

    My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    Seletzky, Leta McCollough,
    The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr--and a daughter's quest for the truth about her fatherIn the famous photograph of the assassination of…
    eBook, 2023Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.